ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT NATHAN SHANGRU LIU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of California Berkeley | California, United States | Advancing SDG 13, SDG 3, SDG 7, SDG 9, SDG 11 & UNAI 3
" Cleaner air isn't a slogan; it’s a deliverable. I build systems that turn emissions data into action—deployed tools that cut pollution and protect public health. The Millennium Fellowship will help me pair rigorous engineering with community partnerships, scaling what works, faster and more fairly. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Emissions Eye
Emission Eye is a data platform that turns telematics data from diesel vehicles in China into concrete maintenance actions that reduce toxic emissions. Devices on thousands of vehicles send engine and fuel data to a central server, where my system flags likely sensor failures, tampering, or abnormal fuel use so fleet managers can investigate and repair. During the Millennium Fellowship, I have been building and piloting a ML fault-detection module for this goal.
About the Millennium Fellow
Nathan Liu is an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, studying Chemical Engineering and Computer Science. He has contributed to ML research accelerating catalyst discovery for CO2 electrochemical reduction and to large-scale industrial efforts that reduced harmful emissions through deployed monitoring systems. He has also worked on brain–computer interface development with an emphasis on restoring communication for people with paralysis. Nathan aims to translate rigorous research into practical engineering solutions that advance the United Nation's Sustainability and Well-Being Goals.
