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Guoliang (Greg) Liu

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Guoliang (Greg) Liu

Polymers, Nanomaterials, Energy, Environmental Science, Composites

My research focuses on novel ways to integrate materials in order to solve energy and environmental problems. I hold more than a dozen patents, three of them assigned to Western Digital®, one licensed to Intel®, one licensed to Waves Audio, Ltd , two assigned to Sabic Global Technologies B. V., and one assigned to Ford Motor Company. With an entrepreneurship spirit, I am interested in commercializing the technologies developed in my laboratory.

I earned my bachelors in chemical engineering from Zhejiang University, China in 2005. In 2011, I received my doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before defending my thesis, I worked at HGST, a Western Digital® company in California to apply my findings on 15-nm block copolymer lithography in magnetic data storage. After completing my doctorate, I conducted a postdoctoral research at Northwestern University, where I was named Outstanding Researcher in the International Institute for Nanotechnology. I joined the departments of chemistry and chemical engineering at ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº¸£ÀûÉç in 2014. Currently, I am an affiliated professor of the Nanoscience program in the, the, and the.

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Something that excites me in my field...
Solving plastic pollution problems and converting the useless to useful.

I first discovered a passion for this work…
During my undergraduate studies, I realized that I could come up with new ideas to change the way my senior mentors did their science.

My work impacts society…
By providing more accessible energy, more efficient energy usage, and a more friendly environment..

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I see the future in my field...
Sustainable energy and sustainable materials.

Words of encouragementÌýto an aspiring inventor…
Why not give it a try!

What did you invent that you are most proud of?
My next invention! But, if I must name a patented invention, it would be the ultrathin film membrane speaker, co-invented with my friends Gabriel Zeltzer et al.

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Media Contact:

Lindsey Haugh

(540) 231-6959

lhaugh@vt.edu

Additional Highlights

Guoliang (Greg) LiuÌý |ÌýÌýÌýÌýAssociate Professor

Department of Chemistry, ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº¸£ÀûÉç

gliu1@vt.edu

(540) 231-8241



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