Biography
Dr. Yi Liu is an Associate Professor at the International Center of Future Science, Jilin University. He obtained his Master’s degree (2018) and Doctoral degree (2022) from School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology. From 2022 to 2025, he conducted postdoctoral research at Dalian University of Technology under the supervision of Professor Xiaobing Lu. His research interests primarily focus on the synthesis of novel inorganic molecular sieve membranes and their applications in separation processes. He has published over 30 SCI-indexed papers in international journals such as Sci. Adv., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., and Adv. Funct. Mater.. Additionally, he holds four authorized invention patents and served as a Guest Editor for the professional journal Membranes in the field of membrane separation.

Education

2022    Ph.D., Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology

2018 M.S., Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology

Positions

2025-Present  Associate Professor, International Center of Future Science, Jilin University

2022-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology.

Research Interest
Structural Regulation and Optimization of Separation Membrane Materials; Exploration of Novel Membrane Fabrication Techniques; Research on Separation Applications and Mass Transfer Mechanisms

Selected Publications

1. Yi Liu, Sixing Chen, Taotao Ji, Jiahui Yan, Kaishi Ding, Shengyan Meng, Jinming Lu, Yi Liu*. Room-Temperature Synthesis of Zeolite Membranes toward Optimized Microstructure and Enhanced Butane Isomer Separation Performance. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 7718-7723.

2. Yi Liu, Weili Qiang, Taotao Ji, Mu Zhang, Mingrun Li, Jinming Lu, Yi Liu*. Uniform Hierarchical MFI Nanosheets Prepared via Anisotropic Etching for Solution-Based Sub-100-nm-thick Oriented MFI Layer Fabrication. Sci. Adv., 2020, 6, eaay5993.

3. Yi Liu, Mingrun Li, Zhigang Chen, Yi Cui, Jinming Lu, Yi Liu*. Hierarchy Control of MFI Zeolite Membrane towards Superior Butane Isomer Separation Performance. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 7659-7663.

4. Qi Bian_†, Mu Zhang_†, Yi Liu_†, Liangliang Liu_†, Yang Li, Chen Wang, Gaohong He, Yi Liu*. Layered Double Hydroxide-Assisted Fabrication of Prussian Blue Membranes for Precise Molecular Sieving. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202113662.

5. Yi Liu_†, Shengyan Meng_†, Xiao Fan_†, Kaishi Ding, Jiahui Yan, Mingming Wu, Shijie Yang, Jinming Lu, Yi Liu*. Mild Fabrication of highly (h0h)-oriented MFI zeolite membrane from self-pillared nanosheets towards superior butane isomer and ammonia separation. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2025, 35, 2506949.

6. Yi Liu, Weili Qiang, Jinming Lu, Yi Liu*. Fabrication of highly a-oriented ultrathin FER zeolite membrane from nanosheets towards small-sized gas separation, J. Membr. Sci., 2025, 734, 124437.

7. Yi Li, Kaishi Ding, Xiao Fan, Sixing Chen, Jiahui Yan, Shengyan Meng, Yunlei Gao, Jinming Lu, Yi Liu*. Fabrication of highly b-oriented MFI zeolite film over broad temperature window. Chem. Eng. Sci., 2024, 293, 120076.

8. Hanxuan Wang_†, Xiao Fan_†, Yi Liu*, Weijun Xu, Tianli Zhou, Jinming Lu, Yi Liu*. Preparation of Hierarchical ZSM-5 Sheets with Diverse Quaternary Ammonium Hydroxides as Etching Agents, Inorg. Chem., 2026, 65, 1008-1016.

Projects

1. General Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22578043), 2026.01-2029.12.

2. Young Scientists Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22205030), 2023.01-2025.12

3. General Program, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2022M710579), 2022.07-2024.08.

4. Special Financial Grant (Pre-station), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2022TQ0051), 2022.07-2024.08.

5. Doctoral Start-up Foundation, Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province (No. 2023-BSBA-065), 2023.12-2025.11.