Yanchun Liu

                                      124 Davidson Hall

                                      Virginia Tech

                                      Blacksburg, VA 24060

                                      Tel: 540-808-7957

                                      E-mail:yliu80@vt.edu

Education

B.S. in Chemistry -- Hunan University, P.R.China (Sep. 1998-Jul. 2002)

M. S. in Chemistry -- Hunan University, P.R.China (Sep. 2002-Dec. 2004)

Research Assistant -- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (Jan. 2005-Jul. 2006)

Ph.D. in Chemistry -- Virginia Tech (Aug.2006-- )

Research Experiences

The synthesis of homopolyether, copolyethers and a series of polyurethane materials -- Hunan University

The study of effect of catalyst residues in polyester polyols on the synthesis of polyurethane -- SIOC

Teaching Experiences

 Graduate Teaching Assistant

 General chemistry lab - Virginia Tech (Jan. 2007 - )

My Future Research at Virginia Tech

Project 1. The synthesis of poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) using BHET oligomers

Project 2. The synthesisof non-aromatic transparent polyesters with high T_gS