Dr. Jinyong Liu
Work and Contact Information
EMPLOYER:
- University of California, Riverside
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- 900 University Ave
- Riverside, CA 92521
EMAIL: jinyongl@ucr.edu
WEBPAGE: https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/jinyongl
About the Contributor
Dr. Jinyong Liu is currently an Associate Professor and Won and Insook Yoo Endowed Chair in Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Riverside. He has over 20 years of research experience in environmental engineering and chemistry, particularly related to the destruction and detection of recalcitrant water pollutants such as PFAS and perchlorate. Dr. Liu's lab has made significant advances in both fundamental understanding and treatment performance for photochemical degradation of a wide spectrum of PFAS pollutants. In particular, he elucidated the degradation mechanisms and pathways of 150+ PFAS structures, substantially reduced the energy consumption for PFOA degradation under UV from several hundred to <2 kWh/m3, overcame various challenges posed by water matrices, and achieved near 100% defluorination of most PFAS in real waste streams. Dr. Liu is leading multiple research projects funded by federal agencies to advance basic science and develop new technologies for PFAS treatment. He holds a PhD degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Tsinghua University.
