Principal Investigator
Albert T. Liu
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (CV )
Academic Tree
Albert received his B.S. from CalTech in 2014 and Ph.D. from MIT in 2020, both in Chemical Engineering. At MIT, Albert worked with Michael Strano to develop the field of colloidal electronics, integrating a plethora of electronic functions to colloidal micro-particles using low-dimensional electronic materials. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Albert completed his post-doctoral training in the School of Medicine at Stanford University with Steven Chu in 2022, during which he developed a nano-structured, bio-electronic interface capable of harnessing external electric fields to deliver and extract genetic information to and from biological systems such as human cancer cells and murine hippocampal neurons.
Alma Mater
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine, Stanford University (Advisor: Steven Chu)
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Advisor: Michael S. Strano)
B.S. with honor, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Advisors: Gregory C. Fu and John D. Roberts)
B.A. with honor, Chemistry, Grinnell College, Valedictorian
Academic Appointments
(2022 – ) Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
by courtesy, Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program
by courtesy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Other Positions
(2023 – ) Academic Affairs Advisory Committee, University of Michigan Faculty Senate
(2023 – ) University of Michigan Student Chapter Advisor, AIChE
(2023 – ) Division Chair, Nanoscale Science & Engineering Forum, AIChE
(2023 – ) Composites Area Co-Chair, Materials Engineering & Science Division, AIChE
(2023 – ) Nanoscale Horizons, Editorial Community Board, Royal Society of Chemistry
(2023 – ) Frontiers in Materials, Review Editor, Frontiers
(2020 – ) ACS Materials Letters Early Career Advisory Board, ACS
(2018 – 19) Graduate Programs Committee, Office of Graduate Education, MIT
(2014) Facilities Engineering Intern, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Awards and Honors
(2020) 2020 Rising Star, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
(2019) Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research, AIChE
(2019) Individual Accomplishment Citation, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, MIT
(2019) Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (for 10.65 – Chemical Reaction Engineering), MIT
(2018) Teaching Development Fellowship, MIT
(2018) Inorganic Materials Graduate Student Award (1st place), AIChE
(2018) PPG Polymer Engineering Award, Macro Symposium, University of Michigan
(2018) Judge’s Choice (1st place team), Harvard Surgical Program in Innovation, Harvard Medical School
(2017) MRS Graduate Student Award (Silver), Materials Research Society
(2017) Electronic & Photonic Materials Graduate Student Award finalist, AIChE
(2017) Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (for 10.50 – Analysis of Transport Phenomena), MIT
(2017) Goodwin Teaching Medal, finalist (nominated by Dept. of Chemical Engineering), MIT
(2016) Carbon Nanomaterials Graduate Student Award (1st place), AIChE
(2014) Presidential Graduate Fellow, MIT
(2014) Gordon Wu Fellow (declined), Princeton University
(2014) Merck Index Award, Caltech, sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc.
(2014) Tau Beta Pi Fellow, California Beta Chapter
(2013) Jack E. Froehlich Memorial Award, Caltech
(2016) David S. Koons Research Fellow, Caltech
(2013) Don Shepard Award, Caltech
(2013) Andrew W. Archibald Prize for Highest Scholarship (Valedictorian), Grinnell
(2013) Chemistry Alumni Award, Department of Chemistry, Grinnell
(2013) Phi Beta Kappa Scholar, Iowa Beta Chapter
(2011) ACS Polymer Chemistry Award, Polymer Education Committee, ACS
(2011) Snyder Scholar (declined), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(2010) Mentored Advanced Project Fellow, Grinnell
(2010) Silver Medal, Grinnell College Team, Iowa Collegiate Mathematics Competition, University of Iowa
(2009) Neil Klausner Award, Grinnell
(2009) Dean’s Lists (all semesters), Grinnell