This report includes nineteen (19) EB-1A and EB-1B cases filed by Liu & Associates and approved by the USCIS in January 2010. We list the basic credentials of each case and hope our readers find the information helpful. For confidentiality purpose, a numeric number is assigned to replace the petitioner/beneficiary's name in each case. It is our firm’s policy to hold client’s information strictly confidential.

Compiled and briefed by Tiffany Smith, Certified Legal Assistant at Liu & Associates, PLLC.

Case # 1

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Computer Science
Current Position: Research assistant professor at an institute 
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 20+ journal and conference papers
Consistently invited to review the works of others 
Cited approximately 300+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date:  April 13, 2009
Approval Date: January 8, 2010

Case # 2

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Biomedical Engineering 
Current Position: Research assistant professor at a medical school 
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 20+ journal papers
Co-invented 4 Chinese Patents 
Co-invented 2 US/International patents applications
Consistently invited to review the works of others 
Cited approximately 130+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date:  December 16, 2009
Approval Date: January 22, 2010

Case # 3

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Materials Science  
Current Position: Postdoctoral scholar at a state university 
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 20+ journal papers
Co-authored a book chapter
Consistently invited to review the works of others 
Cited approximately110+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  September 9, 2009
Approval Date: January 27, 2010

Case # 4

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering 
Current Position: Research associate at an institute
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 40 journal and conference papers
Invited to review the work of others 
Cited approximately 110+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  June 11, 2009
Approval Date: January 19, 2010

Case # 5

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Electrical & Computer Engineering 
Current Position: Assistant professor at a state university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal papers
Consistently invited to review the works of others 
Supporting Letters:  5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  April 17, 2009
Approval Date: January 14, 2010

Case # 6

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Chemistry 
Current Position: Postdoctoral research associate at a national laboratory 
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 20+ journal and conference papers
Co-authored a book chapter 
Attained 4 world patents 
Consistently invited to review the works of others 
Cited approximately 500+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  July 16, 2009
Approval Date: January 14, 2010

Case # 7

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Computational Biology 
Current Position: Postdoctoral scientist at a private corporation 
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 20+ journal papers
Consistently invited to review the works of others 
Cited approximately 300+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  December 9, 2009
Approval Date: January 4, 2010

Case # 8

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current Position: Software Engineer at a medical device company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal and conference papers
Co-authored a book
Co-authored a book chapter
Invited to review the works of others around 10 times
Cited approximately 90+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  October 21, 2009
Approval Date: January 5, 2010

Case # 9

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Nanotechnology
Current Position: Postdoctoral scholar at a state university 
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal papers
Invited to review the works of others 10+ times
Cited approximately 270+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  December 18, 2009
Approval Date: January 14, 2010

Case # 10

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Postdoctoral scholar at a state university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 20+ journal papers
Invited to review the works of others 9 times
Cited approximately 90+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  November 2, 2009
Approval Date: January 13, 2010

Case # 11

Case Type:  Eb-1A I-140
Field of Research: Physics 
Current Position: Postdoctoral research associate at a state university 
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 20 journal papers
Invited to review the works of others
Cited approximately 190+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  February 4, 2009
Approval Date:  January 13, 2010

Case # 12

Case Type:  Eb-1B I-140
Field of Research: Physics
Current Position:  Research scientist at an energy company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 30+ journal papers
Consistently invited to review the works of others 
Cited approximately 100+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  November 24, 2009
Approval Date: January 14, 2010

Case # 13

Case Type:  Eb-1B I-140
Field of Research: Computer Engineering
Current Position:  Research scientist at a technology company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal and conference papers
Invited to review the works of others 10+ times
Cited approximately 260+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  5 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date:  December 15, 2009
Approval Date: January 29, 2010

Case # 14

Case Type:  Eb-1B I-140
Field of Research: Biomedical Research
Current Position:  Associate research scientist at an Ivy League University 
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 6 journal papers
Cited by researchers in 10+ different countries 
Supporting Letters:  6 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  November 6, 2009
Approval Date: January 11, 2010

Case # 15

Case Type:  Eb-1B I-140
Field of Research: Computer Science 
Current Position:  Research scientist at a technology center
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 20+ journal and conference papers
Consistently invited to review the works of others 
Cited approximately 1,100+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date:  November 12, 2009
Approval Date: January 28, 2010

Case # 16

Case Type:  Eb-1B I-140
Field of Research: Physics 
Current Position:  Technical staff at an energy company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign and US university
Published 10+ journal papers
Author of a book
Cited approximately 30+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 5 independent experts
Filing Date:  December 16, 2009
Approval Date: January 22, 2010

Case # 17

Case Type:  Eb-1B I-140
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering 
Current Position:  Research scientist at a technology company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 20+ journal papers
Consistently invited to review the works of others 
Cited approximately 300+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 5 independent experts
Filing Date:  January 14, 2010
Approval Date: January 27, 2010

Case # 18

Case Type:  Eb-1B I-140
Field of Research: Computer Science
Current Position:  Senior researcher at a private company 
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal and conference papers
Consistently invited to review the works of others 
Cited approximately 20+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:  6 including 5 independent experts
Filing Date:  August 19, 2009
Approval Date: January 7, 2010

Case # 19

Case Type:  Eb-1B I-140
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering 
Current Position:  Research engineer at a computer company 
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal and conference papers
Co-authored a Chinese patent 
Invited to review the work of others 10+ times
Cited by other researchers worldwide
Supporting Letters:  6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  December 10, 2009
Approval Date: January 22, 2010

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