Education and Working Experience:

2001, B.S. in Environmental Science, Nanjing University

2004, M.S. in Environmental Chemistry, Nanjing University

2010, Ph.D. in Crop and Soil Science (Environmental Soil & Water Chemistry), Michigan State University

2010-2011, Postdoctoral researcher, Crop and Soil Science, Michigan State University

2012-present, Associate professor, Institute of soil science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Area:

Molecular modeling of interactions of organic pollutants and heavy metals on environmental heterogeneous surface.

Honors and Awards:

Jiangsu Science & Technology Awards, the 2nd prize, 2019 (rank 4th)

Selected Publications:

1) Liu C, Li H, Teppen BJ, Johnston CT, Boyd SA. Mechanisms associated with the high adsorption of dibenzo-p-dioxin from water by smectite clays. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43(8), 2777-83.

2) Liu C, Li H, Boyd SA, Teppen BJ. Relating clay structural factors to dioxin adsorption by smectites: molecular dynamics simulations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2012, 76(1), 110-120.

3) Liu C, Gu C, Yu K, Li H, Teppen BJ, Johnston CT, Boyd SA, Zhou DM. Integrating structural and thermodynamic mechanisms for sorption of PCBs by montmorillonite. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (5), 2796–2805.

4) Gu C, Liu C*, Ding Y, Teppen BJ, Li H, Johnston CT, Boyd SA*. Clay mediated route to natural formation of polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45(8), 3445-3451.

5) Fu QL, Liu C*, Achal V, Wang YJ, Zhou DM*. Aromatic Arsenical Additives (AAAs) in the Soil Environment: Detection, Environmental Behaviors, Toxicities, and Remediation. Adv. Agron. 2016, 140, 1–41.

6) Fang GD, Deng YM, Huang M, Dionysiou DD, Liu C*, Zhou DM*. A Mechanistic Understanding of Hydrogen Peroxide Decomposition by Vanadium Minerals for Diethyl Phthalate Degradation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52 (4), 2178–2185.

Funded Projects:

1) Molecular modeling studies of inhibition effects of heavy metal cations on soil urease. 2020/1-2023/12, PI. (The General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 41977027)

2) Multi-scale dynamic simulation of heavy metals transfer in brown fields. 2018/12-2022/11, PI for sub-project 3. (The National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFD1800503)

3) Molecular dynamics simulations of membrane surface potential effects on the interaction between heavy metals and model plant root plasma membrane. 2017/01-2017/12, PI. (The General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 41671239)

4) Molecular dynamics simulations of the adsorption processes of organic pollutants on montmorillonite, 2014/1-2016/12, PI. (The Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 41301535)

5)  Interaction and bioavailability of mixed heavy metals in polluted soil. 2016/01-2020/12. Major participant (The National Key Research and Development Program of China, 2016YFD0800403)

6) Molecular dynamics study on the migration of POPs on Bentonite. 2013/7-2016/6, PI. (The Youth Program of Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation, BK20131042)