Dr. Jianbo Liu
Professor and Acting EO of ChemistryCUNY Graduate Center and Queens College
News
2024. 03.
Congrats to Jessie (Wenjing) for receiving CUNY Dissertation Fellowship, each winning $25k for FY25.
2024. 02.
She Left Myanmar to Attend Community College and Found Her Passion as a Chemistry Ph.D. Student
Two-time CUNY alumna May Myat Moe has published 11 articles and received several research awards.
2023. 03.
Jonathan and May were selected for the Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowship, each winning $25k for FY24.
2022. 08.
Liu Lab has partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory via Education Partnership Agreement (EPA).
2022. 03.
Jessie and Jonathan are both awarded CUNY Doctoral Student Research Grant DSRG17.
2021. 12.
Congrats to Wenjing on winning a CUNY ERI Catalyst Award.
2021. 08.
Our work on OG oxidation by May, Midas, and Liu is cover featured in ChemPlusChem
2021. 06.
May is selected for the Eastern Analytical Symposium Graduate Student Award!
2021. 03.
May is awarded CUNY Doctoral Student Research Grant DSRG16. Congrats!
2021. 03.
Jonathan received a CUNY ERI Catalyst Grant. Congrats!
2020. 05.
Wenjing received MS Graduate Honor!
2020. 02.
Congrats to Wenjing, recipient of George Axelrad Research Award!
2019. 10.
Yan graduated and started postdoc at Einstein. Congrats!
2019. 04.
Wenjing received Air Force Research Lab Summer Fellowship with Dr Liu.
2019.03.
Congrats to Yan Sun, the winner of CUNY Mina Rees Dissertation Fellowship!
2018. 05.
Wenjing received Trudy Rothman Chemistry Award!
2017.12.
Andy defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congrats!
2017.03.
Congrats to Andy, winner of the Mina Rees Dissertation Fellowship!
2017.02.
Congrats to Andy and Yan, the recipients of Doctoral Student Research Grants!
2015.04.
Fangwei successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis!
2015.03.
Congrats to Andy for receiving Doctoral Student Research Award!
2013.01.
Yigang defended his Ph.D. thesis!
2012.01.
Congrats to Fangwei and Yigang for receiving Doctoral Student Research Awards!
2011.04.
Yigang was awarded the Mina Rees Dissertation Fellowship!
Christmas 2011
Blossom at 2021 Spring Gathering
Current Group Members
Visiting Scholars and Postdocs |
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Ph.D. Students |
 May Myat Moe, Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant |
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 Wenjing (Jessie) Zhou, Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant |
Master’s Students |
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 Liang Feng |
Undergraduate Research Students |
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 Aysha Akter (Part of Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program) |
Group Alumni
Postdoc
Dr. Fangwei Liu (2015)
Dr. Wenjing Zhou (2025)
Ph.D. Graduate students
Dr. Yigang Fang (08/2007 – 01/2013) Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Dr. Fangwei Liu (08/2010 – 05/2015) AstaTech
Dr. Wenchao Lu (08/2013 – 06/2018) Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Dr. Yan Sun (08/2015 – 10/2019) Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Dr. May Myat Moe (08/2019 – 10/2024) SUNY Buffalo (Chemistry)
Dr. Jonathan Benny (08/2019 – 12/2024 ) Fordham University (Chemistry)
Dr. Wenjing Zhou (08/2020 – 04/2025) Morningside University (Natural Sciences)
Master’s Graduate Students
Liang Feng (St. John’s Master’s summer research student, 2025)
Varonica Lee (BS/MS, 2024 – 2025)
Wenjing Zhou (2018 – 2020)
Wenjia Shen (2017 – 2018)
Bilal Karatas (2015 – 2016)
Rifat Emre (2013 – 2015)
Kazi N. Uddin (2012)
Yun Chen (2010 – 2012)
Shamim Ara (2009 – 2011)
Teresa Allen (2007 – 2009)
Fang He (2007 – 2009)
Parminderjeet Kaur (Fall 2008, rotating PhD)
Undergraduate Research Students
Aliyah Ali (2025)
Johnny Ceballos (2024-2025, NIH LGCC-QC Bridge Program)
Varonica Lee (2023 – 2024)
Aysha Akter (2023 – 2024, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program)
Zachary P Katimbang (2023)
Lawrence Rillera (2022)
Yelena Isnora(2022, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program)
Ming Chan (2021)
Wenjing Zhou (2017 – 2018)
Kaman Lam (2017 – 2018)
Guo Chen (2016 – 2018)
Jendri Morocho (2016 – 2017)
Huayu (Halley) Teng (2014 – 2015)
Vincent Yin (2014 – 2015)
Georgina Castellano (2015)
Gregory Jeone (2014)
Mena Youssef (2012 – 2014)
Yaoling Zhu (2013)
Devindra Tilakdhari (fall 2012)
Leiguang Hong (2011 – 2012)
Sarad Bhandari (summer 2011)
Muneala Abdimutel (2010 – 2011)
Huixi Zhu (2010 – 2011)
Kallol Mitra (2009 – 2011)
William Pineros (2009 – 2010)
Andrew Bennett (2008 – 2011)
Alcides Martinez (2007)
Saleem Rasul (2007)
Kevin Tang (2007), now at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
lana Siskind (2007)
High School Students
Alan Zhang (2013)
Cindy Lin (2012 – 2014, Francis Lewis High School)
Justin Guo (2010-2011, Hunter High School)
Michael Cheng (2009-2010, Francis Lewis High School)
Louis Lamia (2009, Archishop Molloy High School)
Frank Gentile (2009, Archishop Molloy High School)
Nicholas Chan (2008, Archbishop Molloy High School), now at Columbia University
We are recruiting Ph.D., Master’s, and undergraduate students who wish to conduct research in physical, analytical, and computational chemistry. Contact me if you are interested in joining us.