Prior to joining WPI, Liang completed her Ph.D. in electrical engineering in the Division of Engineering at Brown University. At Brown, she received the Dean�s Research Assistantship in 2002, 2003, and 2004. Liang�s research focus at WPI will be nonfabrication through nonlithographic approaches, heteroepitaxial growth of high-quality quantum dots, and semiconductor thin films on nanopatterned substrates for electronic, optic, and biomedical applications. Liang earned B.S. and M.E. degrees in physical chemistry from Central South University, People�s Republic of China.