B.E. China University of Petroleum (East China), 2009-2013
M.E. China University of Petroleum (East China), 2013-2016
Ph.D. The University of Hong Kong, 2017-2021

Research Assistant, Tsinghua University, 2016.08-2016.09
Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Biomedical Instrument Centre, 2021.09-2022.05
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Hong Kong, 2022.05-2022.08
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Hong Kong, 2022.09-2025.01
Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2025.03-present

1. Microfluidics
2. Microscale heat and mass transfer
3. Soft matter and soft robotics

1. Wei Li, Xin Tang*, Liqiu Wang*, Photopyroelectric microfluidics. Science Advances 6, eabc1693 (2020).

2. Ling Yang†, Wei Li†, Jiaoyuan Lian, Hengjia Zhu, Qiyu Deng, Yiyuan Zhang, Jiaqian Li*, Xiaobo Yin*, Liqiu Wang*, Selective directional liquid transport on shoot surfaces of Crassula muscosa. Science 384, 1344–1349 (2024).

3. Wei Li, Xin Tang, Xing Han, Jiaqian Li, Ying Chu, Liqiu Wang*, Super-alcohol-repellent coatings. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 613, 146–154 (2022).

4. Wei Li†, Yixin Wang†, Xin Tang, T. T. T. Yuen, Xing Han, Jiaqian Li, Nan Huang, J. F. W. Chan, Hin Chu*, Liqiu Wang*, Liquid repellency enabled antipathogen coatings. Materials Today Bio 12, 100145 (2021).

5. Jiaqian Li†, Xing Han†, Wei Li†, Ling Yang, Xing Li*, Liqiu Wang*, Nature-inspired reentrant surfaces. Progress in Materials Science 133, 101064 (2023).

6. Yang X., Li W.*, Guo L., Liu X., Feng H. Q., Prediction of CaCO3 scaling in water injection wellbore, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016, 98, 532-540.

7. Chen L.†, Li W.†, Gan Z., Zhou Y., Chen M., Cui D., Ge H., Chan P. K. L., Wang L. Q.*, Li W. D.*, Ultrathin metal-mesh Janus membranes with nanostructure-enhanced hydrophobicity for high-efficiency fog harvesting, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 363, 132444.

8. Tang X., Li W., Wang L. Q.*, Furcated droplet motility on crystalline surfaces, Nature Nanotechnology, 2021, 16, 1106-1112.

9. Han X., Li W., Zhao H. B., Li J. Q., Tang X., Wang L. Q.*, Slippery damper of overlay for droplet arresting and manipulating on non-wetting surfaces, Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 3154.

10. Tang X., Tian Y., Tian X. W., Li W., Han X., Kong T., Wang L. Q.*, Design of multi-scale textured surfaces for unconventional liquid harnessing, Materials Today, 2021, 43, 62-83.

11. Zhao H.B., Du H., Deng Q., Li W., Guo M., Zhang Y., Wang L.Q.*, Yu P.*, Liquid springs for high‐speed contamination‐free manipulation of droplets and solid particles, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2407654.

12. Han X., Tang X., Zhao H. B., Li W., Li J. Q., Wang L. Q.*, Spatio-temporal maneuvering of impacting drops, Materials Horizons, 2021, 8, 3133-3140.

13. Han X., Li J. Q., Tang X., Li W., Zhao H. B., Yang L., Wang L. Q.*, Droplet bouncing: fundamentals, regulations, and applications, Small, 2022, 2200277.

14. Pang C. L., Wu X., Li W., Wang L. Q.*, Feng S.-P.*, Inhibiting Leidenfrost phenomenon with granulated polymer film, Materials Today Physics, 2024, 46, 101497.

15. Han X., Tang X., Chen R., Li W., Zhu P., Wang L. Q.*, Citrus-peel-like durable slippery surfaces, Chemical Engineering Journal,2021, 420, 129599.

16. Li J. Q., Li W., Han X. and Wang L. Q.*, Sandwiched nets for efficient direction-independent fog collection, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021, 581, 545-551.

17. Li J. Q., Li W., Tang X., Han X., Wang L. Q.*, Lubricant-mediated strong droplet adhesion on lubricant-impregnated surfaces, Langmuir, 2021, 37, 8607-8615.

18. Zhao H. B., Han X., Li J. Q., Li W., Huang T., Yu P.*, Wang L. Q.*, Numerical investigation of a droplet impacting obliquely on a horizontal solid surface, Physical Review Fluids, 2022, 7, 013601.

19. Han X., Tang X., Zhao H. B., Li J. Q., Li W., Wang L. Q.*, Aqueous drop-on-drop impact on super-repellent surface, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022, 9, 2101565.

20. Huang L., Zhou J., Chen Y., Li W., Han X., Wang L. Q.*, Engineering microcapsules for simultaneous delivery combinational therapeutics, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2020, 5, 2000623.

21. Min S., Li S., Zhu Z., Li W., Tang X., Liang C., Wang L. Q., Cheng X.*, Li W. D.*, Gradient wettability induced by deterministically patterned nanostructures, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2020, 6, 106.

22. Zhao H., Deng Q., Huang T., Zhu P., Li W., Han X., Li X., Wang L. Q.*, Yu P.*, Magnetic field-assisted fission of a ferrofluid droplet for large-scale droplet generation, Langmuir, 2022, 38, 5838-5846.

23. Chu Y., Wang Y., Liu A., Chen G., Li W., Wang X., Chu H.*, Wang L. Q.*, Dual-functional anti-pathogen coatings, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022, 2200865.

1. Liqiu Wang, Wei Li, Xin Tang, Loss-free liquids manipulation platform, US patent, Patent No.: US11919003B2 (2021).
2. Liqiu Wang, Wei Li, Self-cleaning pathogen-repellent coatings, WIPO patent, Publication No.: WO2022/247672 (2021).
3. Liqiu Wang, Wei Li, Jiaqian Li, Durable water and oil repellent polymeric devices, US patent, Publication No.: US 2023/0226777 A1 (2022).

1. HKU Foundation Award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Students, 2023
2. Best Thesis Award in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, 2023
3. FLUIGENT Microfluidics Award in the Category of New PhD researchers, 2022
4. Gold Medal of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, 2021