Nanochemistry

Professor Sajid Bashir received his Ph.D. training in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry from the University of Warwick (UK) in 2001 and previously graduate training in Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry from the University of New York at Buffalo (USA). He was a postgraduate research associate at Cornell University (USA) in the field of plant proteomics. Currently, he is a Full Professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) and a past Faculty Fellow at the US Air Force. He has directed and participated in more than 20 projects supported by the Welch Foundation, TAMUK, Texas Workforce Commission, and US National Institute of Health. He has co-authored > 80 book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and also holds Chartered Chemist and separately Chartered Scientists from the Science Council (UK). He is also the American Chemical Society, Energy and Fuels Division Technical Secretary (2018-2022). During his service at TAMUK, he trained more than 3,000 students on both undergraduate and graduate levels. He created online courses and established safety training protocols in conjunction with Risk Management. Currently, he collaborated with local law enforcement as a consultant in forensic chemistry.

Professor Jingbo Louise Liu received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (with a focus on materials chemistry) from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2001 and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Chemistry (focus on electrochemistry and alternative energy), the University of Calgary in 2004. She was promoted to a tenured Full Professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMU-K) in 2016 and affiliated with the TAMU Energy Institute in 2019. The promotion and affiliation were due to her productivity for nanostructured materials preparation, characterization, understanding of the properties and applications of engineered nanomaterials in alternative energy and biological science. She has been hosting 15+ visiting scholars and taught > 10,500 students; trained > 150 undergraduates and 35 graduate students. She served as the National Science Foundation (NSF) panelist & chair, journal editor, and also as a reviewer for dozens of journals. Dr. Liu participated in and directed more than 40 sponsored projects, supported by the NSF; R. Welch Foundation; Department of Education; Petroleum Research Fund of American Chemical Society (ACS); and TAMU Energy Institute & TAMU-Kingsville. She published more than 100 journal articles, books, and book chapters. Being a Directed Energy Bio-effects Institute (DEBI) faculty fellow member at the US Air Force Research Laboratory, she co-filed 2 patents (more than 20 claims per patent) with Air Force scientists to address clinical prevention and healthcare concerns. Due to her leadership in chemical sciences and engineering, she was awarded the distinction of Chartered Scientist by the Science Council and Chartered Chemist by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). She has taken on leadership roles in different professional communities, as an elected National ACS Technical Division Chair of Energy and Fuels; Alternate Councilor for the local South Texas Chapter of ACS; secretary and historian of TAMU College Station Chapter, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honors Society; and a member of the executive committee of Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS ). She has also been volunteering for the local Kleberg Law Enforcement Center on the Forensics and Automated & Unmanned Vehicles to provide scientific guidelines for border security.