Professional​ Profile
Liu Leo Liu is an Associate Professor and tenure-track faculty member at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), where he leads a dedicated research team focusing on the development of multi-active ambiphilic main group centers. His contributions to chemistry have been recognized with several awards, including the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) Young Chemist Award (2022), the CCS Jingqing Rising Star Award (2022), the Huang Yao-Zeng Organometallic Chemistry Award for Young Chemists (2023-2024), the Distinguished Lectureship Award from the Chemical Society of Japan (2024) and the Chinese Chemical Society-Royal Society of Chemistry Young Chemist Award (2024).
Education and Employment:
June 2022 - present: Associate Professor (Tenure-track)
Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech),
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Sept 2020 - May 2022: Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)
Department of Chemistry, SUSTech,
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Oct 2019 - Aug 2020: Post-doctoral Scholar
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory &
University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Advisors: Profs. F. Dean Toste, Kenneth N. Raymond and Robert G. Bergman
Oct 2016 - Sept 2019: Post-doctoral Fellow
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Advisor: Prof. Douglas W. Stephan
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016: Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (5th year)
Advisor: Prof. Yufen Zhao
Oct 2013 - Oct 2015: University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Joint Ph.D. study in Inorganic Chemistry (3rd-4th years)
Advisor: Prof. Guy Bertrand
Sept 2011 - Oct 2013: Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Ph.D. study in Organic Chemistry (1st-2nd years)
Advisor: Prof. Yufen Zhao
Sept 2007 - Jul 2011: Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
B.Sc. in Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Yufen Zhao