Dr. Kin Liao graduated with B.Sc. (Engineering Mechanics), M.Sc. (Engineering Mechanics), and Ph.D. (Materials Engineering Science), all from Virginia Tech. He had spent two years at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Northwestern University as a visiting scientist before joining Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore as a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow, and served there for 13 years. He was one of the founding faculty of NTU’s Bioengineering Division and has served as the Director for NTU’s BioInformatics Research Center from 2004-2006.
Dr. Liao’s research encompasses advanced materials for aerospace/senor/energy applications, nano-materials and nano-mechanics, and durability of composite materials. Dr. Liao's current research interests are in two-dimensional heterogeneous materials, and novel composites for aerospace applications. He has authored and coauthored more than 170 technical papers in leading international journals. Dr. Liao is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
"2D-enhanced Lightweight Materials" under Research Innovation Center for 2D Materials (RIC-2D)
Multiple Postdoc vacancies in 2D materials
