Members_The Subiao Group

The Subiao Group

The electrochemical carbon neutralization

School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University

Supervisors

Dr. Subiao Liu

Professor

Dr. Subiao Liu is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University (CSU), China. In June, 2012, he received his B.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CSU, China. In June, 2017, he completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada, under the supervision of Dr. Jing-Li Luo. After graduation, he immediately held an appointment with the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, and served as a postdoc research fellow at his Ph.D. group. One year later, he obtained an opportunity to work as a research fellow for one year and a half at the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Then, due to the necessity of projects, he returned back to his Ph.D. group as a postdoc research fellow till February 2021. Since March 2021, he joined Central South University as a professor. In addition, he has been honored with the “Chinese Oversea Outstanding Graduate Student Award” in 2017, and he also successfully joined the “Thousand Youth Talents Plan” of China. Currently, he served as as a young editorial board member in the journals of “Advanced Powder Materials”, “Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China” and "Materials Research Letters”.

Email: subiao@csu.edu.cn

Cosupervisor

Dr. Jing-Li Luo

Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering;

Canadian Research Chair in Alternative Fuel Cells;

Canadian council member of International Corrosion Council since 2005;

Fellow of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection;

Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada;

Professor, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, China.

Editorial Board member of Electrochemical Energy Reviews (EER) (Springer-Nature Publishing Group);

Review Editor, Editorial Board member of Nanoenergy Technologies and Materials, Frontiers in Energy;

International Editorial Board member of Journal of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology (JCEIB);

Editorial Board member of Corrosion Science;

Advisory Board member of International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials.

Her research has been focusing on solid oxide cells, energy storage and conversion research, clean energy technology and corrosion control. Her research activities involve both fundamental studies of phenomena related to development of designed new materials, electrochemical conversions, and development research directed to providing solutions to problems of significance in power generation, natural resource conversion and transportation industries.

Email: jll@szu.edu.cn

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Gang Yang

(01/09/2023-)

Dr. Gang Yang received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology in 2023. Currently, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow, co-supervised by Prof. Jing-Li Luo in the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University and Prof. Subiao Liu in the School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University. His research mainly focuses on electrocatalytic CO2 reduction and H2O splitting.

Email: gangyang@szu.edu.cn

PhD Candidates

Mulin Yu

(01/09/2021-)

Mulin Yu obtained his master degree in science from Central South University in 2020. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate in Professor Subiao Liu’s group at the School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University since 2021. His research mainly focuses on the construction of specific metal nanostructures capable of electrochemically converting CO2 to high-value fuels or chemicals.

Email: yumulincsu@163.com

Sanusi Sule

(01/09/2022-)

Sanusi Sule obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Yobe State University in the year 2015. The quest of knowledge and research made Sanusi Sule to purse a Master of Science degree in Inorganic Chemistry from Bayero University, Kano from 2016 to 2019. His current research direction as a Ph.D. candidate in Professor Subiao Liu’s Group is on metal organic frameworks and their applications for electrochemical CO2 reduction to value-added products.

Email: sulesanusi@outlook.com

Guoqiang Lu

(01/09/2024-)

Guoqiang Lu received his master degree from Jiangnan University and joined Professor Subiao Liu’s group as a PhD candidate since September, 2024. His research interests focus on the design of advanced copper-based materials for room temperature electrocatalytic CO2 reduction。

Email: lu_guoqiang@126.com

Lin-Bo Liu

(09/09/2023-)

Lin-Bo Liu received his Master degree in Engineering at school of Mineral Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University in Professor Subiao Liu’s group in year 2023, and then he continued to study as a Ph.D. candidate with the research interests in water splitting and CO2 electrolysis on perovskite oxides.

Email: csuliulinbo@163.com

Shuo Liu

(01/09/2022-)

Shuo Liu received his master degree in engineering from Zhengzhou University, and joined Professor Subiao Liu’s group as a PhD candidate since September, 2022. His research interest will mainly concentrate on the design of advanced perovskite oxides to drive electrochemical CO2 reduction at elevated temperatures in solid oxide electrolysis cell.

Email: LiuShuo17703822642@163.com

Meng-Tao Zhou

(01/09/2025-)

Meng-Tao Zhou received his master degree form Professor Subiao Liu's group at the School of Mineral Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, and then continue to pursue doctoral studies within the same group since September, 2025. His research mission is to develop highly active and stable Cu-based catalysts capable of efficiently driving electrochemical CO2 reduction toward hydrocarbon fuels at room temperature.

Email: zmt225611076@csu.edu.cn

Master Students

Yan Li

(01/09/2023-)

Yan Li received her bachelor degree in Engineering from Northeastern University, and then entered Central South University to pursue a master degree. From September 2023, she joined Professor Subiao Liu's group with a research interest in solid oxide electrolysis cell at elevated temperatures.

Email: 235611019@csu.edu.cn

Biao Ouyang

(01/09/2024-)

Biao-Ou-yang received his bachelor degree in Engineering from Central South University.In September 2024,he joined Professor Subiao Liu's group as a master candidate with the research interests in water electrolysis on perovskite oxides at elevated temperatures.

Email: 245611054@csu.edu.cn

Ya-Lin Song

(01/09/2023-)

Ya-Lin Song was graduated from Fu Zhou University in June 2023 with a bachelor degree in Engineering. In September 2023, he entered Central South University and joined Professor Subiao Liu's group with a research interest in the construction of novel transition metal compounds for electrochemically converting CO2 to high-value liquid products at room temperature.

Email: 235612113@csu.edu.cn

Zhi-Yuan Wang

(01/09/2024-)

Zhi-Yuan Wang was graduated from Wuhan University of Science and Technology in June 2024 with a bachelor degree in Engineering. In September 2024, he entered Central South University and joined Professor Subiao Liu's group with a research interest in the construction of copper-based catalysts for electrochemically reducing carbon dioxide at room temperature.

Email: 245611041@csu.edu.cn