March 1, 2022
Professor Liu Bin is among the 22 international members elected this year to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Prof. Liu is the Head of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) Department, National University of Singapore (NUS). She is also Provost’s Chair and NUS Senior Vice Provost (Faculty & Institutional Development).
Prof. Liu is elected to the NAE in recognition of her work “bringing organic electronic materials into aqueous media, opening new directions in biomedicine, environmental monitoring, sensors, and electronic devices” as described in a NAE announcement.
Election to the NAE is one of the highest professional distinctions for engineers. As stated on the NAE website, its membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.”
Professor Liu Bin’s primary research interest is to innovate chemistry and materials with a focus on the design, synthesis and application of organic molecules and nanomaterials with optimized performance for energy and biomedical applications. Her team has built a series of technology platforms (e.g. light-up molecular probes, multifunctional nanoparticle probes, and living materials) to advance biomedical research with practical applications in sensing, imaging, and image-guided therapy, as well as bacterial detection and ablation. These have been achieved through precise molecular engineering and a thorough understanding of the photophysical properties of materials. Her team also works on organic semiconductor based visible-light-driven photocatalyst for water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction. Recently, her research group discovered that impurities can significantly contribute to the optical properties of many carbazole derivatives and other organic compounds. This opens new opportunities to develop high performance luminescent materials.
More information of Professor Liu Bin and her research can be found on the following website:
https://cde.nus.edu.sg/chbe/staff/cheliub/
