Liu Xuewei

Associate Professor

Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry

School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences

College of Science

Email: XUEWEI@ntu.edu.sg

Phone: (+65)63168901

Office: SPMS-CBC-05-02

Education

•PhD University of Southern California 2000

•MS China Agricultural University 1996

•BS Beijing Agricultural University 1993

Research Grant

•Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2006-) [by MOE]

•Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2009-)

•Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (2009-)

•College of Science Collaborative Research Award (2012-)

•NEA Environment Technology Research Programme (2011-)

•NRF Proof of Concept (2011-)

•National Medical Research Council (2009-)

•National Medical Research Council (2010-)

•Start Up Grant (2005-)

•Supplementary Equipment Purchase (2006-) [by MOE]

Current Projects

•Biomass and Waste Conversion to Biofuels and High Value Materials

•De Novo Approaches for Glycobiology-driven Oligosaccharide Synthesis

•HL9 Based D-Peptide Design as HIV Entry Inhibitor

•New Strategies for the Stereo Control of Polyene Cyclization: Total Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Bioactive Natural Products

•Novel Chemical System for Gene Delivery

•Ready Access to Biologically Active Aminoglycosides with New Structural Features

•To Win the War Against H1N1 Influenza A: Breaking Through the Limitations of Significant Side Effects and Resistance of Current Anti-Flu Drugs

•Total Synthesis and Biological Study of Rhizochalin A; Chemical Probes for Molecular Imaging and for Understanding Biological Pathways and as Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Neural Disorders; New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Aminoglycosides

•Ultrafast-Charging and High-Power Lithium Ion Batteries with Novel Two-Dimension Electrode Materials

•Understanding Molecular Mechanism of Supradamal, a Novel Adamantanyl-Based Antimalarial Drug

Selected Publications

•X. Wang, J. L. Song, C. H. Yip, C. C. Wong*, and X. W. Liu*. (2011). Influence of TiF4 Treatment on TiO2 Photoanode in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 3(2), 191-194.

•Ma J, Zhao Y, Ng S, Zhang J, Than A, Chen P*, Liu XW. (2010). Sugar-based synthesis of Tamiflu and its inhibitory effects on cell secretion. Chemistry - A European Journal, 16(15), 4533-4540.

•Feiqing Ding, Ronny William, Bala Kishan Gorityala, Jimei Ma, Siming Wang, Xue-Wei Liu*. (2010). A mild and environmentally acceptable synthetic protocol for Ferrier azaglycosylation promoted by ZnCl2/Al2O3. Tetrahedron Lett., 51, 3266.

•Yaguang Bai, Jing Zeng, Jimei Ma, Bala Kishan Gorityala, and Xue-Wei Liu. (2010). Quick Access to Druglike Heterocycles: Facile Silver-catalyzed One-pot Multicomponent Synthesis of Aminoindolizines. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, .

•Jimei Ma, Simon Ng, Youjun Yong, Xiao-Zhou Luo, Xin Wang and Xue-Wei Liu*. (2010). Recyclable Sulfonated Carbon Solid Acid Catalyzed Michael Reaction of Indoles with ,-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds in Water. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 5, 778.