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Nian Liu

GaTech Instructor

nian.liu@chbe.gatech.edu

Compensation history

YearTitleCategoryOrganizationSalaryTravel
FY2025ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$169,593$11,807
FY2024ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$158,000$6,390
FY2023ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$153,157$17,421
FY2022ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$142,156$3,086
FY2021ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$130,260
FY2020ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$124,458$2,428
FY2019ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$113,994$5,308
FY2018ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$112,000$4,512
FY2017ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$64,913$2,533

The faded dashed line is the median salary for the same normalized title at the same institution that year (a same-rank peer benchmark; the salary source has no department). Shown only for years with more than one holder of the title.

Research output

Scholarly record from OpenAlex, publishing since 2000. Author matched by name; metrics are indicative. ORCID 0000-0002-5966-0244.

h-index
76
Citations
39K
Works
428
Works FY15–25
320
Publications and citations by year
081625334101.8K3.6K5.3K7.1K8.9KWorksCitations20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Works (bars, left axis)Citations received (line, right axis)

Patents

Patent families (EPO OPS) where this person is a named inventor and the assignee is the institution’s research corporation — so the work was managed under the institution. Counted by invention (worldwide filings of one patent count once) and placed by filing year. Inventor-to-faculty matching is indicative. Grant status is cross-verified against Google Patents Public Data (95% agreement with an independent EPO family check); a patent counts as granted once it has issued in any jurisdiction.

Patents
6
Filing years
2020–2024
Confirmed grants
1
TitleNumberFiledStatus
Electrochemical flow devices and methods of making the sameUS2024145730A12020granted 2024
A SCALABLE FABRICATION OF DEEPLY RECHARGEABLE ZINC BATTERY ANODE MATERIALSWO2025064001A22024
HOST MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE ZINC ANODES IN AQUEOUS BATTERIESUS2025174669A12023
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALING UP OF MICROTUBULAR FLOW BATTERIESWO2024098055A22023
Systems and Methods for Concentrating IonsUS2021189578A12020
DEEPLY RECHARGEABLE BATTERY SYSTEMS AND METHODSWO2021080694A22020

Federal grants acquired

No federal grant data with this person as the lead/contact PI was found. (Public NIH + NSF awards only; co-PI, non-federal, and unmatched awards are not counted, so an absence here is not proof of none.)

Career history

Prior positions and education from ORCID (self-reported). Academic history is well covered; corporate and founder roles are often omitted, so their absence isn’t evidence they don’t exist.Lists a founder/executive role.

2017Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology · Chemical and Biomolecular Engineeringacademic
2014–2016Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University · Physicsfounder/exec
2009–2014PhD, Stanford University · Chemistryeducation
2005–2009BS, Fudan University · Chemistryeducation

Georgia Tech teaching

108 classes taught19 distinct coursesSpring 2017Spring 2026
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20243 termsLecture 10.0hLaboratory 8.3hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20233 termsLecture 3.3hLaboratory 5.8hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20203 termsLecture 8.2hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20193 termsLecture 1.7hSeminar / Recitation 0.8hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20183 termsLecture 4.2hSeminar / Recitation 0.8hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20173 termsLecture 2.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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Compiled from public records and matched by name — grant, research, and teaching figures are indicative and may be incomplete or, rarely, misattributed, and do not reflect a person’s worth. See methodology. Report a correction.