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Senior Lecturer

Department of Food and Health Sciences

Contact details

Email: criswcliu@thei.edu.hk

Phone: +852 3890 8517

  1. Rehabilitation
  2. Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare
  3. Material characterization
  4. Psychology and Counselling
  5. Healthcare Organisation & Management
  6. Patient & Public Relations Management
  • 2012 – PhD in Orthopaedics, The University of Hong Kong
  • 2007 – MS in Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University, the United States
  • 2003 – BSc in Health Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2019 – Present Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Technology, the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
2019 – 2019 Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Technology, the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
2017 – 2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
2014 – 2017 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2012 – 2014 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Indiana University, the United States
2004 – 2005 Research Assistant, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2003 – 2004 Research Assistant, Jockey Club Rehabilitation Engineering Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2022 – Present Member, Hong Kong Association of Therapeutic Horticulture
2021 – Present Associate Instructor, Japan Pastel Hope Art Association
2015 – Present Member, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society
2013 – Present Member, World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers
2013 – Present Member, Chinese Society for Biomaterials
2003 – 2004 Student Member, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (BME)
  • Orthopaedic Biomaterials
  • Bone Tissue Engineering
  • Biomaterial Surface Modifications
  • Biomedical Engineering
  1. Susaritha Ramanathan, Yu-Chien Lin, Huey-Yuan Wan, Ching-Li Tseng , Siwei Li, Wai-Ching Liu, Udesh Dhawan, Chih-Chien Hu and Ren-Jei Chung, “Engineering a bioactive PMMA-silica hybrid scaffold for enhanced bone regeneration”, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2026, 9, 6, 2928–2941.
  2. Kayalvizhi Samuvel Muthiah, Senthilkumar Thirumurugan, Susaritha Ramanathan, Ming-Hsuan Yeh, Udesh Dhawan, Yu-Chien Lin, Ching-Po Lin, Wai-Ching Liu, Yuan-Yun Tseng, Ching-Li Tsen and Ren-Jei Chung, “Theranostic Angiopep-2-conjugated FeTaOx@Au Core-Shell Magnetic Nanoparticles for Glioma Treatment and Dual Medical Imaging”, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2026, 9, 2, 1023-1038.
  3. Yu-Chien Lin, Susaritha Ramanathan, Huey-Yuan Wang, Ying-Chun Lin, Wai-Ching Liu, Julian R. Jones, Nam-Joon Cho, Chih-Chien Hu, Ren-Jei Chung, “Engineered bioactive glass-chitosan hybrid for dual tissue and bone regeneration multifunctional healing”, Biomater. Adv., 2025, 176, 214340
  4. Susaritha Ramanathan, Udesh Dhawan, Huey-Yuan Wang, Ching-Li Tseng, Cheng-Jui Wu, Yu-Chien Lin, Wai-Ching Liu, Kuan-Wen Wu, Ren-Jei Chung, “Visible light-crosslinked gelatin methacryloyl/hyaluronic acid methacryloyl hydrogels with chlorophyll for tissue regeneration”, Appl. Mater. Today, 2025, 44, 102733
  5. Pranjyan Dash, Senthilkumar Thirumurugan, Yen-Lin Chen, Udesh Dhawan, Yu-Chien Lin, Ching-Po Lin, Wai-Ching Liu, Ching-Li Tseng, Ren-Jei Chung, “Development of iron oxide based-upconversion nanocomposites for cancer therapeutics treatment”, Int. J. Pharm., 2025, 675, 125545
