PI: Liu, Juan

Liu, Juan

Professor, PhD Supervisor, 

Associate Editor of Environmental Science & Technology

Committee Member, Joint Publications Committee, Geochemical Society and the Meteoritical Society

Chair, Commission on Nanomineralogy, International Mineralogical Association (IMA)

Vice Chair, Geomicrobiology Committee, Chinese Society for Microbiology

Member, Environmental Mineralogy Committee, Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry

Education 

2009, Virginia Tech, Ph.D.

2004, Peking University, M.S.

2001, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), B.S.

 

Research
  • Mechanisms of mineral–microbe interfacial electron transfer and their environmental and ecological implications

  • Microbially mediated mineral transformation, elemental cycling, and synergistic remediation of contaminants in mining environments

  • Mineral–microbe synergistic mechanisms and technology development for tailings valorization and in situ soil formation

Work Experience

2024-present, Tenured Professor, Peking University, School of Environmental Science and Engineering

2020-2024, Tenured Associate Professor, Peking University, School of Environmental Science and Engineering

2013-2019, Assistant Professor, Peking University, School of Environmental Science and Engineering

2010-2013, Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

2009-2010, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Scientific Research Projects

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Major Research Project, Grant No. 42192502, 2022/1–2026/12, PI.
  • National Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Program, 2023/10–2026/10, PI.
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), General Program, Grant No. 41972318, 2020/01–2023/12, PI.
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC),  Fostering Program of Major Research Plan, Grant No. 91751105, 2018/01-2020/12, PI.

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC),  General Program, Grant No. 41972318, 2015/01-2018/12, PI.

Honors and Awards

2023 National High-Level Talents Special Support Program (Leading Talent of Technological Innovation of Ten-Thousands Talents Program)

2022 the 18th Chinese Young Women in Science Award

2019 National "Ten Thousand People Plan" Young Top Talent

2017 "Hou Defeng Young Scientist Award for Mineral and Rock Geochemistry", Chinese Society of Mineral and Rock Geochemistry

2013 Specially Appointed Researcher of Peking University "Hundred Talents Program