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Jia Niu
Jia Niu
 Associate Professor, Chemistry
 Ph.D., Harvard University
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Jia Niu

Jia Niu

Associate Professor, Chemistry

Ph.D., Harvard University

Jia Niu is currently an associate professor of Chemistry at Boston College. Jia studied at Tsinghua University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree with the highest honor in 2005. After completing a Master of Science degree with Professor Xi Zhang in 2008, also at Tsinghua, he moved to the United States and joined Professor David R. Liu's group at Harvard University to pursue a Ph.D. degree. In 2014 he moved to University of California, Santa Barbara and became a joint postdoctoral fellow with Professor Craig J. Hawker and Professor H. Tom Soh. Jia joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry, Boston College in the summer of 2017.

Honors and Awards:

  • ACS CARB division David Y. Gin  New Investigator Award (2024)
  • Camille-Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2023)
  • American Chemical Society PMSE Division Young Investigator Award (2021)
  • NSF CAREER Award (2020)
  • American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, Doctoral New Investigator (2019)
  • NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2019)
  • Beckman Young Investigator Award (2019)
  • Thieme Chemistry Journal Award (2019)
  • Fieser Lecture Prize, Harvard University (2013)
  • Christensen Prize for Outstanding Research Achievement, Harvard University (2012 & 2013)
  • Harvard Merit Fellowship, Harvard University (2012)
  • Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University (2012)
  • Eli Lilly Organic Chemistry Fellowship, Harvard University (2012)
  • Excellent Master’s Thesis Award, Tsinghua University (2008)
  • Outstanding Bachelor Graduate of Tsinghua University (Top 2%) (2005)
  • National Scholarship of China 1st level (2004)
  • Chemistry Olympiads of China, 2nd Prize (2001)
Xiaonan Li
Xiaonan Li
 Postdoctoral Fellow
 Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
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Xiaonan Li

Xiaonan Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Ming Zhang
Ming Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
 Ph.D.: Nankai University

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Ming Zhang

Ming Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D.: Nankai University

Zefeng Zhou
Zefeng Zhou
 Graduate Student (G7)
 B.S., Xiamen University
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Zefeng Zhou

Zefeng Zhou

Graduate Student (G7)

B.S., Xiamen University



Gavin Giardino
Gavin Giardino
 Graduate Student (G6)
 B.S., Stonehill College
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Gavin Giardino

Gavin Giardino

Graduate Student (G6)

B.S., Stonehill College

Yu Deng
Yu Deng
 Graduate Student (G6)
 B.S., Nanjing University
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Yu Deng

Yu Deng

Graduate Student (G6)

B.S., Nanjing University

Na-Chuan Jiang
Na-Chuan Jiang
 Graduate Student (G6)
 B.S., Southern University of Science and Technology
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Na-Chuan Jiang

Na-Chuan Jiang

Graduate Student (G6)

B.S., Southern University of Science and Technology

Xueyi Liu
Xueyi Liu
 Graduate Student (G5)
 M.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Xueyi Liu

Xueyi Liu

Graduate Student (G5)

M.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University

William Thompson
William Thompson
 Graduate Student (G5)
 B.S., West Chester University
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William Thompson

William Thompson

Graduate Student (G5)

B.S., West Chester University

Kyrsten Weissheier
Kyrsten Weissheier
 Graduate Student (G4)
 B.S., University of Rhode Island
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Kyrsten Weissheier

Kyrsten Weissheier

Graduate Student (G4)

B.S., University of Rhode Island

Brayan Rondon
Brayan Rondon
 Graduate Student (G4)
 B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Brayan Rondon

Brayan Rondon

Graduate Student (G4)

B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Jiayi Fan
Jiayi Fan
 Graduate Student (G3)
 B.S., Soochow University
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Jiayi Fan

Jiayi Fan

Graduate Student (G3)

B.S., Soochow University

Arjun Chowdhury
Arjun Chowdhury
 Graduate Student (G3)
 M.S.:, IISER Mohali, India
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Arjun Chowdhury

Arjun Chowdhury

Graduate Student (G3)

M.S.:, IISER Mohali, India

Poom Ungolan
Poom Ungolan
 Graduate Student (G2)
 B.S., Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
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Poom Ungolan

Poom Ungolan

Graduate Student (G2)

B.S., Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Richard "Drew" Michaud
Richard "Drew" Michaud
 Graduate Student (G2)
 B.S., Brandeis University
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Richard "Drew" Michaud

Richard "Drew" Michaud

Graduate Student (G2)

B.S., Brandeis University

Chloe Fields
Chloe Fields
 Boston College, Class of 2025
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Chloe Fields

Chloe Fields

Boston College, Class of 2025

Livie Mariani
Livie Mariani
 Boston College, Class of 2026
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Livie Mariani

Livie Mariani

Boston College, Class of 2026

Keely McClellan
Keely McClellan
 Boston College, Class of 2025
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Keely McClellan

Keely McClellan

Boston College, Class of 2025

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Jia Niu in lab

Jia Niu

Members of the laboratory will receive training on a broad range of skills in synthetic organic chemistry, polymer synthesis and characterization, nucleic acid chemistry, bioconjugation chemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology.

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