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Luning Liu

Professor Luning Liu
Ph.D., FRSB, FRSC, FRMS

Professor, Chair of Microbial Bioenergetics and Bioengineering, Fellow of Royal Society of Biology, Fellow of Royal Microscopical Society
Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology
Part of
Institute of Systems, Molecular & Integrative Biology
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Contact

Luning.Liu@liverpool.ac.uk

Liu Lab

+44 (0)151 795 4426

Professional Activities

Selected Professional Activities

Editorship

  • Environmental Microbiology (Invited Editorial Board Member, 2020 - present) (Editorship)
  • Frontier of Plant Sciences (Editorial Board member, 2016 - present) (Editorship)

Examination Role

  • University of Manchester, PhD viva (2025) (Examination Role)
  • University of Cambridge, PhD viva (2018) (Examination Role)

External Administrative or Committee Role

  • BBSRC panel B member, Invited (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) (External Administrative or Committee Role)

Internal Administrative or Committee Role

  • Associate Director for Biology of Albert Crewe Centre (University, 2021 - present) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)

Professional Body Membership

  • Royal Society of Chemistry (Fellow, 2024 - present) (Professional Body Membership)
  • Royal Society of Biology (Fellow, 2023 - present) (Professional Body Membership)

Publication Review

  • Reveiwer, Invited (Nature, Pre-publication) (Publication Review)
  • Reviewer, Invited (Science, Pre-publication) (Publication Review)

Editorships

  • Environmental Microbiology (Invited Editorial Board Member, 2020 - present)
  • Frontier of Plant Sciences (Editorial Board member, 2016 - present)
  • Royal Society Open Science (Associate Editor, 2019 - 2021)

Examination Roles

  • University of Manchester, PhD viva (2025)
  • University of Edinburgh, PhD viva (2022)
  • University of Greenwich, PhD viva (2021)
  • Queen Mary University of London, PhD viva (2020)
  • University of Cambridge, PhD viva (2018)
  • University of Cambridge, PhD viva (2017)
  • University of Cambridge, MPhil (2015)
  • University of Liverpool, PhD viva (2023)
  • University of Liverpool, PhD viva (2021)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

  • BBSRC panel B member, Invited (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council)

Grant Application Assessments

  • External Post-submission (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), 2022)

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Associate Director for Biology of Albert Crewe Centre (University, 2021 - present)
  • ISMIB Space & Facilities Committee member (School / Institute, 2021 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Royal Society of Chemistry (Fellow, 2024 - present)
  • Royal Society of Biology (Fellow, 2023 - present)
  • Royal Microscopical Society (Fellow, 2018 - present)

Publication Reviews

  • Reveiwer, Invited (Nature, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (Science, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (Nature Nanotechnology, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (Nature Plants, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (Nature Chemical Biology, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (Science Advances, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (Nature Communications, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (PLoS Biology, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (eLife, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (The Plant Cell, Pre-publication)
  • Reviewer, Invited (Cell Reports, Pre-publication)