
Jing Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor, PhysicsMember, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
Department of Physics
Imaging and image informatics, Optics, Biophysics
Education
- 2010 - 2015 Purdue University
Ph.D. in Biological Engineering (Advisor: Joseph Irudayaraj)
Thesis: Quantitative mRNA detection with advanced nonlinear microscopy - 2007 - 2010 Chinese Academy of Science, China
M.S. in Optics (Advisor: Jingsong Wei)
Thesis: Super resolution nonlinear optical lithography - 2003 - 2007 Nanjing University, China
B.S. in Physics
Courses Taught / Teaching
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Courses:
- Undergraduate:
- PHYS 152 Recitation - Mechanics, Fall 2017, 2018; Spring, 2019
- PHYS 401 Lab - Advanced Physics Laboratory Fall 2018, 2019
- Graduate:
- PHYS 585 Lecture - Biophysics Spring 2019
- Undergraduate:
Research
Imaging and microscope
Computational image informatics
Single molecule biophysics
Nanoscale light-matter interactions.
Publications & Professional Activities
- P. Kumar*, J. Liu*, Y. Hu, A. Bandopadhyay, S. K. Pati, J. Irudayara, and G. J. Cheng, "Graphene/BN heterolayered metamaterials", Nano Letters, Revision submitted (2018). (*co-first author)
- F. Li, A. Chen, Y. Wang, Y. Fan, R. Prakash, B. Li, H. Yokota, and J. Liu, "Vinculin Force Sensor Detects Tumor-Osteocyte Interactions", Scientific Reports, Revision submitted (2018).
- N. S. Moreno, J. Liu, K. M. Haas, L. L. Parker, C. Chakraborty, S. J. Kron, K. Hodges, L. D. Miller, P. J. Robinson, S. A. Lelievre, and P. A. Vidi, "NuMA is a negative regulator of 53BP1 in DNA double-strand break repair", EMBO Reports, in revision.
- P. Kumar, J. Liu, Y. Hu, SRKC Yamijala, X. Wang, S. K. Pati, J. Irudayaraj, and G. Cheng, "Lead Oxide: A New 2D Material with Visible Light Sensitivity", Small, 14, 1703346 (2018).
- Y. Cui, J. Liu, and J. Irudayaraj, "Beyond Quantification: In situ Analysis of Transcriptome and PremRNA Alternative Splicing at the Nanoscale". WIREs Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology, 9, e1443 (2017).
- Cover article
- S. Bogdanov, M. Y. Shalaginov, A. Akimov, A. S. Lagutchev, P. Kapitanova, J. Liu, D. Woods, M. Ferrera, P. Belov, J. Irudayaraj, A. Boltasseva, and V. M. Shalaev, "Electron spin contrast of Purcellenhanced nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in nanodiamonds". Phys. Rev. B 96, 035146 (2017)
- J. Liu, and J. Irudayaraj, "Non-fluorescent quantification of single mRNA with transient absorption microscopy", Nanoscale, 8, 19242-19248 (2016).
- Cover article, highlighted in SDSMT news.
- Y. Cui, J. Liu, and J. Irudayaraj, "Beyond Quantification: In situ Analysis of Transcriptome and PremRNA Alternative Splicing at the Nanoscale". WIREs Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology, DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1443 (2016).
- Y. Cui, X. Wang, W. Ren, J. Liu, and J. Irudayaraj, "Optical Clearing Delivers Ultrasensitive Hyperspectral Dark-Field Imaging for Single-Cell Evaluation", ACS Nano, 10, 3132-3143 (2016).
- J. Liu, I. Cho, N. Damayanti, and J. Irudayaraj, "Single Molecule Detection in Cancer Tissues using Second Harmonic Generation Nanocrystals", Journal of Biomedical Optics 20, 096016 (2015).
- J. Liu, P. Vidi, S. A. Lelievre, and J. M. K. Irudayaraj, "Nanoscale Histone Localization in Live Cells Reveals Reduced Chromatin Mobility in Response to DNA Damage", Journal of Cell Science, 128, 599-604 (2015).
- J. Liu, P. Kumar, Y. Hu, G. Cheng, and J. Irudayaraj, "Enhanced Multi-photon Emission from CdTe/ZnS Quantum Dots Decorated on Single Layer Graphene", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, 6331-6336 (2015).
- M. Y. Shalaginov, V. V. Vorobyov, J. Liu, M. Ferrera, A. V. Akimov, A. Lagutchev, A. N. Smolyaninov, V. V. Klimov, J. Irudayaraj, A. V. Kildishev, A. Boltasseva, and V. M. Shalaev, "Enhancement of Single-Photon Emission from Nitrogen-Vacancy centers with TiN/(AlSc)N Hyperbolic Metamaterial". Laser & Photonics Reviews, 9, 120-127 (2015).
