Home People Teaching Staff LI Quan

Education:

• PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, USA, 2001
• BSc, Chemistry, Beijing University, China, 1997

Position:

• 08/2011-now, Professor, Department of Physics, CUHK
• 08/2007-07/2011 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, CUHK
• 01/2002-08/2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, CUHK

Research Interest:

• Quantum sensing for condensed matter physics, bio-medicine, and energy applications
  • Developing quantum sensors and protocols to study intriguing problems in condensed matter physics, bio-medicine, and energy devices.
• Energy storage materials
  • In situ and ex situ characterization of battery materials and processes
• Nano-bio interfaces
  • Nanovaccine development for cancer therapeutics and autoimmune diseases

Honours and Awards:

• Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2023-24
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2021)
• 深圳虛擬大學園2013年度國家級科技項目先進個人 (2013)
• 湖北省人民政府科學技術獎二等獎 (2012)
• 黑龍江省高校科學技術獎一等獎 (2012)
• Research Excellence Award (2007-08), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Young Researcher Award (2006-07), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Representative Publications:

• Xia KW, Liu CF, Leong WH, Kwok MH, Yang ZY, Feng X, Liu RB*, Li Q*, Nanometer-precision non-local deformation reconstruction using nanodiamond orientation sensing, arXiv: 1901.03235 (2019), Nature Communications (in press)
• Zhang T, Liu GQ, Leong WH, Liu CF, Kwok MH, Ngai T, Liu RB*, Li Q*, Hybrid nanodiamond quantum sensors enabled by volume phase transitions of hydrogels, Nature Communications 9, 3188, 2018
• Fan L, Zhang SL, Zhang CY, Yin C, Chu ZQ, Song CJ, Lin G, and Li Q*, "Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Circumvented Using a Cytosolic Drug Reservoir", Advanced Science, vol: 5, 1700289, 2018.
• Huang Y, Xu ZH, Mai JQ, Lau ZT, Lu XH, Hsu YJ, Chen YS, Lee CH, Hou YL, Meng YS, Li Q*, “Revisiting the origin of cycling enhanced capacity of Fe 3 O 4 based nanostructured electrode for lithium ion batteries”, Nano Energy, doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.10.001
• Liu H, Liao LB, Lu YC, Li Q*, “High Energy Density Aqueous Li-Ion Flow Capacitor” Advanced Energy Materials, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201601248, 2016