E-Mail : jl3193@columbia.edu
Phone : (212) 854-9606
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Jian Liang joined the Fernandez lab in November 2007, as a postdoctoral research scientist in the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University. Jian was born in Guangzhou, China. He obtained his B. S. degree in chemistry and M. S. degree in physical chemistry both from the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University in the years of 1999 and 2002, respectively. After that, he moved to the U.S. and pursued his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University. In October 2007, Jian completed his thesis defense and then started his new life in New York City. During his studies in China and in the U.S., Jian has been interested in using various techniques to probe different properties at surfaces and interfaces, especially in the field of soft molecular materials, molecular manipulation, chemical/mechanical/electrical properties at the molecular or nanoscale level, scanning probe microscopy and the properties of self-assembled monolayers. Currently, Jian is expanding his area of interest towards biological systems, using single-molecule force spectroscopy to study the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of proteins.