Prof. Yongmin Liu is a Full Professor at Northeastern University in Boston, with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Science and Technology from the University of California at Berkeley in 2009, and both his M.S. and B.S. degrees in Physics from Nanjing University (Nanjing, China) in 2003 and 2000, respectively. He is a Fellow of SPIE and OPTICA (formerly OSA).
The research of Prof. Liu is at the intersection of optics, engineering, applied physics and nanoscience. It is a synergistic integration of fundamental science, nano material/structure design, artificial intelligence, and prototype device development. Prof. Liu is interested in novel nano optical materials and devices for various applications including next-generation optical information processing, super-resolution imaging, data storage, efficient light harvesting and ultra-sensitive biomedical detection. Prof. Liu has authored and co-authored over 130 journal papers including Science, Nature, Nature Photonics, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Physical Review Letters, Nano Letters, and ACS Nano, which have been cited over 15,000 times.
Prof. Liu was a recipient of Søren Buus Outstanding Research Award at Northeastern University (2024), Faculty Fellow of College of Engineering (2019), NSF CAREER Award (2017), Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2016), SPIE DCS Rising Researcher Award (2016), 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2016), Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship (2015), and Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad (2009). He has served as an editorial board member for Nano Convergence, PhotoniX, Scientific Reports, and EPJ Applied Metamaterials.
The research of Prof. Liu is at the intersection of optics, engineering, applied physics and nanoscience. It is a synergistic integration of fundamental science, nano material/structure design, artificial intelligence, and prototype device development. Prof. Liu is interested in novel nano optical materials and devices for various applications including next-generation optical information processing, super-resolution imaging, data storage, efficient light harvesting and ultra-sensitive biomedical detection. Prof. Liu has authored and co-authored over 130 journal papers including Science, Nature, Nature Photonics, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Physical Review Letters, Nano Letters, and ACS Nano, which have been cited over 15,000 times.
Prof. Liu was a recipient of Søren Buus Outstanding Research Award at Northeastern University (2024), Faculty Fellow of College of Engineering (2019), NSF CAREER Award (2017), Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2016), SPIE DCS Rising Researcher Award (2016), 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2016), Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship (2015), and Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad (2009). He has served as an editorial board member for Nano Convergence, PhotoniX, Scientific Reports, and EPJ Applied Metamaterials.
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