Liju Yang
Dr. Liju Yang is currently a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and a principal investigator in BRITE at North Carolina Central University. Since joining the faculty of NCCU in February 2006, Dr. Yang has been a productive researcher and dedicated educator who has been successfully establishing herself as an academic investigator in innovative areas of sciences and education.
She has been conducting research in several interdisciplinary areas, including biosensors and biochips for foodborne bacterial pathogen and virus detection, nanomaterials for inactivation of bacterial pathogens and viruses, and 3D culture for cancer cell study. Her current research focus is on nanomaterials for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.
Over the past 15 years, she has secured a number of research grants from various federal funding agencies, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Health (NIH), the Army Research Office (ARO), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), with a total of ~3.45M to date (2020). She has also established collaborations with faculty members in Physics and Chemistry at NCCU, as well as faculty members at Clemson University and North Carolina State University (NCSU).
Dr. Yang has published more than 85 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and many of them engaged students as first author or co-author.
Education
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Postdoctoral, Electrical Engineering (BioMEMs) |
Purdue University |
2004–2006 |
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Postdoctoral, Biological and Agricultural Engineering |
University of Arkansas |
2003–2004 |
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Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering |
University of Arkansas |
2003 |
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M.S., Chemistry |
Hangzhou University |
1996 |
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B.S., Chemistry |
Hangzhou Normal University |
1991 |
Publications
Grants
- Project: RUI: Collaborative Research: Rational Design and Mechanistic Understanding of Carbon-Based Hybrid Nanostructures for Potent Microbicidal Function. NSF #2102056; 9/1/2021–8/31/2024; Role: PI. (Co-PI: Yongan Tang, Math and Physics at NCCU).
- Project: Excellence in Research: Unveiling the Potent Photo-Activated Antiviral Functions of Carbon Dots and Derived Hybrid Dots. NSF #1855905; 6/15/2019–5/31/2022; Role: PI.
- Project: Control of Persistent Foodborne Pathogens Using Visible Light-Activated Antimicrobial Carbon Nanometerials. USDA #2019-67018-29689; 7/1/2019–6/30/2022; Role: PI (Co-PI: Ya-Ping Sun at Clemson; Sophia Kathariou at NCSU)
- Project: RUI: Collaborative Research: Microbicidal Carbon Dots for Combating Antibiotic Resistance and Beyond. NSF #1701399; 9/1/2017–8/31/2022 (no-cost extension); Role: PI (Co-PI: Dr. Yongan Tang, Math and Physics at NCCU).