Dr Yang Liu ~ Senior Lecturer- Analytical Chemistry
Physical Sciences
- About
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Advanced materials for electrochemical sensing applications
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Ion-selective sensors for environmental monitoring
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Plasma electrocatalysis for removal of water pollutants
- Teaching
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- CH1002: Chemistry: Principles and Applications (Level 1; TSV)
- CH2042: Marine Chemistry and Chemical Ecology (Level 2; TSV)
- CH2103: Analytical Chemistry (Level 2; TSV)
- CH3110: Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry (Level 3; TSV)
- CH5002: Advanced Chemistry Research Project (Level 5; TSV)
- CH5203: Analytical Chemistry (Level 5; TSV)
- MA5021: Special Study B (Level 5; TSV)
- Interests
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- Research
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- Electrochemistry
- Colloid and Surface Chemistry
- Sensor Technology (Chemical aspects)
- Experience
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- 2021 to present - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University (Australia)
- 2018 to 2021 - Lecturer, James Cook University (Australia)
- 2016 to 2018 - Chemist and Research Officer, ChemCentre (Australia)
- 2013 to 2016 - Research Associate, Curtin University (Australia)
- 2011 to 2013 - Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
Profile
Dr Liu is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), and the Queensland Representative for the Electrochemistry Division of the RACI. Her research interests are primarily in exploration of innovative technologies based on electrochemical reactions for environmental, biological and energy applications. The current areas of interest include the development of high-performance and low-cost electrochemical sensors using nanostructured materials, and utilisation of plasma electrochemistry for green synthesis, renewable energy and clean water applications.
Research Opportunities
Currently, we are looking for motivated PhD, MSc and Honours students to join us. Available research projects are:
If you are an Australian/New Zealand citizen or Australian permanent resident, you might want to consider applying for a Research Training Program Scholarship (RTPS).
If you are an international student, you might want to consider applying for an International Research Training Program Scholarship (IRTPS).
If you are a student who has completed your BSc or equivalent and are interested in a Chemistry Honours, please contact Yang for potential projects. Honours studies can start in either Februray or September.
If you are a Chinese citizen or permanent resident and are interested in applying for a PhD or visiting scholarship from China Scholarship Council, please contact Yang to discuss an appropriate program.
If you already have a scholarship from your country and are looking to obtain your PhD degree in Australia (or just spend some months in our group as part of your studies), please contact Yang directly.
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- Honours
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- Awards
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- 2024 - New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government
- 2023 - France and Europe EMCR Mobility Grant, Australian Academy of Science
- 2022 - Discovery Project Grant (DP220101480), Australian Research Council
- 2022 - Paul Haddad Medal, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2021 - CSE ECR/New Staff Research Support Grant, James Cook University
- 2021 - Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant (LE210100036), Australian Research Council
- 2019 - CSE Early-Mid Career Researcher Award, James Cook University
- 2019 - Women's Research Assistance Program Grant (WRAP052-2019RD1), Queensland Government
- 2018 - Rising Stars Early Career Researcher Award, James Cook University
- 2018 - Research Support Grant, James Cook University
- Fellowships
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- 2023 - Rod Rickards Fellowship, Australian Academy of Science
- 2023 - Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- Memberships
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- 2023 - Organising Committee Member of the 23rd Australia and New Zealand Electrochemistry Symposium
- 2023 - Review Editor of Frontiers in Sensors - Biosensors
- 2022 - Organising Committee Member of the 22nd Australia and New Zealand Electrochemistry Symposium
- 2022 - Associate Editor of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology - Biosensors and Biomolecular Electronics
- 2021 - Member of the Editorial Board of Micromachines C: Chemistry Section
- 2021 - Organising Committee Member of the Queensland Student Chemistry Symposium
- 2019 - Organising Committee Member of the 21st Australia and New Zealand Electrochemistry Symposium
- 2019 - Committee Member of the Electrochemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2018 - Member of the International Society of Electrochemistry
- 2018 - Chartered Chemist of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Lei P, Wu N, Zhou Y, Dong C, Liu Y and Shuang S (in press) Cu/Zr Metal–Organic Frameworks with High Peroxidase-Like Activity for Sensitive Electrochemical and Colorimetric Dual-Mode Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide Released from Living Cells. ACS Applied Nano Materials,
- Rimboud M, Austen B, Strutwolf J, Liu Y and Arrigan D (2024) The sloped limiting current region during ion transfer at arrays of nanointerfaces between immiscible electrolyte solutions. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 957.
- Allende S, Liu Y, Zafar M and Jacob M (2023) Nitrite sensor using activated biochar synthesised by microwave-assisted pyrolysis. Waste Disposal and Sustainable Energy, 5.
- Lei P, Zhou Y, Dong C, Liu Y and Shuang S (2023) CoNi–MOF–Graphene Magnetic Nanocomposites for the Electrocatalytic Detection of Glucose and the Efficient Removal of Organic Dyes. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6. pp. 9369-9375
- Lei P, Zhou Y, Sun X, Dong C, He Y, Liu Y and Shuang S (2023) Green Synthesis of Carbon Nanospheres for Enhanced Electrochemical Sensing of Dopamine. ChemElectroChem, 10 (6).
