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

• 1980-1981 Visiting 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

1. Wang HF, Liu YF*, Zhao YL* et al., Biodistribution of carbon single-wall nanotubes in mice. J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 4, 1019-1024 (2004).

2. Liu YF, Wang HF, Nanotechnology tackles tumours, Nature Nanotechnology 2, 20-21 (2007).

3. Deng XY, Jia G., Wang HF*, Liu YF* et al., Translocation and fate of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Carbon 45, 1419-1424 (2007).

4. 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).

5. 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).

6. 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).