Interaction mechanisms for organics and heavy metals at the interface of soil and water. Molecular mechanics and dynamics modeling of interactions of organic/inorganic pollutants on environmental heterogeneous surface.

Ph.D. in Crop and Soil Science (Environmental Soil & Water Chemistry), 2010 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States 
M.S. in Environmental Chemistry, 2004 Nanjing University, Nanjing, P. R. China
B.S. in Environmental Science, 2001 Nanjing University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Sept. 2012 - current Associate Professor
Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation
Institute of Soil Science，Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, P.R. China
Dec. 2010 —Aug. 2012 Post-doctoral Researcher
Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

   

1) Liu C, Li H, Teppen BJ, Johnston CT, Boyd SA. Mechanisms associated with the high adsorption of dibenzo-p-dioxin from water by smectite clays. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43(8), 2777-83.
2) Liu C, Li H, Boyd SA, Teppen BJ. Relating clay structural factors to dioxin adsorption by smectites: molecular dynamics simulations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2012, 76(1), 110-120.
3) Liu C, Gu C, Yu K, Li H, Teppen BJ, Johnston CT, Boyd SA, Zhou DM. Integrating structural and thermodynamic mechanisms for sorption of PCBs by montmorillonite. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (5), pp 2796–2805.
4) Gu C, Liu C*, Ding Y, Teppen BJ, Li H, Johnston CT, Boyd SA. Clay mediated route to natural formation of polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45(8), 3445-3451.
5) Gu C, Liu C, Johnston CT, Teppen BJ, Li H, Boyd SA. Pentachlorophenol radical cations generated on Fe(III)-montmorillonite initiate octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin formation in clays: DFT and spectroscopic studies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45(4), 1399-1406.