- Okonkwo E, Wheatley G, Liu Y and He Y (2023) Green and efficient recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries using molasses: Parametric optimization and performance evaluation. Hydrometallurgy, 222.
- Zafar M, Liu Y, Allende S and Jacob M (2023) Expeditious and Eco-friendly fabrication of Graphene-Ag nanocomposite for methyl paraben sensing. Applied Surface Science, 638.
- Zafar M, Liu Y, Hernandez F, Varghese O and Jacob M (2023) Plasma-Based Synthesis of Freestanding Graphene from a Natural Resource for Sensing Application. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10 (11).
- Jiang C, Zheng L and Liu Y (2022) Aligned carbon nanotube films for immobilization of glucose oxidase and its application in glucose biosensor. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 75 (2). pp. 89-93
- Lei P, Zhou Y, Li B, Liu Y, Dong C and Shuang S (2022) Gold/palladium–polypyrrole/graphene nanocomposites for simultaneous electrochemical detection of DNA bases. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5 (1). pp. 1635-1643
- Liu Y, Moshrefi R, Rickard W, Scanlon M, Stockmann T and Arrigan D (2022) Ion-transfer electrochemistry at arrays of nanoscale interfaces between two immiscible electrolyte solutions arranged in hexagonal format. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 909.
- Yousef H, Liu Y and Zheng L (2022) Nanomaterial-based label-free electrochemical aptasensors for the detection of thrombin. Biosensors, 12 (4).
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 61+ research outputs authored by Dr Yang Liu from 2007 onwards.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Australian Research Council - Discovery - Projects
Electron transport and scattering within the plasma-liquid interface
- Indicative Funding
- $360,000 over 3 years
- Summary
- The synergistic interaction of low-temperature plasmas with liquids and biological matter has unearthed various technological applications in water treatment, agriculture, biofuels and medicine. Predicitive control of these multiphase plasmas is essential to unlocking the potential of these applications, and this requires predictive models. The absence of the relevant non-equilibrium transport theory describing electrons in these multiphase environments together with fundamental data describing electron interactions with biological and liquid matter severely limits this. The project will develop a state of the art transport model informed by world first measurements of electron cross-sections for biomolecules, radicals and liquids.
- Investigators
- Ron White, Darryl Jones, Mark Kushner and Yang Liu (College of Science & Engineering, Flinders University and University of Michigan - Ann Arbor)
- Keywords
- Plasma medicine; Electron scattering; Transport theory; biomolecules
Australian Academy of Science - France and Europe EMCR mobility grant
Field-Deployable Chemical Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring in the Great Barrier Reef
- Indicative Funding
- $7,000 over 1 year
- Summary
- Field-deployable chemical sensors are increasingly necessary for high resolution in situ monitoring of water pollutants across the freshwater and marine ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) - the world?s largest coral reef system. Currently, the chemical sensors deployed in the GBR regions rely heavily on optical principles that encounter reliability and robustness issues when used in complex aquatic environments. This project will establish a collaboration with the world-leading research group in chemical sensor design and field deployment to address this current scientific challenge in Australia. The collaboration proposed here will provide significant benefits for better management of the GBR.
- Investigators
- Yang Liu (College of Science & Engineering)
- Keywords
- Chemical sensors; Water quality; Great Barrier Reef
Bio-Gene Technology Ltd - Contract Research
Optimisation of QCIDE oil extraction and separation
- Indicative Funding
- $36,000 over 2 years
- Summary
- This is project for Research Master Degree at JCU. Investigation of the pre-treatment, distillation and separation parameters of QCIDE extraction in order to assess the viability of industrial QCIDE production.
- Investigators
- Yinghe He and Yang Liu in collaboration with Tristan Gibbs (College of Science & Engineering)
- Keywords
- Steam Distillation; Measurement and Process Monitoring; Oil Extraction
- Supervision
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Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.
These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Current
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- Investigation of electrodes and applied waveforms for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to ethylene (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Effects of sugarcane mill mud and ash on soil properties and processes including inorganic and organic carbon sequestration (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- A study of an organics-assisted approach to recover economic metals from spent lithium-ion batteries. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- The use of molecular methods to detect ciguatoxin producing dinoflagellates in Australia. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Synthesis and Investigations on Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and their composites for high-performance Electrochemical Energy Storage (EES) Devices/Sensing Applications. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Graphene-based Nanocomposites for Biosensing applications (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Construction of Electrochemical Sensing Platforms Based on Carbon Nanocomposites (PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Optimisation of Qcide oil Extraction and Separation (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
- Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Plasma Liquid Interactions (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
- Ion-Selective Sensors for Environmental Monitoring (PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Fabrication of Graphene-based Sensor for Herbicide application (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
- Completed
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- Sustainable synthesis of graphene-based materials and applications (2023, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Microwave-assisted pyrolysis for biomass recovery and applications (2023, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Tailoring the properties of PECVD deposited terpinen-4ol thin films (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Collaboration
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The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
Note: Map points are indicative of the countries or states that institutions are associated with.- 5+ collaborations
- 4 collaborations
- 3 collaborations
- 2 collaborations
- 1 collaboration
- Indicates the Tropics (Torrid Zone)
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