Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis
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Biography
Education
B.Sc.(HONS) Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria, Australia, 1990
Previous Professional Positions
- Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2006 – present
- Research Associate, Chiron Corp. Emeryville, CA, 1998 – 2006
- Research Associate, Chiron Mimotopes, Victoria, Australia, 1992 – 1997
- Research Associate, Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, Victoria, Australia, 1990 – 1992
- Internship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Victoria, Australia, 1989 (summer)
Expertise
Liana is responsible for managing some of the organic facility laboratories, including instruments and trainings for the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR), solvent purification system, and Biotage purification system. In addition to mentoring students and supporting users and staff of the organic facility, her current research is focused on the synthesis, characterization, and testing of novel materials geared towards the study of organic field effect transistors and organic photovoltaic devices. Liana has a background in several areas of organic synthesis including drug discovery, combinatorial chemistry, peptide and DNA chemistry.
