Xiangyang Liu
Professor, College of Ocean and Earth, Xiamen University
Present and Previous Positions
1985-1989 : Research associate, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
1993-1996 : Research Fellow: RIM, Laboratory of Solid-State Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands.
1996-1999 : Senior Scientist: Physical and measurement science group, Unilever Research Port Sunlight Laboratory. UK.
1999-2007 : Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
2007-2021 : Tenured Full Professor, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
2012- 2020 : State Distinguished Professor, Chair Professor of China MOE Changjiang Scholars, China;
Vice Dean of College of Physical Science, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, China;
Head of Biomaterials Department, College of Materials, Xiamen University, China;
Founding Director of FUJIAN Provincial Key Lab for Soft M Functional Materials Research, China;
Founding Director, Xiamen Flexible Conductive Materials and Devices Engineering Technology Research Center, China;
Founding Director, Biomimetics and Soft Materials Research Institute, Xiamen University, China.
2020- Present : Nanqiang Distinguished Professor, College of Ocean and Earth, Xiamen University, China.
Fields of Scholarship
Crystallization
Nucleation
Soft Matter
Bio inspiration
Flexible Electronics
Flexible Sensor
Flexible Photonics
Wearable Electronics
Honours and Awards
2023 The First Prize of the Science and Technology Award of Chinese Society for Biomaterials, China
· 2022 Top 2% world's lifetime achievement scientists released by the Stanford University
· 2019, 2020, 2021 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Web of Science
2019 The Special Prize of Tian Shaowu Interdisciplinary Research Award, Xiamen University
2019 Fellow of Singapore-China Association for Advancement of Science and Technology
2008 Chair Professorship of Changjiang Scholars award
2007 Distinguished Lecturer for the 13th International Summer School on Crystal Growth, awarded by the American Association for Crystal Growth, USA.
2007 Outstanding Researcher Award, 2007, solo winner, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
1993 Cum laude title, Radboud University Nijmegen(University of Nijmegen), the Netherlands.
Service to Professional Communities
Co-Chairman:
- President (5th) of the Asian Society of Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology (2011-2015).
- President of the Shandong University Singapore Alumni Association (2008-)
- Vice secretary-in-chief of the Executive Committee, Asian Society of Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology (2004-2007).
- Vice President of the Singapore-China Association for Advancement of Science and Technology (2010-).
Councilors
- the General Assembly of the International Organization for Crystal Growth.
- the China Association for Crystal Growth.
- the China Society of Biomaterials.
- the China society of Crystallography.
Fellows:
- The Singapore-China Association for Advancement of Science and Technology (2017-).
- Singapore Institute of Physics (Life time, since 2000).
Consultants
- China Changjiang Scholars Distinguished Professor Oversea Referee (2007-).
- Oversea referee for Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad(2007-2012).
- Academic Advisor in the Chinese Government-funded Scholars and Students Association. (2008-2012).
- Adviser for the Singapore Huayuan Association (2014-)
Member of Editorial Board for Journals and Book Series
· Managing Editor, Biophysics Reviews and Letters, World Scientific.
· Executive Editor-in-Chief, "Soft Matter Frontier Science Series" (National Key Publications Publication Planning Project), China Science Publishing & Media Ltd.
· Editor for《Acta Physica Sinica》and Chinese Physics B（2017-）.
· Co-editor-in-chief: INNOVATION (World Scientific). (2003-2011).
· Guest Managing Editor, International Journal of Modern Physics B (World Scientific) (2002).
· Guess editor for Small （Wiley, 2014）, Special Issue [11(9-10), (2015)] on Soft Matter and Interface (Soft Matter: from Structure to Functionality) (Nov. 2013-Dec.2014).
· Guest editor for J. Crystal Growth, 362, Proceedings of the 5th Asia Conference on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technologies. (2011-2013).
· Guest editor for Advanced Functional Materials（Wiley, 2016）, Special Issue [26(48)] on “Advances in Soft Functional Materials Research”.
· Guest editor-in-Charge for《Acta Physica Sinica》: Special Issue for Soft Matter [65(17) (2016)] .
· Guest editor-in-Chief for《Acta Physica Sinica》: Special Issue for Flexible Electronics [69 (2020)] .
· Guest editor for Small methods(Wiley, 2020-2021), Special Issue on “Special Issue for XMU-100 Anniversary”.