Research Interests

• Biomineralization
• High-resolution imaging
• Laser damage to optical glasses
• Physics and chemistry at the solid/liquid and solid/vapor interface
• Scanning probe microscopy
• Solution and high temperature crystal growth

Professional

• Organizer for symposium “From Biological Materials to Biomimetic Material Synthesis,” Spring MRS meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2008
• Organizer for symposium “Biological Control of Crystallization,” The 15th International Conference on Crystal Growth, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2007
• Invited discussion leader for “MSA Short Course on Medical Mineralogy and Geochemistry,” Menlo Park, CA, 2006

Memberships

• American Association for Crystal Growth
• American Physical Society
• Materials Research Society

Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, University of California at Riverside, 2000

1. Weaver, M. L., S. R. Qiu, J. R. Hoyer, W. H. Casey, G. H. Nancollas, and J. J. De Yoreo, “Inhibition of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Growth by Citrate and the Effect of the Background Electrolyte,” J. Crystal Growth 306, 135-145 (2007).
2. Cui, Y., U. N. Roy, L. Bai, A. Burger, S. R. Qiu, and K. Schaffers, “Characterization of Bubble Core and Cloudiness in Yb₃₊:Sr₅(PO₄)₃F Crystals Using Micro-Raman Spectroscopy,” J. Applied Phys. 102, 013505 (2007).
3. De Yoreo, J. J., S. R. Qiu, and J. R. Hoyer, “Molecular Mechanisms of Calcium Oxalate Biomineralization,” AJP: Renal Physiology 291, F1123 (2006). (Invited Review.)
4. Weaver, M., S. R. Qiu, J. R. Hoyer, W. H. Casey, and J. J. De Yoreo, “Improved Model for Inhibition of Pathological Mineralization Based on Citrate-Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Interaction,” ChemPhysChem 7, 2081 (2006).
5. Wang, L., S. R. Qiu, W. J. Zachowicz, J. R. Hoyer, J. J. De Yoreo, and G. H. Nancollas, “Modulation of Calcium Oxalate Crystallization by Linear Aspartic Acid-Rich Peptides,” Langmuir 22, 7279 (2006).
6. Wang, L. J., J. J. De Yoreo, X. Y. Guan, S. R. Qiu, J. R. Hoyer, G. H. Nancollas, “Constant Composition Studies Verify the Utility of the Cabrera-Vermilyea (C-V) Model in Explaining Mechanisms of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Crystallization,” Crystal Growth & Design 6 1769 (2006).
7. Wang, L. J., W. Zhang, S. R. Qiu, W. J. Zachowicz, R. Tang, X. Y. Guan, J. R. Hoyer, J. J. De Yoreo, and G. H. Nancollas, “Inhibition of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Crystallization by the Combination of Citrate and Osteopontin,” J. Crystal Growth 291, 160 (2006).
8. Fu, G., S. R. Qiu, C. A. Orme, D. E. Morse, and J. J. De Yoreo, “Acceleration of Calcite Kinetics by Abalone Nacre Proteins,” Adv. Mater. 17 2678 (2005). (Cover Article.)
9. Qiu, S. R., A. Wierzbicki, E. A. Salter, S. Zepeda, C. A. Orme, J. R. Hoyer, G. H. Nancollas, A. M. Cody, and J. J. De Yoreo, “Modulation of Calcium Oxalate Crystallization by Citrate through Selective Binding to Atomic Steps,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 9036 (2005).
10. Qiu, S. R., A. Wierzbicki, C. A. Orme, A. M. Cody, J. R. Hoyer, G. H. Nancollas, S. Zepeda, and J. J. De Yoreo, “Molecular Modulation of Calcium Oxalate Crystallization by Osteopontin and Citrate,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 1811 (2004).  (Cover Article.)
11. Qiu, S. R., C. Amrhein, M. L. Hunt, R. Pfeffer, B. Yakshinskiy, L. Zhang, T. E. Madey, and J. A. Yarmoff, “Characterization of Uranium Oxide Thin Films Grown from Solution onto Fe Surfaces,” Appl. Surf. Sci. 181, 211 (2001).
12. Qiu, S. R., and J. A. Yarmoff, “Self-Limiting Growth of Transition-Metal Fluoride Films from the Reaction with XeF₂”, Phys. Rev. B 63, 115409 (2001).
13. Qiu, S. R., H. F. Lai, H. T. Than, C. Amrhein, and J. A. Yarmoff, “Reaction of SeF₆ with Iron and Iron Oxide Surfaces: a Model for Selenate Reduction,” Surf. Sci. 468, 17 (2000).
14. Qiu, S. R., H. F. Lai, and J. A. Yarmoff, “Self-Limiting Growth of Metal Fluoride Thin Films by Oxidation Reactions Employing Molecular Precursors,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1492 (2000).
15. Wang, W. K., S. R. Qiu, B. Corbitt, S. T. Riggs, and J. A. Yarmoff, “Chemisorption of Iodine on In- and Sb-Terminated InSb(001),” Surf. Sci. 462, 211 (2000).
16. Qiu, S. R., H. F. Lai, M. J. Roberson, M. L. Hunt, C. Amrhein, L. C. Giancarlo, G. W. Flynn, and J. A. Yarmoff, “Removal of Contaminants from Aqueous Solution by Reaction with Iron Surfaces,” Langmuir 16, 2230 (2000).
17. Yarmoff, J. A., T. D. Liu, S. R. Qiu, and Z. Sroubek, “Mechanism of Electron Emission from Al(100) Bombarded by Slow Li+ Ions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2469 (1998).

