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Name	Ran Liu
Contact Information	ranl@bnu.edu.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Beijing

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Name

Ran Liu

Contact Information

ranl@bnu.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Beijing Normal University
Faculty	Psychology
Academic Background & Achievements	2017.8-2020.12 Ph.D., Developmental Psychology: Virginia Tech, USA 2015.8-2017.5 M.S., Developmental Psychology: Virginia Tech, USA 2011.9-2015.7 B.S., Psychology (Summa Cum Laude): Shandong Normal University & East Tennessee State University
Work Experience	2023.3-present - Beijing Normal University - Lecturer 2021.1-2022.12 - Columbia University, USA - Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Awards	2021: Graduate Student Travel Award, the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, $395 2020: Graduate Student Travel Award, the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, $395 2019: National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, $6000 2019: Graduate Student Travel Award, the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, $395 2019: Graduate Student Travel Award, the Society for Research in Child Development, $300 2018: Graduate Student Travel Award, the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, $385 2018: Graduate School Travel Funds, Virginia Tech, $350 2018: Graduate School Travel Funds, Virginia Tech, $225 2016: Graduate School Travel Funds, Virginia Tech, $132 2015: Summa cum laude, ETSU 2015: Certificate of Distinction-The Dean’s List, ETSU 2014: Johnia Hope Berry Scholarship, ETSU, $500 2013: Certificate of Distinction-The Dean’s List, ETSU

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Beijing Normal University

Faculty

Psychology

Academic Background & Achievements

2017.8-2020.12 Ph.D., Developmental Psychology: Virginia Tech, USA
2015.8-2017.5 M.S., Developmental Psychology: Virginia Tech, USA
2011.9-2015.7 B.S., Psychology (Summa Cum Laude): Shandong Normal University & East Tennessee State University

Work Experience

2023.3-present - Beijing Normal University - Lecturer
2021.1-2022.12 - Columbia University, USA - Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Awards

2021: Graduate Student Travel Award, the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, $395
2020: Graduate Student Travel Award, the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, $395
2019: National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, $6000
2019: Graduate Student Travel Award, the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, $395
2019: Graduate Student Travel Award, the Society for Research in Child Development, $300
2018: Graduate Student Travel Award, the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, $385
2018: Graduate School Travel Funds, Virginia Tech, $350
2018: Graduate School Travel Funds, Virginia Tech, $225
2016: Graduate School Travel Funds, Virginia Tech, $132
2015: Summa cum laude, ETSU
2015: Certificate of Distinction-The Dean’s List, ETSU
2014: Johnia Hope Berry Scholarship, ETSU, $500
2013: Certificate of Distinction-The Dean’s List, ETSU

Areas of Focus	Early individual and environmental factors influencing social-emotional development in children and adolescents
Publications	Prenatal exposure to air pollution and childhood internalizing problems: roles of shyness and anterior cingulate cortex activity, Liu, R., Pagliaccio, D., Herbstman, J. B., Fox, N. A., & Margolis, A. E., 2023 Associations between prenatal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and infant self-regulation in a New York city longitudinal prospective birth cohort, Margolis, A. E., Lee, S. H., Liu, R., Goolsby, L., Champagne, F., Herbstman, J. B., & Beebe, B., 2023 Effects of prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and childhood material hardship on reading achievement in school-age children: A preliminary study, Greenwood, P. B., Cohen, J. W., Liu, R., Hoepner, L., Rauh, V., Herbstman, J., Pagliaccio, D., & Margolis, A. E., 2022 Child emotion inhibition mediates the effect of parent’s adaptive cognitive emotion regulation on child frontal EEG asymmetry during reappraisal, Meza-Cervera, T., Tucker, A., Liu, R., & Bell, M. A., 2022 Prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal stress predict infant individual differences in reactivity and regulation and socioemotional development, Liu, R., DeSerisy, M., Fox, N. A., Herbstman, J. B., Rauh, V. A., Beebe, B., & Margolis, A. E., 2022 Convergent neural correlates of prenatal exposure to air pollution and behavioral phenotypes for psychiatric risk: Potential biological and cognitive pathways, Margolis, A.E., Liu, R. Conceição, V.A., Ramphal, B., Pagliaccio, D., DeSerisy, M., Koe, E., Selmanovic, E., Raudales, A., Emanet, N., Maia, T.V., Beebe, B., Pearson, B.L., Herbstman, J.B., Rauh, V.A., Fifer, W.P., Fox, N., & Champagne, F.A., 2022 Fearful temperament in middle childhood predicts adolescent attention bias and anxiety symptoms: The moderating role of frontal EEG asymmetry, Liu, R., & Bell, M.A., 2021 Examining the bidirectional relationships between maternal intrusiveness and child internalizing symptoms in a community sample: A longitudinal study from infancy to middle childhood, Hunter, H., Allen, K., Liu, R., Jaekel, J., & Bell, M.A., 2021 Temperamental shyness and anger/frustration in childhood: Normative development, individual differences, and the impacts of maternal intrusiveness and frontal electroencephalogram asymmetry, Liu, R., Phillips, J.J., Ji, F., Shi, D., & Bell, M.A., 2021 Consistency of EEG asymmetry patterns in infants of depressed mothers, Goodman, S.H., Liu, R., Lusby, C.M., Park, J.S., Bell, M.A., Newport, D.J., & Stowe, Z.N, 2020 Frontal EEG asymmetry moderates the associations between negative temperament and behavioral problems during childhood, Liu, R., Calkins, S.D., & Bell, M.A., 2021 Fearful temperament and the risk for child and adolescent anxiety: The role of attention biases and effortful control, Liu, R. & Bell, M.A., 2020 Executive function mediates the association between toddler negative affectivity and early academic achievement, Liu, R., Blankenship, T.L., Broomell, A.P.R., Garcia-Meza, T., Calkins, S.D., & Bell, M.A., 2018 Fearful inhibition, inhibitory control, and maternal negative behaviors during toddlerhood predict internalizing problems at age 6, Liu, R., Calkins, S.D., & Bell, M.A., 2018