  6. Yu-Chien Lin, Chin-Yun Lee, Julian R. Jones, Wai-Ching Liu, Nam-Joon Cho, Chih-Chien Hu and Ren-Jei Chung, “Sustained Antibiotic Release from Biodegradable Gelatin-Silica Hybrid for Orthopedic Infections”, Adv Funct Mater, 2024, 2409491.
  7. Yu-Chien Lin, Chih-Chien Hu, Wai-Ching Liu, Udesh Dhawan, Yu-Chieh Chen, Yueh-Lien Lee, Hung-Wei Yen, Yi-Jie Kuo and Ren-Jei Chung, “Hydrogen-treated CoCrMo alloy: a novel approach to enhance biocompatibility and mitigate inflammation in orthopedic implants”, J Mater Chem B, 2024, 12 (32): 7661-7960
  8. Abishek Jayapaul, Rajesh Kumar Panda, Sayee Kannan Ramaraj, Lu-Yin Lin, Yeh-Fang Duann, Yu-Chien Lin, Yu-Chun Lu, Wai-Ching Liu, Ching-Wei Tung, Rajalakshmi Sakthivel, Ren-Jei Chung, “Design of a Pebbles-like Erbium Stannate Integrated with Graphene Nanoribbons for the Anti-cancer Drug Nilutamide Detection in Water and Biological Samples”, J Environ Chem Eng 2024, 12 (4), 113048.
  9. Senthilkumar Thirumurugan, Kayalvizhi Samuvel Muthiah, Yu-Chien Lin, Udesh Dhawan, Wai-Ching Liu, An-Ni Wang, Xinke Liu, Michael Hsiao, Ching-Li Tseng, and Ren-Jei Chung, “NIR-Responsive Methotrexate-Modified Iron Selenide Nanorods for Synergistic Magnetic Hyperthermic, Photothermal, and Chemodynamic Therapy”, ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024 May 22;16(20):25622-25636
  10. Senthilkumar Thirumurugan, Susaritha Ramanathan, Kayalvizhi Samuvel Muthiah, Yu-Chien Lin, Michael Hsiao, Udesh Dhawan, An-Ni Wang, Wai-Ching Liu, Xinke Liu, Mei-Yi Liao, Ren-Jei Chung, “Inorganic nanoparticles for photothermal treatment of cancer”, J Mater Chem B 2024 Apr 17, 12 (15): 3559-3798
  11. Xinrui Liu, Wai-Ching Liu, Huey-Yuan Wang, Veronica Lynn Li, Yu-Cheng Chen, An-Ni Wang, Chi-Jiun Wu, Yunqian Li, Gang Zhao, Chingpo Lin, Asit Kumar Panda, Murugan Keerthi, Ren-Jei Chung, “Polyelectrolyte multilayer composite coating on 316 L stainless steel for controlled release of dual growth factors accelerating restoration of bone defects”, Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2021 Jul;126:112187
  12. Yang, H., Liu, W.C., Liu, X., Li, Y., Lin, C., Lin, Y.M., Wang, A.N., Nguyen, T.T., Lin Y.C., and Chung, R.J., “Study on Proanthocyanidins Crosslinked Collagen Membrane for Guided Bone Tissue Regeneration”, J. Appl. Biomater. Funct. Mater., 2021, 19, 22808000211005379.
  13. Wai Ching Liu (first and co-corresponding author), Shihui Chen, Lizhen Zheng, Ling Qin. “Angiogenesis Assays for the Evaluation of Angiogenic Properties of Orthopaedic Biomaterials – A General Review”. Adv Healthcare Mater. 2017; 6: 1600434.
  14. Ling Qin, Dong Yao, Lizhen Zheng, Wai-Ching Liu (co-first author), Zhong Liu, Ming Lei et al., “Phytomolecule-based Bioactive Composite Scaffold as Effective Bone Filler for Prevention of Hip Joint Collapse in Bipedal Emus with Steroid-associated Osteonecrosis: from Observation to Mechanisms and Proof-of-Concept”. Biomaterials. 2015; 59: 125–143.
  15. Yuhui Shen, Waiching Liu (co-first author), Chunyi Wen, Haobo Pan, Ting Wang, Brian W Darvell, William W Lu, Wenhai Huang.“ Bone regeneration: importance of local pH—strontium-doped borosilicate scaffold”. J Mater Chem. 2012; 22:8662–8670.
  16. W. C. Liu, C. T. Wong, M. K. Fong, W. S. Cheung, R. Y. T. Kao, K. D. K. Luk, W. W. Lu, “Gentamicin loaded strontium-containing hydroxyapatite (Sr-HA) bioactive bone cement – an efficient bioactive antibiotic drug delivery system”. J Biomed Mater Res Part B. 2010 Nov;95(2):397–406.