Current Members

Chang Liu, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
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PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, 2013
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BS, Biomedical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, China, 2007
Dr. Liu joined the Biomedical Engineering Program and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina as an Assistant Professor in 2018. Prior to this, he was a Research Scientist at Arizona State University, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Houston Methodist Research Institute. Dr. Liu’s research interests include: in vitro diagnostics, point-of-care devices, and translational biomarkers for improving healthcare. Dr. Liu received the NSF CAREER Award and the USC Breakthrough Stars Award. He is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Biophysical Society.
Email: changliu[at]cec.sc.edu

Celeste Kennard, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2023-present
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PhD, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina, 2022
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BS, Chemical Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, 2012
Email: kennards[at]email.sc.edu

Xiaojun Wei, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2018-present
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Project Research Assistant, Key Laboratory of Colloid, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), 2018
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PhD, Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018
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MS, Material Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST), 2013
Email: weix[at]mailbox.sc.edu
Alumni

Kara McClung (Undergraduate, 2018)

Rachel Teague (Undergraduate, 2018-2019)

Jonathan Gray (Undergraduate, 2018-2019)

Roberto Gambarini (Undergraduate, 2018-2019)

Leon Wang (High School, 2019-2021)

Gabriela Lozada Calle (REU, 2022)
