Mingxin Liu

Ph.D., Professor

E-Mail：

liumx@lzu.edu.cn

2020-present      Professor, College of chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key 
                                 Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University

2017-2020          Joint Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan (Advisor: Zetian Mi) 
                                 and McGill University (Advisor: Chao-Jun Li)，

2012-2017          Ph.D., McGill University (Supervisor: Chao-Jun Li)

2008-2012          B.S., Tsinghua University(Thesis Advisors: Yongge Wei and Lei Liu)

· Honors and Awards

2019                    Relève étoile Louis-Berlinguet, Awarded to the best Québec research paper 
                                 of the month in all disciplines of Science and Technology 
                                 (http://www.frqnt.gouv.qc.ca/en/la-recherche/la-recherche-en-vedette/
                                 histoire?id=lnb5bmxe1574969860562&)      

2019                    IUPAC-Zhejiang NHU International Award for the Advancement in Green 
                                 Chemistry, Awarded to three early career chemists worldwide for their 
                                 motivation and contribution in Green Chemistry, reported. by: 
                                Angew. Chem.: (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201907738)
                                 IUPAC: (https://iupac.org/awardees-of-the-2019-iupac-
                                 zhejiang-nhu-international-award-for-advancements-in-green-chemistry/) 

2018                    National Scholarship for Excellent Self-Funded Studies Conducted Abroad 
                                 A national scholarship awarded to 500 most distinctive Chinese students 
                                 worldwide (excluding government-funded students). 

· Research Topics

We are devoted to the development of sustainability in Chemical Process towards the accomplishment of “Green Chemistry”. Our research has breached the critical gap for the conversion of green fuel towards green food/material. More sustainable oxidation/reduction processes were also developed for the inter-conversion of oxygenated compounds. The applications of photo-sensitizing semiconductors were also explored as heterogeneous catalysts, which contributes to the solution of heavy metal residue problem in pharmaceutical compounds and other critical problems for sustainable development. The research was commented by Science as “a research that could change the world” (doi:10.1126/science.aax0725). We have been keeping a strong passion in the inter-disciplinary research of organic/inorganic chemistry and semiconductor/AI. We welcome students and postdoctoral fellows who share this research passion of ours any time.

· Publication

1. One-pot  Synthesis of Toluene from Methane and Methanol Catalyzed by GaN Nanowire. Mingxin  Liu, Zewen Wu, Xianghua Kong, Xu Zhang, Lida Tan, Hong Guo, and Chao-Jun Li*, Nano Res., 2022, 10.1007/s12274-022-5294-2

2. The Exploration of Deoxygenation Reactions for Alcohols and Derivatives Using Earth-Abundant Reagents. Miao Tian and Mingxin Liu*, Pure Appl. Chem., 2021, 93, 799-810.

3. Group-III Nitrides Catalyzed Transformations of Organic Molecules. Mingxin Liu, LidaTan, Baowen Zhou, Lu Li, Zetian Mi*, and Chaojun Li*. Chem  2021, 7, 64-92. 

4. C–C Oxidative Cleavage in the Aerobic Esterification of Alcohol. Mingxin Liu，and Chaojun Li*. Chem  2020, 6, 3163-3171.

5. GaN Nanowires as a Reusable Photoredox Catalyst for Radical Coupling of Carbonyl Under Blacklight Irradiation. Mingxin Liu, Lida Tan, Roksana T. Rashid, Yunen Cen, Shaobo Cheng, Gianluigi Botton, Zetian Mi*, and Chaojun Li*. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 7864-7870.

6. Photocatalytic Methylation of Nonactivated sp³ and sp² C−H Bonds Using Methanol on GaN. Mingxin Liu, Zihang Qiu, Lida Tan, Roksana T. Rashid, Sheng Chu, Yunen Cen, Ziling Luo, Rustam Z. Khaliullin, Zetian Mi*, and Chaojun Li*. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 6248-6253.

7. Efficient Nitrogen Fixation Catalyzed by Gallium Nitride Nanowire Using Nitrogen and Water. Mingxin Liu,Yichen Wang, Xianghua Kong, Lida Tan, Lu Li, Shaobo Cheng, Gianluigi Botton, Hong Guo, Zetian Mi*, and Chaojun Li*. iScience 2019, 17, 208-216.

8. Direct Catalytic Methanol-to-Ethanol Photo-conversion via Methyl Carbene. Mingxin Liu, Yichen Wang, Xianghua Kong, Roksana T.Rashid, Sheng Chu, Chenchen Li, ZoëHearne, Hong Guo, Zetian Mi*,and ChaojunLi*. Chem. 2019, 5, 858-867. (featured by Science. Quebec's Scientific Paper of the Month）

9. Silver(I)-Catalyzed Widely Applicable Aerobic 1,2-Diol Oxidative Cleavage. Zhongzhen Zhou⁺, Mingxin Liu⁺, Leiyang Lv⁺, and Chaojun Li*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 2616-2620. （"+" equal contribution）

10. Selective Copper−N-Heterocyclic Carbene (Copper-NHC)-Catalyzed Aerobic Cleavage of β‑1 Lignin Models to Aldehydes. Zhongzhen Zhou⁺, Mingxin Liu⁺, and Chaojun Li*. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 3344-3348.（equal contribution）

11. Catalytic Fehling's Reaction: An Efficient Aerobic Oxidation of Aldehyde Catalyzed by Copper in Water. Mingxin Liu，and Chaojun Li*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 10806-10810.

12. Silver(I) as a Widely Applicable, Homogeneous Catalyst for Aerobic Oxidation of Aldehydes toward Carboxylic Acids in Water—“Silver Mirror”: from Stoichiometric to Catalytic. Mingxin Liu, Haining Wang, Huiying Zeng, and Chaojun Li*. Sci. Adv. 2015, 1, e1500020. （featured by German National Radio）

13. A Silver-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Aldehyde in Air and Water. Mingxin Liu, Feng Zhou, Zhenhua Jia, and  Chaojun Li*. Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 161-166.