David Liu

Hello! I am a College of Arts & Sciences Sophomore ('27) studying Chemistry and minoring in Sustainability and Environmental Management. I have a general interest in environmental science and how various aspects of our lives can become more sustainable. My research journey started in an environmental health lab that investigated how a toxic environmental pollutant affects the human body. Through this experience, I found love for the interdisciplinarity of research in the environmental sciences, which has led me to pursue research in greener redox flow batteries in Mallouk Lab and healthcare sustainability at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. 

Research has been the best part of my Penn experience, so please reach out if you have any questions or just want to talk!

• Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Mallouk Group, VAGELOS Laboratories, Chemistry of Nanoscale Inorganic Materials
  • Researched covalently modified carbon electrodes to produce faster outer-sphere electron transfer and higher specific capacitance for sustainable redox flow batteries
• Undergraduate Research Assistant in Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
  • Researched a more flexible Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for mixtures of Dioxin-like Compounds (DLC), a class of highly toxic environmental pollutants
• Undergraduate Research Assistant in Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine
  • As part of the GREEN OR project (Guiding Reductions in Excess and Expenses in the Neurosurgery Operating Room), I optimized surgical tray inventory and increased awareness of correctly regulated medical waste segregation at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center to increase healthcare efficiency and employee satisfaction while decreasing labor costs and MTCDE 
• CURF Fall Research Expo 2024 
• Top Mixture Model Abstract Award [2022 Society of Toxicology Conference]
  • Poster presentation for a more flexible PBPK model for DLC compounds at this conference