Curriculum Vitae | Fang LIU
Curriculum Vitae
Name, Date of birth: Fang LIU, born on 12 March 1975.
Affiliation: Assistant professor in Materials Microstructure, Department of Applied Physics,
Chalmers University of Technology
1. Higher education qualification
MEng (with thesis) in Materials Science
– Chalmers University of Technology
2001 – 2000
MEng (with thesis) in Biomedical Engineering
– Sichuan University, China
1997 – 2000
BEng (with thesis) in Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering
– Sichuan University, China
1993 – 1997
2. Degree of Doctor
Ph.D. in Materials science - Chalmers University of Technology
2003 – 2008
3. Postdoctoral positions
Chalmers University of Technology
2008 – 2010
Research area: High temperature creep resistant steels
4. Present position
Assistant Professor, 90% research, Chalmers University of Technology
2012 – 2016
5. Previous positions and periods of appointment
Project leader, 100% research, Chalmers University of Technology
2010 –2012
6. Tutoring experience
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Awarded “Diploma of Higher Education”, Chalmers University of
Technology, 2012 (15 ECTS).
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PhD student in progress: Masoud Rashidi, started in April 2013.
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Co-supervised master’s theses: Torbjörn Jonsson, Sead Canovic, 2003;
Haiping Lai, 2008.
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Examiner and coordinator of a Master’s course – Advanced Analysis
Methods – 7.5 ECTS, annual. Coordinate the course and give some of the
lectures.
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Developed a PhD course “Atom Probe Tomography” 2011 – 3 ECTS,
biennial. Also give lectures, and instruct labs.
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Mentor to students in Applied Physics Master’s Program at Chalmers.
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Lab assistant of several labs for courses given by the Department of
Applied Physics, from 2003 to 2011.
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Continuously taught people skills of running microscopes (APT, TEM,
SEM, FIB/SEM) since 2003.
7. Other experience:
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Awarded scholarship by Stiftelsen Axel Hultgrens Fond, 2012.
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4 invited lectures and talks.
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I have held several grants as principal investigator or co-principal
investigator.
8. Awarded grants since 2011
Granting agency
Years
Total
amount
2565 kSEK
New martensitic steels for steam the Swedish Energy Agency in
power plants with higher cooperation with VR
efficiency (PI)
2011-2013*
(extended to
2015)
Design of a new generation of
12% chromium steels (co-PI)
KME, the Consortium for Materials
Technology in Thermal Energy
Processes
2011- March
2014
(completed)
1332 kSEK
Design of a new generation of
12% chromium steels (co-PI)
Research Foundation of VGBFORSCHUNGSSTIFTUNG,
Germany
2011-2013
(completed)
75
kEuro
Understanding oxidation of
FeCrAl alloys on an atomic
scale (PI)
the Swedish Competence Centre for
High Temperature Corrosion
2012-2013
(completed)
250
kSEK
Probing atom / defect
interaction in novel
semiconductor nano-structures
by atom probe tomography (PI)
Chalmers Area of Advance
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2013
(completed)
500
kSEK
Z-phase strengthened steels for
ultra-supercritical power plants
(co-applicant)
EU-FP7-NMP Project
2013-2015
388
kEuro
Design of a new generation of
12% chromium steels (PI)
KME, the Consortium for Materials
Technology in Thermal Energy
Processes
2014 - 2018
800 kSEK
Excellent Researcher in Lightweighted Materials (PI)
VINNOVA
2014-2016
1200 kSEK
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