Lu Liu

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• Vulnerability to Climate Change in the US Urban and Rural Communities, PI, supported by Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa

• Accelerating technical and community readiness for water reuse in small systems, co-PI, supported by the Environmental Protection Agency.
• GOALI: Collaborative Research: Advancing wastewater treatment resiliency and sustainability, co-PI, supported by the National Science Foundation 
• Analytical tool for assessing climate risks for ERCOT, co-PI, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Energy Efficiency & Resilience in Extreme Weather Events, co-PI, supported by the University of Texas at Austin

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For more information on Dr. Lu Liu’s research, teaching and outreach activities, please visit The Liu Group: Human-Environmental Systems Research.

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For a full list of Dr. Liu’s publications, please visit her Google Scholar.

Selected publications:

[1] Liu, L.; Lopez, E.; Dueñas-Osorio, L.; Stadler, L.; Xie, Y.; Alvarez, P. J. J.; Li, Q. The Importance of System Configuration for Distributed Direct Potable Water Reuse. Nat. Sustain. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0518-5.

[2] Liu, L.; Hejazi, M.; Iyer, G.; Forman, B. A. Implications of Water Constraints on Electricity Capacity Expansion in the United States. Nat. Sustain. 2019, 2 (3), 206–213. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0235-0.

[3] Liu, L.; Hejazi, M.; Li, H.; Forman, B.; Zhang, X. Vulnerability of US Thermoelectric Power Generation to Climate Change When Incorporating State-Level Environmental Regulations. Nat. Energy 2017, 2, 17109. https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2017.109.

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