Dr.Jingyue (Jimmy) Liu is now a Professor in the Department of Physics at ArizonaState University (ASU). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in condensed matterphysics at ASU and then was funded by Shell for 4 years to develop electronmicroscopy techniques for catalyst characterization before he joined MonsantoCompany as a group leader (1994). He was promoted to Corporate Fellow and thenSenior Fellow for sustained outstanding contributions to Monsanto's businesses.Dr. Liu was recruited to University of Missouri-St. Louis (2006) as Professorof Physics and Chemistry and Director of the Center for Nanoscience. He wasthen recruited back to ASU (2011) as Professor of Physics and serves asDirector of the Professional Science Master’s in Nanoscience Program as well asCommittee Chair of the John M. Cowley Center for HREM at ASU. Dr. Liu receivedthe prestigious 2001 Edgar M. Queeny Award for Science and Technology, thehighest award within Monsanto for scientific achievement and business impact.He is a Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America and has published over 300journal and conference articles.
