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Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
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Haonan LIU

Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Institute of Science Tokyo
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About

Haonan Liu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo. After earning his B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering and Technology from Zhejiang University in 2016, Liu moved to Japan to continue his studies at Tokyo Institute of Technology. He obtained his M.Eng. in 2019 and his Ph.D. in 2022. Following a one-year postdoctoral position, he became an assistant professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2023. Liu’s research interests center on polymer analysis, particularly their nanomechanical, high-pressure optical, and high-frequency dielectric behaviors.

Work Experience

  • Asst. Prof., Ando Lab, Science Tokyo, Oct. 2024 – Present
  • Asst. Prof., Ando Lab, Tokyo Tech, Apr. 2023 – Sept. 2024
  • Postdoc., Nakajima Lab, Tokyo Tech, Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2023

Education

  • Dr. Eng., Dept. of Chem. Sci. & Eng., Tokyo Tech, 2022 (supervised by Prof. Ken Nakajima)
    Thesis: Morphological and nanomechanical characterization of block copolymer-based thermoplastic elastomers
  • MEng., Dept. of Chem. Sci. & Eng., Tokyo Tech, 2019 (supervised by Prof. Takanori Fukushima)
    Thesis: Synthesis, structure, and physical properties of tripodal triptycene-appended vinylic polymers and copolymers
  • BEng., Chem. Eng. & Tech., Zhejiang Univ., 2016 (supervised by Prof. Pengju Pan)
    Thesis: Thermoresponsive gels with crystallizable side chains

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Awards & Recognition

  • JST SPRING Fellowship, Oct. 2021 – Mar. 2022
  • Best Poster Award, 27th International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy, Dec. 2019
  • Tokyo Tech Tsubame Scholarship, Apr. 2019 – Sept. 2021
  • Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship, Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2018; Oct. 2021 – Mar. 2022

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