Invited Presentations

1. Qiu, S. R., “Probing Pathological Mineralization by In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy,” UCLA, Materials Science and Engineering Department seminar, February 2008.
2. Qiu, S. R., A. Wierzbicki, J. R. Hoyer, G. H. Nancollas, D. Morse, Y. Huang, C.A. Orme, and J. J. De Yoreo,  “Probing Biological Control Over Crystallization by In Situ Molecular Imaging and Molecular Modeling,” TMS annual meeting, Orlando, FL, February 2007. 
3. Qiu, S. R., A. Wierzbicki, A. Salter, C. A. Orme, J. R. Hoyer, G. H. Nancollas, and J. J. De Yoreo, “A Step-Specific Model for Shape Control of Biomineral Phases,” The TMS annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 2006.
4. Qiu, S. R., “Biological Production of Mineralized Nanostructure and Its Implication to Bio-inspired Materials Design and Effective Therapies to Human Diseases,” Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY, October 2005.
5. Qiu, S. R., A. Wierzbicki, A. Salter, C.A. Orme, J. R. Hoyer, G. H. Nancollas, and J. J. De Yoreo, “Modulation of Biocrystallization Investigated by In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy,” The 16th American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, Big Sky Montana, July 2005.
6. Qiu, S. R., A. Wierzbicki, A. Salter, C. A. Orme, J. R. Hoyer, G. H. Nancollas, and J. J. De Yoreo, “Elucidating Molecular Modulation of COM Formation by Force Microscopy and Molecular Modeling,” FASEB 2005 Summer Research Conference, Tucson, AZ, July 2005.
7. Qiu, S. R., A. Wierzbicki, C. Orme, J. Hoyer, G. Nancollas, A. George, and J. J. De Yoreo, “Modulation of Mineralized Nancostructures by Biological Molecules,” American Chemical Society March Meeting, March, San Diego CA, 2005.
8. Qiu, S. R., “Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Control of Crystallization,” San Francisco State University, Department of Chemistry Colloquium, October 2004.
9. Qiu, S. R.,A. Wierzbicki, C.A. Orme, J.R. Hoyer, G.H. Nancollas, J.J. De Yoreo, “Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Control of Mineralized Nanostructures”, Eleventh Annual International Conference on Composite/NANO Engineering, Hilton-Head Island, South Carolina, August 2004.
10. Qiu, S. R., “Force Microscopy Studies of Modulation of Crystallization of Calcium Oxalate by Biological Molecules,” University of Nijmegen, Department of Solid State Chemistry Colloquium, Netherlands, May 2004. 
11. Qiu, S. R., “Modulation of Calcium Oxalate Crystallization by Proteins and Small Molecules Investigated by In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy,” San Francisco State University, Department of Physics Colloquium, April 2004. 
12. Qiu, S. R., A. Wierzbicki, C. A. Orme, J. R. Hoyer, G. H. Nancollas, and J. J. De Yoreo, “Force Microscopy and Molecular Modeling Studies of COM Growth and Modification by Citrate, Osteopontin, and Aspartic Acid-Rich Polypeptides,” ROCK Society Annual Meeting, Gainesville, FL, February 2004. 
13. Qiu, S. R., “Molecular Mechanisms of Kidney Stone Inhibition by Proteins and Small Molecules,” University of California, Davis, Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology Colloquium, May 2003. 

• National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1997-2000
• Award for the Best Student Research, the SCCAVS “Leading Edge in Southern California Solid State Research” Symposium, Anaheim, CA, 1999
• Nominated for the Morton M. Traum Award for the Best Student Researcher in Surface Science, 46th International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, Seattle, WA, 1999
• The Poe Memorial Scholarship Award for Outstanding Graduate Researcher, University of California, Riverside, 2000