Education

• Ph.D.      Bioengineering, University of Washington
• MS          Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University (China)
• BS           Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University (China)

Research Interests

• Biointerfaces (cell-protein-surface interactions)
• Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering
• Biosensors
• Anti-fouling materials
• Nanomaterials

Spotlight

• Qingsheng won CBE Department Outstanding Graduate Research Fellowship. (12/2014)
• Wenchen’s paper “Antifouling surfaces grafted with aspartic acid and glutamic acid based zwitterionic polymer brushes” is published in Langmuir. Congratulations, Wenchen. (12/2014)
• Ankit and Qingsheng’s paper on oil-water separation is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. (10/2014)
• Dr. Liu is promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure. (08/2014)
• Qingsheng won prestigious ChemStress Award. (04/2014)
• Two papers just get accepted, in Acta Biomaterialia and J App. Polymer Sci. (03/2014)
• Qingsheng received 2 STAR awards at Society For Biomaterials meeting. (04/2013)
• Qingsheng won CBE Department Outstanding Graduate Research Fellowship. (12/2012)
• We have 2 presentations at the 9^th World Biomaterials Congress in Chengdu, China. (06/2012)
• Reza’s paper “Electrospun zwitterionic poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) for nonadherent, superabsorbent, and antimicrobial wound dressing applications” is accepted in Biomacromolecules. Congratulations, Reza. (05/2012)
• Qingsheng’s paper “Ultralow fouling polyacrylamide on gold surfaces via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization” is accepted in Biomacromolecules. Congratulations, Qingsheng. (03/2012)
• Michael Spagnuolo’s paper “Fabrication and degradation of electrospun scafffolds from L-tyrosine based polyurethane blends for tissue engineering applications” is accepted in ISRN Nanotechnology. Congratulations, Michael. (11/2011)
• We have 2 talks at the AiChE 2011 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis. (10/2011)
• Reza Lalani’s paper “Synthesis, characterization, and electrospinning of zwitterionic poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) ” is accepted in Polymer. Congratulations, Reza. (09/2011)
• Our paper “Dual-functional electrospun poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)” is accepted in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A. (06/2011)
• Our paper ” Antifouling poly(β-peptoid)s” is accepted in Biomacromolecules. (05/2011)
• We have 3 presentations at the Society for Biomaterials 2010 Annual Meeting in Seattle. (04/2010)
• Congratulation to Reza Lalani for receiving the Best Poster Presentation Award in the Heal Ohio conference. (10/2009)

Funding