Education

Ph.D. Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 2017

M.S. Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 2013

B.S. Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 2010

Appointments

2021/12-                Xi’an Jiaotong University                         Associate Professor

2018/02-2021/11   Georgia Institute of Technology           Postdoc Fellow

2017/07-2018/01   Max Planck Institute for Chemistry     Postdoc Fellow

Research Interests

Air pollutants and health effects

Aerosol chemical composition, sources, and toxicity

Selected Publications (For a complete list, please see my Google Scholar)

Liu, F., Joo, T., Ditto, J.C., Saavedra, M.G., Takeuchi, M., Boris, A.J., Yang, Y., Weber, R.J., Dillner, A.M., Gentner, D.R., & Ng, N.L. (2023). Oxidized and unsaturated: key organic aerosol traits associated with cellular reactive oxygen species production in the southeastern United States. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(38), 14150-14161. (Georgia Tech ChBE press release)

Liu, F., Xu, T., Ng, N. L., & Lu, H. (2022). Linking cell health and reactive oxygen species from secondary organic aerosols exposure. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(2), 1039-1048.

Tong, H., Liu, F., Filippi, A., Wilson, J., Arangio, A.M., Zhang, Y., Yue, S., Lelieveld, S., Shen, F., Keskinen, H.M.K., Li, J., Chen, H., Zhang, T., Hoffmann, T., Fu, P., Brune, W.H., Petäjä, T., Kulmala, M., Yao, M., Berkemeier, B., Shiraiwa, M., & Pöschl, U. (2021). Aqueous-phase reactive species formed by fine particulate matter from remote forests and polluted urban air. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(13), 10439-10455.

Liu, F., Ng, N. L., & Lu, H. (2021). Emerging applications of microfluidic techniques for in vitro toxicity studies of atmospheric particulate matter. Aerosol Science and Technology, 55(6), 623-639.

Liu, F., Whitley, J., Ng, N. L., & Lu, H. (2020). Time-resolved single-cell assay for measuring intracellular reactive oxygen species upon exposure to ambient particulate matter. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(20), 13121-13130.

Liu, F., Saavedra, M. G., Champion, J. A., Griendling, K. K., & Ng, N. L. (2020). Prominent contribution of hydrogen peroxide to intracellular reactive oxygen species generated upon exposure to naphthalene secondary organic aerosols. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 7(3), 171-177.

Tuet, W. Y., Liu, F., de Oliveira Alves, N., Fok, S., Artaxo, P., Vasconcellos, P., Champion, J.A.,  & Ng, N. L. (2019). Chemical oxidative potential and cellular oxidative stress from open biomass burning aerosol. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 6(3), 126-132.

Filippi, A.^#, Liu, F.^#, Wilson, J., Lelieveld, S., Korschelt, K., Wang, T., Wang, Y., Reich, T., Pöschl, U., Tremel, W., & Tong, H. (2019). Antioxidant activity of cerium dioxide nanoparticles and nanorods in scavenging hydroxyl radicals. RSC Advances, 9(20), 11077-11081. (^#contributed equally)

Liu, F., Reinmuth-Selzle, K., Lai, S., Weller, M. G., Pöschl, U., & Kampf, C. J. (2017). Simultaneous determination of nitrated and oligomerized proteins by size exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to photodiode array detection. Journal of Chromatography A, 1495, 76-82.

Liu, F., Lai, S., Tong, H., Lakey, P. S., Shiraiwa, M., Weller, M. G., Pöschl, U., & Kampf, C. J. (2017). Release of free amino acids upon oxidation of peptides and proteins by hydroxyl radicals. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 409, 2411-2420.

Liu, F., Lakey, P. S., Berkemeier, T., Tong, H., Kunert, A. T., Meusel, H., Su, H., Cheng, Y.F., Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J., Shiraiwa, M., Lai, S., Weller, M.G., Pöschl, U., & Kampf, C. J. (2017). Atmospheric protein chemistry influenced by anthropogenic air pollutants: nitration and oligomerization upon exposure to ozone and nitrogen dioxide. Faraday Discussions, 200, 413-427.

Liu, F., Lai, S., Reinmuth-Selzle, K., Scheel, J. F., Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J., Després, V. R., Hoffmann, T., Pöschl, U. & Kampf, C. J. (2016). Metaproteomic analysis of atmospheric aerosol samples. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 408, 6337-6348.

Kampf, C. J.^#, Liu, F.^#, Reinmuth-Selzle, K., Berkemeier, T., Meusel, H., Shiraiwa, M., & Pöschl, U. (2015). Protein cross-linking and oligomerization through dityrosine formation upon exposure to ozone. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(18), 10859-10866. (^#contributed equally)

Liu, F., Xu, Y., Liu, J., Liu, D., Li, J., Zhang, G., Li, X., Zou, S., & Lai, S. (2013). Atmospheric deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to a coastal site of Hong Kong, South China. Atmospheric Environment, 69, 265-272.

Books

Liu, F. and Ng, N.L., Toxicity of Atmospheric Aerosols: Methodologies & Assays. American Chemical Society, 2023.