Education Background

2012.9 – 2017.6
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, US (GPA 4.00/4.00)
Dissertation: Exploration of Carbonaceous Materials for Supercapacitors  eScholarship Link | Dissertation Slides
2008.9 – 2012.6
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, P. R. China (GPA 3.84/4.00)

Working Experience

2017.10 – Present
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
2017.7 – 2017.9
Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

• Academic Memberships
• Editing & Writing
• Reviewing & Consulting
• Honors & Awards
  

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American Chemical Society (ACS) Member                                                             Apr. 2016-Present 
Materials Research Society (MRS) Member                                                             Mar. 2015-Present
National Postdoctoral Association Member                                                            Oct. 2016-Present
The Electrochemical Society Member                                                                      Jun. 2017-Present
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity Member                             Sept. 2015-Mar. 2016

Blogger for Chemical Communications and Chemical Science                                                             May.2017-Present
These journals are eminent peer-reviewed journals publishing cutting-edge research works in chemistry by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). My duties include:

• To contribute to the development of an online community by working with the Development Editor.
• To write blogs on recent publications in  Chemical Science and Chemical Communications 
• To promote the journals actively to potential and existing authors and readers.
• In cooperation with the Development Editor to maintain the scientific standards for the journals.

Freelance News Writer for MRS Bulletin                                                                                                   Jan. 2017-Present

• Wrote Materials News articles to highlight selected and recent-published scientific journal articles;
• Composed news articles with the input gained by interviewing authors and experts in relevant scientific fields.

Blogger for Materials Connect                                                                                                                   Mar. 2019-Present

• Contributing one or more blog posts every month;
• Review and edit blogs drafted by other bloggers.

Guest Editor for Journal of Materials Research                                                                                      Jan. 2017-May 2018

• Proposed and developed a focus issue on “Porous Carbon and Carbonaceous Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage” (J. Mater. Res. Volume 33, Issue 9, 2018). This issue has been highlighted by J. Mater. Res. with a blog and a video.
• Use of ScholarOne Manuscript system for: communicating with my editorial team, in-house editors, authors and reviewers; handling submissions and final decisions; selecting reviewers; drafting editorials.

Reporter for 2017 MRS Spring Meeting                                                                                                     Apr. 2017

• Work for the official MRS Meeting Scene Blog for Spring 2017 MRS Meeting.
• Duties: write at least five blog entries per day and tweet about my experience in the meeting.

The four MRS bloggers for the Spring 2017 MRS meeting

Invited Freelance Writer and Editor for TsingSun Power (清新电源)                                                        Jan. 2018-Present

• TsingSun Power, a WeChat public platform aims to introduce the cutting-edge research on energy utilization-oriented materials research.
• Click here for a list of my articles.

Invited Freelance Writer, Editor and Advisory Board Member for Cai Liao Niu (材料牛)                    Feb. 2017-Feb. 2018

• Cai Liao Niu is a public scientific media dedicated to rapid communication of cutting-edge and ground-breaking material research papers to Chinese material scientists.
• Duty: write, edit and publish blogs with topics including comments on recently published material research papers and introduction of fundamental and state-of-the-art understandings associated with supercapacitors.
• Served as a judge for the first Science and Technology Report Competition.
• Organized a web-based discussion forum with the topic of "Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage: Higher, Faster and Stronger" (新能源转化和存储技术：更高、更快、更强).
• My blog list: http://www.cailiaoniu.com/author/tianyu_liu

Scientific News Translator for Wiley MaterialsViewsChina                                                   Jul. 2017-Present

• In my leisure time I translate the news articles distributed from the Wiley publishing office into Chinese for Wiley MaterialsViewsChina
  

Reviewer for Peer-reviewed International Journals

• Reviewer profile on Publons
• ACS Reviewer Lab program trained academic reviewer
• Peer-reviewed scientific journals: Nature Communications, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Nanoscale, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Applied Energy Materials, National Science Review, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Carbon, Environmental Science & Technology, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Electrochemistry Communications, Materials & Design, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Materials Research Bulletin, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal of Energy Storage, Materials, C (MDPI), Nanomaterials, Energies, Polymers (MDPI), Micromachines, Applied Sciences, Batteries, Materials Science and Engineering B, Sensors, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Journal of Materials Research, Journal of Materials Science, Additive Manufacturing, Condensed Matters, Surface & Coatings Technology, Diamond and Related Materials, Recycling, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Surfaces, Sustainability, Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanomedicine & Nanoscience Research, Oriental Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Society Pakistan
  
• International Conferences: The 7th Global Conference on Materials and Engineering (CMSE 2018, Xi'an, China); The 1st International Conference on Metals and Alloys (CMA 2019, Beijing, China)

ACS Author and Reviewer Badgets

Invited Committee Member of the Advanced Energy Materials Congress                                         Sept. 2017-Mar. 2017

• Responsible for the 2018 European Advanced Energy Materials and Technology Congress (AEMC 2018)
• Serve on the Committee of Scientific Advisors: advise conference organization, select invited speakers, suggest symposium topics, and promote the conference
  

Organizer of University of California Chemical Symposium                                                                  Jul. 2015-Mar. 2016

• A symposium aimed at gathering graduates and postdoctoral researchers from eight University of California campuses to share their research.
  
• Participated in symposium organization, abstract selection and poster session organization.
• Served as a chair of an oral presentation session and two poster sessions.
  
• Judged a lightning talk session and two poster sessions.
  

2016 UCSCS Organization Committee Members

Project Mentor and Applicant Reviewer for the Science Internship Program, UC Santa Cruz     Summer 2015 and 2016   

• Served as an applicant reviewer in screening high school applicants​

• Journal of Materials Chemistry A Outstanding Reviewer in 2018
  
• Publons Top 1% reviewer in materials science
  
• Outstanding reviewer for the journals of Additive Manufacturing, Journal of Energy Storage and Materials Science & Engineering B (2018)
• Extraordinary Potential Prize of 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad (2018)
• Drexel 2017 NanoArtography competition finalist (2017)
• The Electrochemical Society Daniel Cubicciotti Student Award (2017)
• UCSC Student Travel Grant (2017)
• Dear World VIP member (by invitation only) for storytelling (2017)
• Participant in the MRS Science Writing Workshop (only recruited twelve participants all over the world) (2017)
• 2017 MRS Spring Meeting "Science as Art" competition finalist (2017)
• 2016 MRS Graduate Student Silver Award, Materials Research Society (2016)
• Lemelson-MIT Student Award: advanced to stage #2 – the category application for the Graduate “Use it!” Prize, US national competition (2016)
• Tony Fink Memorial Student Award in Material Sciences, UCSC (2016)
• Graduate Division Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UCSC (2016)
• Chancellor’s Dissertation-Year Fellowship (one in the ten departments of the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences, UCSC) (2016)
• UCSC Finalist for the UC Carbon Slam competition – “Climate Solutions” section (one in UCSC) (2016)
• Best Poster Presentation Award in the annual Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Recruitment, UCSC (2016)
• Best Poster Prize in the annual Department Conference, UCSC (2015)
• Chancellor’s Graduate Teaching Fellows Scholarship (design and teach an upper-division undergraduate course, Chem 179 - Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Storage Devices, more details click here) (2014)
• Advanced to Ph.D. candidacy with Honors (2014)
• Outstanding undergraduate in Beijing (graduate with honors), China (2012)
• Excellent undergraduate thesis, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China (2012)
• Elite Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduates, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China (2011)