Liu Qingsheng

Education                                                                      

Ph.D in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering                                       

University of Akron, OH, USA             

M.S in Material Science and Engineering

Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China                                   

B.S in Material Science and Engineering

Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China                                

Professional Appointment                                                                     

Professor in Material Science and Engineering                                         12/2022 - Present

Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China

Research Associate in Biological and Enviromental Engineering                                              

Cornell University, NY, USA               

Research interests                                                       

 Biocompatible polymers and devices for cell therapy such as diabetes treatment.

 Novel Elastomers for biomedical applications   

Anti-thrombogenic vascular grafts for blood vessel replacements.

Antiviral and antimicrobial polymers for wound dressing and food package.

Selected Publications                                                                    

1.    Qingsheng Liu, Alan Chiu, Long-Hai Wang, Duo An, Monica Zhong, Alexandra M. Smink, Bart J. de Haan, Paul de Vos, Kevin Keane, Andreas Vegge, Esther Y. Chen, Wei Song, Wendy F. Liu, James Flanders, Claude Rescan, Lars Groth Grunnet, Xi Wang, Minglin Ma*. Zwitterionically modified alginates mitigate cellular overgrowth for cell encapsulation. Nature Communications,2019, 10, 5262.

2.    Qingsheng Liu, Xi Wang,Alan Chiu, Wanjun Liu, Stephanie Fuchs, Bo Wang, Long-Hai Wang, James Flanders, Yidan Zhang, Kai Wang, Juan M. Melero-Martin, Minglin Ma*. A Zwitterionic Polyurethane Nanoporous Device with Low Foreign Body Response for Islet Encapsulation. Advanced Materials，2021, 2102852.

3.    Qingsheng Liu, Yidan Zhang, Wanjun Liu, Long-Hai Wang, Young W. Choi, Megan Fulton, Stephanie Fuchs, Kaavian Shariati, Mingyu Qiao, Victorien Bernat, Minglin Ma*, A broad-spectrum antimicrobial and antiviral membrane inactivates SARS-CoV-2 in minutes. Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 2103477.

4.    Qingsheng Liu, Alan Chiu, Long-Hai Wang, Duo An, Wenchen Li, Esther Y. Chen, Yu Zhang, Yehudah Pardoa, Sean P. McDoughd, Lingyun Liu, Wendy F. Liu, Jing Chen, Minglin Ma*. Developing mechanically robust, triazole-zwitterionic hydrogels to mitigate foreign body response (FBR) for islet encapsulation. Biomaterials, 2020, 230, 119640.

5.    Stephanie Fuchs, Alexander U. Ernst, Long-Hai Wang, Kaavian Shariati, Xi Wang, Qingsheng Liu* (Corresponding author), Minglin Ma*. Hydrogels in Emerging Technologies for Type 1 Diabetes. Chemical Reviews, 2021, 121, 18, 11458–11526.

6.    Qingsheng Liu, Anuradha Singh, Wenchen Li, Lingyun Liu*. Two amino acid-based superlow fouling polymers: poly(lysine methacrylamide) and poly(ornithine methacrylamide).Acta Biomaterialia, 2014, 10, 2956-2964.

7.   Qingsheng Liu,Ankit A. Patel, Lingyun Liu*. Novel superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic pSBMA grafted glass fiber filters for effective oil-water separation.ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2014, 6, 8996-9003.

8.    Qingsheng Liu, Anuradha Singh, Lingyun Liu*. Amino acid – based zwitterionic poly(serine methacrylate) as a new antifouling material. Biomacromolecules, 2013, 14, 226–231.

9.  Qingsheng Liu, Reza Lalani, Anuradha Singh, Lingyun Liu*. Ultralow fouling polyacrylamide on gold surfaces via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. Biomacromolecules, 2012, 13, 1086–1092.

10.  Qingsheng Liu, Lingyun Liu*. Novel Light-Responsive Hydrogels with Antimicrobial and Antifouling Capabilities, Langmuir, 2019, 35,1450–1457.

11.  Qingsheng Liu, Wenchen Li, Hua Wang, Lingyun Liu*, Amino acid-based zwitterionic polymer surfaces resistance to long-term bacterial adhesion. Langmuir, 2016, 32,7866–7874.

12.  Qingsheng Liu, Wenchen Li, Hua Wang, Lingyun Liu*. A facile method of using sulfobetaine-containing copolymers for biolfouling resistance. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2014, 131, 40789.

International Patents                                                                   

1. Zwitterionically modified polymers and hydrogels. WIPO, WO/2018/14083.

2. Fibers of polymers that have a backbone including a positively charged component of a zwitterionic moiety, and their use in implantable therapeutic delivery systems. PCT/US2020/030798.

3. A broad-spectrum antimicrobial and antiviral polymeric composition for inactivating microbes and viruses. PCT/US2022/040545.

Biomedicla polymers and Biomaterials: 

1）The design of Foreign body reaction-mitigated polymers for cell therapy, with emphasis on Diabetes Treatment

2) Biocompatible elastomers (Polyurethane,Polyester, Silicon elastomer)

3) Antimicrobial polymers for wound dressing and food package

1. Biomaterials

2.Functional Polymers