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Lili Liu is a research scientist in the Materials Science group of the Physical Sciences Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. She is widely recognized for her expertise in semiconductor materials and two-dimensional heterostructure materials, with a focus on studying the fundamental formation mechanisms using in-situ, cryo, and ex-situ microscopy techniques. Having joined PNNL as a postdoctoral researcher in 2017, Lili Liu has dedicated her research efforts to investigating the fundamental mechanisms of nucleation and non-classical crystal growth in semiconductor materials. Her work leverages cutting-edge in-situ liquid cell transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and in-situ liquid cell scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques to gain valuable insights into these processes. Liu has more than 30 papers published in professional journals. 

• Crystal growth, self-assembly, and dissolution
• Particle interactions
• 2D heterostructure synthesis and characterization

• In-situ/Cryo TEM
• 2D Hetero-Materials Synthesis
• SEM
• TEM

• PhD in mechanical engineering, Texas Tech University, 2016
• MS in analytical chemistry, Shanxi University, 2012
• BS in Chemistry, Shanxi University, 2009

• Session Co-Chair, Materials Research Society Symposium
• Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Energy Research

• Doctor Dissertation Scholarship of Graduate School, Texas Tech University

• L. L. Liu, Michel Sassi, Xin Zhang, Elias Nakouzi, Libor Kovarik, Sichuang Xue, Biao Jin, Kevin M Rosso, James J De Yoreo. Understanding the mechanisms of anisotropic dissolution in metal oxides by applying radiolysis simulations to liquid-phase TEM. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2023, 120, e2101243120
• L. L. Liu, Benjamin A. Legg, William Smith, Lawrence M. Anovitz, Xin Zhang, Reed Harper, Carolyn I. Pearce, Kevin M. Rosso, Andrew G. Stack, Markus Bleuel, David F. R. Mildner, Gregory K. Schenter, Aurora E. Clark, James J. De Yoreo, Jaehun Chun, Elias Nakouzi. Predicting Outcomes of Nanoparticle Attachment by Connecting Atomistic, Interfacial, Particle, and Aggregate Scales. ACS Nano. 2023, 17, 16, 15556
• L. L. Liu, E. Nakouzi, M. L. Sushko, G. K. Schenter, C. J. Mundy, J. Chun, J. J. De Yoreo. Connecting energetics to dynamics in particle growth by oriented attachment using real-time observations. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 1045 (Editor highlight).  
• L. L. Liu, J. Chun, X.  Zhang, M. Sassi, A. G. Stack, C. I. Pearce, S. B. Clark, K. M. Rosso, J. J. De Yoreo, G. A. Kimmel. Radiolysis and Radiation-Driven Dynamics of Boehmite Dissolution Observed by In Situ Liquid-Phase TEM. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 8, 5029
• L. L. Liu, M. L. Sushko, E. C. Buck, X. Zhang, L. Kovarik, Z. Shen, J. H. Tao, E. Nakouzi, J. Liu, J. J. De Yoreo. Revisiting the Growth Mechanism of Hierarchical Semiconductor Nanostructures: The Role of Secondary Nucleation in Branch Formation. J. Phys. Chem. Lett.  2019, 10, 6827−6834.