Peng Liu Research Group
Polymer Chemistry & Materials Laboratory

 About Peng

Peng Liu

Peng Liu (刘朋)

Lecturer · SNSF Ambizione PI

ORCID: 0000-0002-1961-8850

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Peng received his B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Shanghai Institute of Technology and his M.S. in Chemical Engineering through a joint program with the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of Prof. Zhenjiang Liu, Prof. Fanhong Wu and Prof. Jintao Liu. He obtained his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Fribourg under the supervision of Prof. Andreas Kilbinger, working on ring-opening metathesis polymerization. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the Adolphe Merkle Institute, Caltech, and ETH Zürich. In 2024, Peng established his independent research group at ETH Zürich with the support of an SNSF Ambizione Grant.

Education

2016–2020
Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
2012–2015
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, joint program between Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shanghai Institute of Technology, China
2008–2012
B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Technology, China

Appointments

2024–present
Lecturer and SNSF Ambizione Independent Principal Investigator, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2023–2024
Postdoctoral Researcher, Prof. Tae-Lim Choi's group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2021–2023
Postdoctoral Researcher, Prof. Maxwell J. Robb's group, California Institute of Technology, USA
2020–2021
Postdoctoral Researcher, joint project with Profs. Nico Bruns, Christoph Weder, and Michael Mayer, Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
2015–2016
Research Assistant, Prof. Zhenjiang Liu's group, Shanghai Institute of Technology, China

Honors & Awards

2025
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Overseas)
2025
American Chemical Society, Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division (PMSE) Future Faculty Award
2025
European Polymer Federation (EPF) Future Faculty and Researchers Award
2024
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Ambizione Grant
2021
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship
2020
Faculty of Science Award in Experimental Sciences, University of Fribourg
2019
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
2012
Outstanding Graduate of Colleges and Universities in Shanghai
2011
Shanghai Municipal Scholarship