B.S. in Physics, Chung-Yuan Christian University (1979)

M.S. in Physics, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, USA (1982)

Ph.D. in Physics, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, USA (1985)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (joint appointment), Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley and Department of Geology,
Stanford University (1985–1987)

Associate Research Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica (1987–1993)

Associate Professor (Adjunct), Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University
(1991–1992)

Associate Professor (Adjunct), Department of Applied Chemistry,
Tonghai University (1992–1994)

Research Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica (1993–present)

Professor (Adjunct), Department of Applied Chemistry, Tonghai University
(1994–1997)

Deputy Director, IAMS, Academia Sinica (1998–1999)

Professor, TIGP, Academia Sinica (2001–present)

Professor (Adjunct), Department of Chemistry, National Tsinghua University
(2002–2004)

Professor (Adjunct), Department of Chemistry, National Chunghsin University
(2005–present)

Solid-state NMR spectroscopic techniques for applications in advanced materials

Laser optical-pumping hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xe NMR in porous materials and biological systems

Synthesis, modification, and characterization of porous aluminosilicate and carbon materials, and their applications in guest-host chemistry, catalysis, and energy-related systems

"Selectivity Improvement in Xylene Isomerization", F. Bauer and S. B. Liu et al., Micropor. Mesopro. Mater. 72, 81 (2004). 

"Replication of Mesoporous Aluminosilicate Molecular Sieves (RMMs) with Zeolite Framework from Mesoporous Carbons (CMKs)", A. Sakthivel and S. B. Liu et al., Chem. Mater. 16, 3168 (2004). 

"Probing the Alkyl Ligands on Silylated Mesoporous MCM-41 Using Hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xe NMR Spectroscopy", S. J. Huang and S. B. Liu et al., J. Phys. Chem. B (Letters) 109, 681 (2005). 

"Direct Synthesis of Highly Stable Mesoporous Molecular Sieves Containing Zeolite Building Units", A. Sakthivel and S. B. Liu et al., Adv. Funct. Mater. 15, 253 (2005). 

"Hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xe NMR Investigation of Multifunctional Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Mesoporous Silica Materials", S. J. Huang and S. B. Liu et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 7, 3080 (2005). 

"Spectral Editing Based on Selective Excitation and Lee-Goldburg Cross-Polarization under Magic Angle Spinning", S. J. Huang and S. B. Liu et al., Solid. State Nucl. Magn. Reson. 29, 272 (2006). 

"Controlled Synthesis of Highly Dispersed Platinum Nanoparticles in Ordered Mesoporous Carbons", S. H. Liu and S. B. Liu et al., Chem. Commun., 3435 (2006). 

"A Solid-State NMR, FT-IR, and TPD Study on Acid Properties of Sulfated and Metal-Promoted Zirconia: Influence of Promoter and Sulfation Treatment", W. H. Chen and S. B. Liu et al., Catal. Today 116, 111 (2006).