Profile

Haonan LIU

Date and place of birth: 28 May 1994, Taiyuan 03-0006, China

Address: East Bldg. 2 (E4-5), 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan

E-mail: liu.h.al(at)m.titech.ac.jp

Haonan Liu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo. After earning his B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering and Technology from Zhejiang University in 2016, Liu moved to Japan to further his studies at Tokyo Institute of Technology. He obtained his M.Eng. in 2019 and his Ph.D. in 2022. Following a one-year postdoctoral position, he became an assistant professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2023. Liu’s research interests center on polymer analysis, particularly their nanomechanical, high-pressure optical, and high-frequency dielectrical behaviors.

Work Experience

Assistant Professor at Ando Laboratory, Institute of Science Tokyo, Oct. 2024 –

Assistant Professor at Ando Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Apr. 2023 – Sept. 2024.

Postdoctoral Researcher at Nakajima Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2023.

Education

Doctor of Engineering, Dept. of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2022 (supervised by Prof. Ken Nakajima)
Thesis: Morphological and nanomechanical characterization of block copolymer-based thermoplastic elastomers

Master of Engineering, Dept. of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2019 (supervised by Prof. Takanori Fukushima)
Thesis: Synthesis, structure, and physical properties of tripodal triptycene-appended vinylic polymers and copolymers

Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zhejiang University, 2016 (supervised by Prof. Pengju Pan)
Thesis: Thermoresponsive gels with crystallizable side chains