- J. Liu, I. Cho, Y. Cui, and J. Irudayaraj, "Second Harmonic Super-resolution Microscopy for Quantification of mRNA at Single Copy Sensitivity", ACS Nano, 8, 12418-27 (2014).
- P. Vidi, J. Liu, S. Jayaraman, G. Dorfman, D. Salles, M.Gray, P. Abad, P. V. Moghe, J. M. K. Irudayaraj, L. Wiesmuller, and S. A. Lelievre, "NuMA Promotes Homologous Recombination Repair by Regulating the Accumulation of the ISWI ATPase SNF2h at DNA Breaks", Nucleic Acids Research, 42, 6365-6379 (2014).
- G. Naik, B. Saha, J. Liu, S. M. Saber, E. Satach, J. Irudayaraj, T. D. Sands, V. M. Shalaev, and A. Boltasseva, "Epitaxial superlattices with titanium nitride as a plasmonic component for optical hyperbolic metamaterials". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1319446111 (2014).
- Highlighted in Purdue news room
- J. Liu, X. Jiang, S. Iishi, V. Shalaev, and J. Irudayaraj, "Quantifying Local Density of Optical States by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging". New Journal of Physics, 16, 063069 (2014).
- J. Liu, J. Irudayaraj, "Second Harmonic Generation Correlation Spectroscopy at Single Molecule Level", Optics Express, Vol. 21, 27063-27073 (2013).
- M. Shalaginov, S. Iishi, J. Liu, J. Liu, J. Irudayaraj, A. Lagutchev, A.V. Kindishev, and V. Shalaev, "Broadband enhancement of spontaneous emission from nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds by hyperbolic metamaterials". Applied Physics Letter, 102, 173114 (2013).
- J. Wei, J. Liu, and M. Xiao, "Giant Optical Nonlinearity of Silver-doped Silicon Thin Film at Low Power Input: Laser-triggered Cluster Resonance". Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, 11, 6464-3 (2011).
- J. Liu, S. Liu, and J. Wei, "Origin of the Giant Optical Nonlinearity of Sb2Te3 phase change materials". Applied Physics Letter, 97, 261903 (2010).
- J. Wei, and J. Liu, "Direct Observation of Below-Diffraction-Limited Optical Spot induced by Nonlinear Saturable Absorption of Ag-doped Silicon nanofilms". Optics Letters, 35, 3126-3128, (2010).
- J. Liu, and J. Wei, "Optical Nonlinear Absorption Characteristics of AgInSbTe Phase Change Thin Films". Journal of Applied Physics, 106, 083112, (2009).
- J. Wei, J. Liu, and X. Jiao, "Sub-wavelength Direct Laser Writing by Strong Optical Nonlinear Absorption and Melt-ablation Threshold Characteristics". Applied Physics Letter, 95, 241105, (2009).
- K. Chen, G. Li, F. Gao, J. Liu, J. Liu, and J. Zhu, "Conducting Grain Boundaries in the Highdielectric-constant Ceramic CaCu3Ti4O12". Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 074101, (2007).
- K. Chen, S. Yuan, P. Li, F. Gao, J. Liu, G. Li, A. Zhao, X. Lu, J. M. Liu, and J. S. Zhu, "High Permittivity in Zr Doped NiO Ceramics", Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 034103, (2007).
Patent - J. Liu, and J. Wei, "Single Beam Parameter Tunable Z-scan Measurement". Issued Data: 04/20/2011, China, Issued No.: ZL 2009 1 0054823.1
Honors, Awards and Grants
- 2015 Outstanding PhD Student, Purdue University
- 2015 Outstanding Graduate Student for Research Excellence, Purdue University
- 2014 Bilsland Fellow, Purdue University
- 2012 SIRG Cancer Center Fellowship, Purdue University
- 2011 Ismail Travel Grant, Purdue University
- 2010 Outstanding Graduate Student, Chinese Academy of Science
- 2004 - 2006 Excellent Student, Nanjing University
Other
Professional Activities
- Instructor, NUAA summer school, 2016
- Co-organizer, BioSNTR Imaging Informatics Symposium, 2016
- Member, Optics Society of American (2008- )
- Member, American Physics Society (2014- )
- Member, American Chemistry Society (2012- )
- Journal Reviewer: ACS Nano, Advanced Materials, Applied Physics Letter, Applied Optics, Optics Express, Optics Letter, Journal of American Optical Society A, etc.