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Liu Research Group at MSU is actively looking for highly creative and motivated scientists and engineers! Prospective researchers should have a strong interest in soft material synthesis and characterization, mass and heat transfer, biomaterials, microbiology, and/or additive manufacturing. For most inquiries, Xinyue can be reached at xyliu@msu.edu.

Xinyue Liu

Assistant Professor 

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Michigan State University

Postdoc in Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2022-2023

Ph.D.  in Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2015-2021

B.S.  in Polymer Science & Engineering, Sichuan University, 2011-2015

Office: 3516 Engineering Building

Email: xyliu@msu.edu 

Postdoctoral Researcher

Kai Xu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 2015-2021

Research interest: Heat and mass transfer processes of biological materials

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Graduate Student

Yijie Cheng

Ph.D. Student

M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Nankai University, 2020-2023 

Research interest: Energy and mass transport in hydrogels

Lab: B212 Anthony Hall

Email: chengy54@msu.edu

Undergraduate Researcher

Yuchen Bian

B.S. in Botany, Michigan State University, 2023-Present

Research interest: Algae and plants

Email: bianyuc1@msu.edu

Braeden Keener

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 2019-Present

Research interest: Flexible electronics

Email: keenerb3@msu.edu 

Tori Morgan

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering & Neuroscience, Michigan State University, 2020-Present

Research interest: Drug delivery

Email: morganv4@msu.edu

Adolfo Lopez

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 2020-Present

Research interest: Biodegradable polymers

Email: lopezado@msu.edu

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