Prof. Haitao Liu
Professor
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2020- Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
2023- Chair, Department of Chemistry
2021-2023 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Chemistry
2016-2020 Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
2010-2016 Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
2017-2021 Guest Professor, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
2019-2020 Guest Professor, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, China
Education
Honors
2007-2010
Columbia University, New York, NY
Postdoctoral Researcher
Advisor: Professor Louis E. Brus
(Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023)
2002-2007
University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, CA
Ph.D. Chemistry
Advisor: Professor Paul Alivisatos
1996-2001
USTC, Hefei, China
B.S. Chemistry and Computer Science
2019 Early-Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society
2017 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award, University of Pittsburgh
2013 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, AFOSR
2013 Young Investigator Award, E-MRS 2013 Spring Meeting, Symposium Q
2011 Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, AFOSR
2010 The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, the New York Academy of Sciences
2009 The R&D 100 Award, the R&D Magazine