Dr Jieying Liang | UNSW Research

Biography

Dr. Jieying Liang is a lecturer and NHMRC emerging leadership (EL1) Fellow at the School of Chemical Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney). Dr. Liang's research interests span a wide range of areas including metal-organic frameworks, nanozymes, enzyme immobilization, biocatalysis, nanobionics, and biotechnology for environmental and biomedical applications.

My Grants

My Grants

NHMRC Investigator Grant Emerging Leadership 1 (EL1) fellowship in 2024-2028, $662 K.

2025 Discovery Project (Co-CI) in 2026-2028, $724K.

My Awards

2024 Research Excellence (Early Career Academic) Award, Engineering, UNSW

2024 Travel Award for “Global conference for Women Leaders and Emerging Researchers in Material Science”, Singapore

2023 NHMRC emerging leadership (EL 1) Fellowship

2023 Travel Award from the “Australian Centre for NanoMedicine (ACN) ”

2022 Awarded the "Rising Stars Women in Engineering, Asia"

2021 Best Paper Award for Best Environmental Technology Article in Journal of "Environmental Science & Technology” in 2020

My Research Supervision

Areas of supervision

Research Interests

My research lies at the intersection of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), nanozymes, enzyme immobilization, biocatalysis, nanobionics, and biotechnology, with a focus on addressing challenges in environmental and biomedical applications.

Supervision Availability: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD); Master of Philosophy (MPhil); Masters by Research.

If you’re interested in joining the group or would like to explore research opportunities, please feel free to get in touch at jieying.liang@unsw.edu.au.