Academic Education and Professional Experience
1948-1952 Student, Department of Chemistry, Yanjing University
1952-1984 Lecturer, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Department of Technical Physics, Peking University
1980-1981Visiting Scholar, Division of Nuclear Science, National Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA
1984- Professor, Department of Technical Physics and College of Chemistry, Peking University
1987-1988 Visiting Scientist, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
1991- Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
1992-2004 Deputy Director of Chemistry Division, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1993-1995 Chairman, Commission on Radiochemistry and Nuclear Techniques, IUPAC
2002- Professor, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemical and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
2006- Professor, Director, Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology，Shanghai University
academic positions:
1991- Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2002- Vice-Chairman, International Committee of Asian-Pacific Conference on Radiochemistry
2006- Director, Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University
2006- Vice-Chair, Expert Commission of China's High Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
2008- Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
Research Interests
Nanochemistry and nanobiology.
Chemical functionalization, biodistribution and toxicicology of fullerene, carbon nanotubes and other carbon nanoparticles. Biomedical applications of fullerene and carbon nanotubes, e.g., tumor targeting, immunoactivity modulation, biosensor etc..
Select publications
- Wang HF, Liu YF*, Zhao YL* et al., Biodistribution of carbon single-wall nanotubes in mice. J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 4, 1019-1024 (2004).
- Liu YF, Wang HF, Nanotechnology tackles tumours, Nature Nanotechnology 2, 20-21 (2007).
- Deng XY, Jia G., Wang HF*, Liu YF* et al., Translocation and fate of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Carbon 45, 1419-1424 (2007).
- Wang J, Sun RH, Wang HF*, Liu YF* et al., Multi-walled carbon nanotubes do not impair immune functions of dendritic cells. Carbon 47, 1752-1760 (2009).
- Cao AN*, Liu Z, Wang SF*, Liu YF* et al., A facile one-step method to produce graphene-CdS quantum dot nanocomposites as promising optoelectronic materials, Advanced Materials 22, 103-106 (2010).
- Liu XY, Ren XF, Deng XY, Jiao Z*, Liu YF*, Wen TQ* et al., A protein interaction network for the analysis of the differentiation of neural stem cells in response to titanium dioxide nanoparticles, Biomaterials 31, 3063-3070 (2010).
