Shih-Hsien Liu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Email: [email protected]
Work: 865.241.5175
Address:
1 Bethel Valley Rd.
Bldg. 8620, B-208
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Websites
Education
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2011-2017
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2008-2010
B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2004-2008
Research Interests
- Nanomaterials:
Zinc-based nano-scale therapeutics for citrus greening disease. - Bioenergy:
Co-solvent enhanced lignin fractionation for biofuel production. - Drug Discovery:
Novel antagonists for fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and α-Klotho to treat hypophosphatemic disorders.
Current Research
My current research focuses on computational structure-based drug discovery in collaboration with BPGbio, Inc., a leading biology-first AI-powered clinical stage pharmaceutical company. The projects investigate small-molecule ligands and their interactions with protein targets related to human cancer using methods such as protein structure prediction, sequence alignment, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, and free energy perturbation to facilitate experimental assays.
Publications
- Liu, S.-H.; Fichthorn, K. A. Interaction of Alkylamines with Cu Surfaces: A Metal-Organic Many-Body Force Field. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121 (40), 22531-22541.
- Liu, S.-H.; Balankura, T.; Fichthorn, K. A. Self-Assembled Monolayer Structures of Hexadecylamine on Cu Surfaces: Density-Functional Theory. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18 (48), 32753-32761.
- Liu, S.-H.; Saidi, W. A.; Zhou, Y.; Fichthorn, K. A. Synthesis of {111}-Faceted Au Nanocrystals Mediated by Polyvinylpyrrolidone: Insights from Density-Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119 (21), 11982-11990.
- Liu, S.-H.; Chen, F.-S.; Lu, C.-H. Synthesis of CuInSe2 Films via Selenizing the Cu-In Alloy-Containing Nanopowders. J. Alloy. Compd. 2012, 517, 14-19.
- Liu, S.-H.; Chen, F.-S.; Lu, C.-H. Preparation of Thin CuInSe2 Films Using Cu-In Alloy Nanoparticles. Chem. Lett. 2010, 39 (12), 1333-1335.
