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Qian Liu
Analytical chemistry
Professor, PhD Supervisor
qianliu@fudan.edu.cn
A6014 Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University 2005 Songhu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200438, China
Research Group: https://smile.fudan.edu.cn
Research Interests
Single-molecule fluorescence imaging;
super-resolution microscopy;
lanthanide-doped upconversion nanomaterials;
small-molecule fluorescent probes.
Prizes and awards
2025 | First Prize, Rare Earth Science and Technology Award
2015 | Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Shanghai
2013 | Outstanding Graduate, Shanghai
2008 | Outstanding Graduate, Chongqing
Biography
2004.09-2008.07BSc, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, China
2008.09-2013.07. PhD, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
2013.08-2017.02 Postdoc. Harvard Medical School and MIT, Boston, USA
2017.03-2018.07 Postdoc. Stanford University, Stanford, USA
2018.08-2019.04 Research Associate, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
2019.05- PI, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University
May 2019–Dec 2025 | Young Investigator, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University
Jan 2026–Present | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University
Key Publications
Maojiang Ren, Jialing Hu, Daoming Guan, Rongrong Wen, Fei Zhao, Huan Ling, Chenxing Liu, Fei Du, Wenrui Zhang, Shuqing Li, Zhilai Fang, Liangliang Liang, Yunxiang Zhang*, Fuyou Li*, Qian Liu*, Spontaneous photoblinking upconversion microscopy, Nature Photonics, 2026, 1-10.
Shuqing Li, Fei Zhao, Wenrui Zhang, Fei Du, Yuqi Sun, Maojiang Ren, Yunxiang Zhang, Qian Liu*, Energy‐Relay‐Engineered Upconversion Emission with Intrinsic Environmental Responsiveness, Advanced Materials 2026, e72806.
Fei Zhao, Fan Ding, Fei Du, Yao Tang, Shuqing Li, Wenrui Zhang, Yunxiang Zhang, Qian Liu*, Energy‐Level‐Selective Dye Sensitization Enables Enhanced Ultraviolet Upconversion Emission, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026, e2067337.
Xiaochen Qiu&, Daoming Guan&, Xiaojing Xia&, Huan Ling, Jialing Hu, Yunxiang Zhang*, Emory Chan*, Fuyou Li*, Qian Liu*, Sub-10 nm upconversion nanocrystals for long-term single-particle tracking, Nature Communications, 2025, 16 (1), 9408.
Wenrui Zhang, Fei Du, Tianli Zhai, Fan Ding, Yanxin Zhang, Fei Zhao, Maojiang Ren, Lu Yang, Yao Tang, Mei Shi, Yunxiang Zhang, Qian Liu*, Multiplexed Single‐Particle Imaging Enabled by Modulation of Er3+ Energy‐Level Populations, Advanced Materials, 2025, e14220.
Fan Ding, Song Chen, Fei Du, Congfu Shen, Kuangshi Sun, Tianli Zhai, Yao Tang, Fei Zhao, Yunxiang Zhang*, Qian Liu*, Enhanced Single-Molecule Imaging via Intersystem Crossing Suppression, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 32389-32399.
Song Chen, Fan Ding, Chang Liu, Lu Yang, Yankun Lu, Yunxiang Zhang, and Qian Liu*, A General Strategy for Enhanced Single‐Molecule Imaging through Intramolecular Energy Transfer, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, e202502112.
Jinyang Liu, Bingjie Zhao, Xuebo Zhang, Daoming Guan, Kuangshi Sun, Yunxiang Zhang*, Qian Liu*, Thiolation for Enhancing Photostability of Fluorophores at the Single‐Molecule Level, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202316192.
Fei Zhao, Jialing Hu, Daoming Guan, Jinyang Liu, Xuebo Zhang, Huan Ling, Yunxiang Zhang, Qian Liu*, Boosting Dye‐Sensitized Luminescence by Enhanced Short‐Range Triplet Energy Transfer, Advanced Materials, 2023, 35, 2304907.
Xuebo Zhang&, Daoming Guan&, Yawei Liu, Jinyang Liu, Kuangshi Sun, Song Chen, Yanxin Zhang, Bingjie Zhao, Tianli Zhai, Yunxiang Zhang*, Fuyou Li, Qian Liu*, A Universal Photoactivatable Tag Attached to Fluorophores Enables Their Use for Single‐Molecule Imaging, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 134, e202211767.
Yanxin Zhang&, Rongrong Wen&, Jialing Hu, Daoming Guan, Xiaochen Qiu, Yunxiang Zhang*, Daniel S Kohane*, Qian Liu*, Enhancement of Single Upconversion Nanoparticle Imaging by Topologically Segregated Core-Shell Structure with Inward Energy Migration, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 5927.
Qian Liu&, Yunxiang Zhang&, Chunte Sam Peng&, Tianshe Yang, Lydia-Marie Joubert, Steven Chu*, Single upconversion nanoparticle imaging at sub-10 W cm-2 irradiance, 2018, 12, 548-553.
