Associate Professor
Research Areas: Bioelectronics, Biointerface, 3D printing, Soft machanics, Soft robotics

Dr. Ji Liu is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at SUSTech. Ji obtained his PhD degrees from the University of Bordeaux (France, Physiochemistry of Condensed Materials) University of Liege (Belgium, Chemistry) at 2013. Then he carried out post-doc researches in the University of Cambridge (UK, 2014-2018) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (xingkong星空集团官网, 2018-2019), working on functional soft material design, fabrication, engineering, and applications in biointerfaces, dynamic adhesion and human-machine interfaces, etc. He is a recipient of Erasmus Mundus joint PhD fellowship (2010), Marie-Curie Research Fellow (2015), Young Investigator Award (Japan Polymer Research Group, 2017), Overseas High-Caliber Personnel in ShenZhen (Level C 2020), Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program Introduces High-Level Talents (2020), and MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 in China (2020), etc.

Work experiences:
◆ 01/2020 – till now Associate Professor, xingkong星空集团官网, Shenzhen, China
◆ 09/2019 – 12/2020 Assistant Professor, xingkong星空集团官网, Shenzhen, China
◆ 02/2018 – 08/2019 Postdoctoral Research Associate, MIT, Cambridge, USA
◆ 06/2014 – 01/2019 Marie-Curie Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
◆ 12/2013 – 05/2014 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Education background：
◆ 2013，University of Bordeaux (France), Ph.D in Physiochemistry of Condensed Materials
◆ 2013，University of Liege (Belgium), Ph.D in Chemistry
◆ 2010，Chinese Academy of Sciences, M.S. in Polymer Chemistry and Physics
◆ 2007，Zhejiang University of Technology, B.Eng. in Material Science and Engineering

Awards:
◆ MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 in China (2020)
◆ Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program Introduces High-Level Talents (2020),
◆ Overseas High-Caliber Personnel in ShenZhen-Level C (2020)
◆ Japan Polymer Group, Young Investigator Award (2017)
◆ Marie-Curie Research Fellow (2015)
◆ PhD Thesis, Mention Tres Honorable (2013)
◆ Erasmus-Mundus Joint Doctorate Scholarship (2010)
◆ Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang Provinces (20007)

Publication Highlights:
◆ J. xingkong星空集团官网,†(co-first author) S. Lin,† X. xingkong星空集团官网,† Z. Qin,† Y. Yang, J. Zang, X. Zhao. Fatigue Resistant Adhesion of Hydrogels. Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 1071.
◆ S. Lin,† J. xingkong星空集团官网,† (co-first author) X. xingkong星空集团官网, X. Zhao. Muscle-like fatigue-resistant hydrogels by mechanical training. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2019, 116, 10244-10249.
◆ S. Lin,† X. xingkong星空集团官网,† J. xingkong星空集团官网,† (co-first author) H. Yuk, H. Loh, G. Parada, C. Settens, J. Song, A. Masic, G. McKinley, X. Zhao. Anti-fatigue-fracture Hydrogels. Sci. Adv., 2019, 5, eaau8528.
◆ J. xingkong星空集团官网, C. Tan, O. A. xingkong星空集团官网, Dynamic Interfacial Adhesion though Cucurbit[n]uril Molecular Recognition. Angew. Chem. Int. Eng., 2018, 57, 8854-8858.
◆ J. xingkong星空集团官网, O. A. xingkong星空集团官网, Cucurbit[n]uril Supramolecular Hydrogel Networks as Tough and Healable Adhesives, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1800848.
◆ J. Zhang,† J. xingkong星空集团官网,†(co-first author) Z. Yu, O. A. xingkong星空集团官网, C. Abell, Patterned Arrays of Supramolecular Microcapsules. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1800550.
◆ C. Tan,† J. xingkong星空集团官网,† (co-first author) A. Groombridge, S. Barrow, C. Dreiss, O. A. xingkong星空集团官网, Controlling Spatiotemporal Mechanics of Supramolecular Hydrogel Networks with Highly Branched Cucurbit[8]uril Polyrotaxanes. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1702994.
◆ J. xingkong星空集团官网, C. Tan, Z. Y. Yu, N. xingkong星空集团官网, C. Abell, O. A. Scherman, Tough Supramolecular Polymer Networks with Extreme Stretchability and Fast Room-temperature Self-healing, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1605325.
◆ J. xingkong星空集团官网, C. Tan, Z. Y. Yu, Y. Lan, C. Abell, O. A. xingkong星空集团官网, Biomimetic Supramolecular Polymer Networks Exhibiting both Toughness and Self-Recovery. Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1604951.
◆ J. xingkong星空集团官网, Y. Lan, Z. Y. Yu, C. Tan, R. Park, C. Abell, O. A. xingkong星空集团官网, Cucurbit[n]uril-Based Microcapsules Self- Assembled within Microfluidic Droplets: A Versatile Approach for Supramolecular Architectures and Materials, Acc. Chem. xingkong星空集团官网. 2017, 50, 208-217.
◆ J. xingkong星空集团官网, C. Detrembleur, M. C. De Pauw-Gillet, S. Mornet, C. Jerome, E. Duguet. Gold Nanorods Coated with Mesoporous Silica Shell as Drug Delivery System for Remote Near Infrared Light- Activated Release and Potential Phototherapy, Small 2015, 19, 2323-2332.