长期从事生物能源和生物基化学品生产的生物炼制技术研发、工艺优化、系统集成及产业化推广，担任中拉清洁能源与气候变化联合实验室（2016年被批准为国家国际科技合作基地）主任。已发表SCI收录论文200多篇，获专利授权50多项。荣获中国石化联合会科技进步一等奖(2006)、中国技术市场金桥奖(2007)、全国化工优秀科技工作者（2010）、日内瓦国际发明博览会金奖（2015）、UNIDO全球可再生能源领域最具投资价值领先技术“蓝天奖”（2016）、中国石化联合会“技术发明一等奖”（2016）、享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家（2016）、UNIDO全球绿色低碳领域最具投资价值的领先技术“蓝天奖”（2018）。
● 教育与工作经历
1986 清华大学化学系 应用化学学士学位
1991 清华大学化工系 化学工程博士学位
1991-1993 中国科学院化工冶金研究所（现改名过程工程研究所） 博士后
1993-1997 中国科学院化工冶金研究所（现改名过程工程研究所） 副研究员
1994-1995 美国普渡大学可再生资源工程实验室 访问学者
1997-1999 中国科学院化工冶金研究所（现改名过程工程研究所） 研究员
1999-至今 清华大学化工系应化所 教授、所长
2010-至今 清华大学中国-巴西气候变化与能源技术创新研究中心 主任
● 研究领域
可再生资源利用、生物能源工程、发酵工程与技术、生物反应器等。
● 主要学术任职
中国生物质能技术开发中心 理事
全国生物柴油行业协作组专家委员会 专家
中国可再生能源学会生物质能专业委员会 专家
生物质能可持续准则国际标准国内技术对口专家组 专家
马拉西亚棕榈油总署专家顾问委员会 委员
全国变性燃料乙醇和燃料乙醇标准化技术委员会 委员
农业部可再生能源清洁化利用技术重点实验室学术委员会 委员
《Biofuels》、《Bioresources and Bioprocessing》、《process》、《生物工程学报》、《高校化工学报》、《生物产业技术》编委
● 代表性论文
1. Wu, W., Zhang, Y., Liu, D. and Chen, Z., 2019. Efficient mining of natural NADH-utilizing dehydrogenases enables systematic cofactor engineering of lysine synthesis pathway of Corynebacterium glutamicum. Metabolic Engineering, 52, pp. 77-86.
2. Kuan, D., Dai, L., Liu, D., Liu, H. and Du, W., 2019. Efficient Biodiesel Conversion from Microalgae Oil of Schizochytrium sp. Catalysts, 9(4), pp.
3. Kuan, D., Dai, L., Liu, D., Du, W. and Liu, H., 2019. A novel clean process for the combined production of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) and the ethyl ester of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from microalgae oils. Renewable Energy, 143, pp. 772-778.
4. Zhao, X., Wen, J., Chen, H. and Liu, D., 2018. The fate of lignin during atmospheric acetic acid pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse and the impacts on cellulose enzymatic hydrolyzability for bioethanol production. Renewable Energy, 128, pp. 200-209.
5. Sajid, M., Zhao, X. and Liu, D., 2018. Production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF): recent progress focusing on the chemical-catalytic routes. Green Chemistry, 20(24), pp. 5427-5453.
6. Hu, Y., Dai, L., Liu, D., Du, W. and Wang, Y., 2018. Progress & prospect of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for enzyme immobilization (enzyme/MOFs). Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 91, pp. 793-801.
7. Zhao, X., Li, S., Wu, R. and Liu, D., 2017. Organosolv fractionating pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass for efficient enzymatic saccharification: chemistry, kinetics, and substrate structures. Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr, 11(3), pp. 567-590.
8. Chen, Z. and Liu, D., 2016. Toward glycerol biorefinery: metabolic engineering for the production of biofuels and chemicals from glycerol. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 9, pp.
9. Chen, Z., Huang, J., Wu, Y. and Liu, D., 2016. Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for the de novo production of ethylene glycol from glucose. Metabolic Engineering, 33, pp. 12-18.
10. Chen, H., Zhao, X. and Liu, D., 2016. Relative Significance of the Negative Impacts of Hemicelluloses on Enzymatic Cellulose Hydrolysis Is Dependent on Lignin Content: Evidence from Substrate Structural Features and Protein Adsorption. Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 4(12), pp. 6668-6679.
11. Akimkulova, A., Zhou, Y., Zhao, X. and Liu, D., 2016. Improving the enzymatic hydrolysis of dilute acid pretreated wheat straw by metal ion blocking of non-productive cellulase adsorption on lignin. Bioresource Technology, 208, pp. 110-116.
12. Zhou, Y., Chen, H., Qi, F., Zhao, X. and Liu, D., 2015. Non-ionic surfactants do not consistently improve the enzymatic hydrolysis of pure cellulose. Bioresource Technology, 182, pp.136-143.
13. Li, Y., Du, W. and Liu, D., 2015. Efficient biodiesel production from phospholipids-containing oil: Synchronous catalysis with phospholipase and lipase. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 94, pp. 45-49.
14. Chen, H., Zhao, J., Hu, T., Zhao, X. and Liu, D., 2015. A comparison of several organosolv pretreatments for improving the enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw: Substrate digestibility, fermentability and structural features. Applied Energy, 150, pp. 224-232.
15. Zhao, X., Morikawa, Y., Qi, F., Zeng, J. and Liu, D., 2014. A novel kinetic model for polysaccharide dissolution during atmospheric acetic acid pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse. Bioresource Technology, 151, pp. 128-136.
16. Morikawa, Y., Zhao, X. and Liu, D., 2014. Biological co-production of ethanol and biodiesel from wheat straw: a case of dilute acid pretreatment. Rsc Advances, 4(71), pp. 37878-37888.
17. Zhao, X., Zhang, L. and Liu, D., 2012. Biomass recalcitrance. Part II: Fundamentals of different pre-treatments to increase the enzymatic digestibility of lignocellulose. Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr, 6(5), pp. 561-579.
18. Zhao, X., Zhang, L. and Liu, D., 2012. Biomass recalcitrance. Part I: the chemical compositions and physical structures affecting the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose. Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr, 6(4), pp. 465-482.
19. Liu, D., Zhang, W., Mou, D., He, J., Ou, Y.-B., Wang, Q.-Y., Li, Z., Wang, L., Zhao, L., He, S., Peng, Y., Liu, X., Chen, C., Yu, L., Liu, G., Dong, X., Zhang, J., Chen, C., Xu, Z., Hu, J., Chen, X., Ma, X., Xue, Q. and Zhou, X.J., 2012. Electronic origin of high-temperature superconductivity in single-layer FeSe superconductor. Nature Communications, 3, pp.
20. Zhao, X., Cheng, K. and Liu, D., 2009. Organosolv pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enzymatic hydrolysis. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 82(5), pp. 815-827.
● 学术荣誉与奖励
2018年 全球绿色低碳领域最具投资价值的领先技术蓝天奖
2016年 酶促非食用油脂制备生物柴油技术开发与集成发大 中国石油和化学工业协会技术发明奖 一等奖
2016年 全球可再生能源领域最具投资价值的领先技术蓝天奖
2015年 酶促油脂制备生物柴油先进技术，日内瓦国际专利发明展金奖
2011年 生物工程学报优秀特邀编辑奖，《生物工程学报》
2010年 全国化工优秀科技工作者，中国石油和化学工业协会