Prof. Haitao Liu
Professor
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
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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
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2017 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award, University of Pittsburgh
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2013 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, AFOSR
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2013 Young Investigator Award, E-MRS 2013 Spring Meeting, Symposium Q
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2011 Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, AFOSR
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2010 The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, the New York Academy of Sciences
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2009 The R&D 100 Award, the R&D Magazine