Bin Liu

Dr. Bin Liu is currently Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor of the National University of Singapore. She received B.S. degree from Nanjing University and Ph.D. degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS), before her postdoctoral training at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She joined NUS in late 2005 and was promoted to full professor in 2016. She is a foreign member of the US National Academy of Engineering. She is also a Fellow of Singapore National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Engineering Singapore, Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials, and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Liu’s research is focused on organic nanomaterials for energy and biomedical applications. She is among the World’s Most Influential Minds and Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers in Materials Science and Chemistry 2014-2025. Liu has received many prestigious awards, and the recent ones include ACS Nano Lectureship Award 2019 and the RSC Centenary Prize and Medal 2021, IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering 2023 and Singapore President’s Science Award 2024. Liu is passionate about nurturing the next generation research leaders and encouraging more women to pursue careers in science, engineering, and nanotechnology.