Areas of Focus

Early individual and environmental factors influencing social-emotional development in children and adolescents

Publications

Prenatal exposure to air pollution and childhood internalizing problems: roles of shyness and anterior cingulate cortex activity, Liu, R., Pagliaccio, D., Herbstman, J. B., Fox, N. A., & Margolis, A. E., 2023
Associations between prenatal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and infant self-regulation in a New York city longitudinal prospective birth cohort, Margolis, A. E., Lee, S. H., Liu, R., Goolsby, L., Champagne, F., Herbstman, J. B., & Beebe, B., 2023
Effects of prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and childhood material hardship on reading achievement in school-age children: A preliminary study, Greenwood, P. B., Cohen, J. W., Liu, R., Hoepner, L., Rauh, V., Herbstman, J., Pagliaccio, D., & Margolis, A. E., 2022
Child emotion inhibition mediates the effect of parent’s adaptive cognitive emotion regulation on child frontal EEG asymmetry during reappraisal, Meza-Cervera, T., Tucker, A., Liu, R., & Bell, M. A., 2022
Prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal stress predict infant individual differences in reactivity and regulation and socioemotional development, Liu, R., DeSerisy, M., Fox, N. A., Herbstman, J. B., Rauh, V. A., Beebe, B., & Margolis, A. E., 2022
Convergent neural correlates of prenatal exposure to air pollution and behavioral phenotypes for psychiatric risk: Potential biological and cognitive pathways, Margolis, A.E., Liu, R. Conceição, V.A., Ramphal, B., Pagliaccio, D., DeSerisy, M., Koe, E., Selmanovic, E., Raudales, A., Emanet, N., Maia, T.V., Beebe, B., Pearson, B.L., Herbstman, J.B., Rauh, V.A., Fifer, W.P., Fox, N., & Champagne, F.A., 2022
Fearful temperament in middle childhood predicts adolescent attention bias and anxiety symptoms: The moderating role of frontal EEG asymmetry, Liu, R., & Bell, M.A., 2021
Examining the bidirectional relationships between maternal intrusiveness and child internalizing symptoms in a community sample: A longitudinal study from infancy to middle childhood, Hunter, H., Allen, K., Liu, R., Jaekel, J., & Bell, M.A., 2021
Temperamental shyness and anger/frustration in childhood: Normative development, individual differences, and the impacts of maternal intrusiveness and frontal electroencephalogram asymmetry, Liu, R., Phillips, J.J., Ji, F., Shi, D., & Bell, M.A., 2021
Consistency of EEG asymmetry patterns in infants of depressed mothers, Goodman, S.H., Liu, R., Lusby, C.M., Park, J.S., Bell, M.A., Newport, D.J., & Stowe, Z.N, 2020
Frontal EEG asymmetry moderates the associations between negative temperament and behavioral problems during childhood, Liu, R., Calkins, S.D., & Bell, M.A., 2021
Fearful temperament and the risk for child and adolescent anxiety: The role of attention biases and effortful control, Liu, R. & Bell, M.A., 2020
Executive function mediates the association between toddler negative affectivity and early academic achievement, Liu, R., Blankenship, T.L., Broomell, A.P.R., Garcia-Meza, T., Calkins, S.D., & Bell, M.A., 2018
Fearful inhibition, inhibitory control, and maternal negative behaviors during toddlerhood predict internalizing problems at age 6, Liu, R., Calkins, S.D., & Bell, M.A., 2018

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