Research Interests

• Single particle imaging

• Single molecule imaging

• Super-resolution imaging

• Advanced drug delivery system

Prizes and awards

• 2015, The Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Shanghai Municipality

• 2013, Shanghai outstanding graduates

• 2012, Tang Aoqing Chemistry Scholarship

• 2011, Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award

• 2008, Chongqing outstanding graduates

Biography

• 2004.09-2008.07BSc, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, China

• 2008.09-2013.07.    PhD, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

• 2013.08-2017.02    Postdoc. Harvard Medical School and MIT, Boston, USA

• 2017.03-2018.07    Postdoc. Stanford University, Stanford, USA

• 2018.08-2019.04    Research Associate, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

• 2019.05-           PI, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University

Key Publications

1. Q. Liu,^† Y. Zhang,^† C.S. Peng,^† T. Yang, L.M. Joubert, S. Chu. Single upconversion nanoparticle imaging at sub-10 W cm^-2 irradiance. Nature Photonics 12, 548-553 (2018).

2. Q. Liu, C.M. Santamaria, T. Wei, C. Zhao, T. Ji, T. Yang, A. Shomorony, B.Y. Wang, and D.S. Kohane. Hollow Silica Nanoparticles Penetrate the Peripheral Nerve and Enhance the Nerve Blockade from Tetrodotoxin. Nano Letters 18, 32-37 (2018).

3. Q. Liu,^† W. Wang,^† C. Zhan,^† T. Yang, D.S. Kohane. Enhanced precision of nanoparticle phototargeting in vivo at a safe irradiance. Nano Letters 16, 4516-4520 (2016).

4. Q. Liu, C. Zhan, A. Barhoumi, W. Wang, C. Santamaria, J.B. McAlvin, D.S. Kohane. Supramolecular shear-thinning anti-inflammatory steroid hydrogel. Adv. Mater. 28, 6680-6686 (2016).

5. W. Wang,^†Q. Liu,^† C. Zhan, A. Barhoumi, R.G. Wylie, P. Armstrong, D.S. Kohane. Efficient Triplet–Triplet Annihilation-Based Upconversion for Nanoparticle Phototargeting. Nano Letters 15, 6332-6338 (2015).

6. J. Zhou,^†Q. Liu,^† W. Feng, Y. Sun, F. Li. Upconversion luminescent materials: advances and application. Chem. Rev. 115, 395–465 (2015).

7. Q. Liu, W. Feng, T. Yang, T. Yi, F. Li. Preparing upconversion nanomaterials for small animal imaging. Nature protocols 8, 2033-2044 (2013).

8. Q. Liu,^† B. Yin,^† T. Yang, Y. Yang, Z. Shen, P. Yao, F. Li. A general strategy for biocompatible upconversion nanocapsules based on triplet-triplet annihilation and application for bioimaging in vivo. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 5029–5037 (2013).

9. Q. Liu, T. Yang, W. Feng, F. Li. Blue-emissive upconversion nanoparticles for low-power-excited bioimaging in vivo. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 5390–5397 (2012).

10. Q. Liu, Y. Sun, T. Yang, W. Feng, C. Li, and F. Li. Sub-10 nm hexagonal lanthanide-Doped NaLuF4 upconversion nanocrystals for sensitive bioimaging in vivo. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 17122-17125 (2011).