1. Liu, 1
Jian Liu
111 Acklen Park Dr., Apt. E108 (615) 498-8001
Nashville, TN 37203 jian.liu@vanderbilt.edu
Objective
Obtain a R&D or engineering position in the areas of gas adsorption applications, adsorbents and catalysts
development, related material chemical and physical characterizations.
Strengths
Gas adsorption: fundamental theory, surface area and pore size analysis, CO2 and H2O adsorption,
gravimetric & volumetric methods, breakthrough system, Rubotherm system, and apparatus design.
Material development: carbon nanotube, nano particles, zeolites, carbon, MOFs, biphasic impregnated silica.
Analytical instrument: Powder and Particle Size Analyzer, Zeta-potential Analyzer, XRD, BET, GC, FT-IR,
UV-VIS, TGA-DSC, SEM (+EDS), TEM, and MS.
Computer related: Matlab/Simulink, Mathematica, Fortran, C, Aspen Plus, LabVIEW, ChemOffice,
Materials Studio, LaTex, Origin, Igor, Endnote, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Office.
Education
Vanderbilt University-Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering summer 2010
Ph.D summer 2010 research on gas adsorption and novel adsorbents GPA: 3.9/4.0
Advisor: M. Douglas LeVan (J. Lawrence Wilson Professor of Engineering)
Thesis title: Adsorption Equilibrium and Mass Transfer in Metal-Organic Framework Adsorbents
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)-Master of Chemical Engineering 5/2006
• Graduate in the top 5 % of the class GPA: 3.7/4.0
Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)-Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, 8/2003
• Excellent Undergraduate Scholarship: Awarded 1999-2001 GPA: 3.8/4.0
Research Experience
Vanderbilt University
Research Assistant 7/2007 – present
• Study and understand capturing CO2 from flue gas by using metal organic frameworks (MOFs) as novel
adsorbents; use volumetric method to examine H2O effects on the CO2 adsorption (DOE project)
• Design and characterize novel adsorbents for energy storage and environmental protection
• Calculate thermodynamic properties for light gases adsorbed on carbon surfaces
• Investigate adsorption kinetics through frequency response method (zeolites, MOFs)
Institute of Process Engineering, CAS
Research Assistant 8/2004 – 5/2006
• Synthesized and studied the particle size and surface properties for NiO nanoparticles
• Synthesized nano thin film through sol-electrophoretic deposition method
• Designed and studied NiO film used for formaldehyde gas sensor
Institute of Chemistry, CAS
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2/2003 – 7/2003
• Synthesized hydroxyl modified carbon nanotubes by melted salt method

2. Liu, 2
Beijing Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Research Assistant 9/2002 – 1/2003
• Assisted the research on polymer/montmorillonite intercalation nanocomposites
Selected Publications and Presentations*
Jian Liu, Yu Wang, Annabelle I. Benin, Paulina Jakubczak, Richard R. Willis, and M. Douglas LeVan. CO2/H2O
Adsorption Equilibrium and Rates on Metal-Organic Frameworks: HKUST-1 and Ni/DOBDC. (Langmuir, under
review, 2010)
M. Douglas LeVan, Amanda M.B. Furtado, Jian Liu, and Yu Wang. Ordered Mesoporous Silica-Metal Organic
Composite Adsorbent, Methods of Making and Applications of the same. (US Patent pending, 61,348,805)
Jian Liu and M. Douglas LeVan. Henry's law constants and isosteric heats of adsorption at zero loading for multi-
wall carbon surfaces with different geometries. Carbon, 48, 3454-3462, 2010.
A. Ozgur Yazaydin, Randall Q. Snurr, Tae-Hong Park, Kyoungmoo Koh, Jian Liu, M. Douglas LeVan, Annabelle
I. Benin, Paulina Jakubczak, Mary Lanuza, Douglas B. Galloway, John J. Low, and Richard R. Willis. Screening of
Metal-Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas Using a Combined Experimental and
Modeling Approach. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 18198–18199, 2009.
Jian Liu and M. Douglas LeVan. Isosteric heats of adsorption in the Henry’s law region for carbon single wall
cylindrical nanopores and spherical nanocavities. Carbon, 47, 3415-3423, 2009.
Jian Liu, Shangfeng Du, Lianqi Wei, Haidi Liu, Yajun Tian, Yunfa Chen. Template-free synthesis of NiO hollow
microspheres covered with nanoflakes. Mater. Lett., 60, 3601-3604, 2006.
Shangfeng Du, Yajun Tian, Haidi Liu, Jian Liu, Yunfa Chen. Calcination effects on the properties of Gallium-
doped zinc oxide powders. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 89, 2440-2443, 2006.
*Jian Liu, Yu Wang, M. Douglas LeVan, Annabelle I. Benin, Paulina Jakubczak, and Richard R. Willis.
Coadsorption of CO2 and H2O on MOFs: Adsorption Equilibrium, Rates of CO2 Adsorption, and Comparisons with
Zeolites. 10th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption, Japan, 2010.
*Jian Liu, Yu Wang, Annabelle I. Benin, Paulina Jakubczak, Richard R. Willis and M. Douglas LeVan. CO2/H2O
adsorption equilibrium and rates on HKUST-1 and Ni/DOBDC. AIChE Annual Meeting, 2009.
*Jian Liu and M. Douglas LeVan. Isosteric heats of adsorption in the Henry’s law region for carbon single wall
cylindrical nanopores and spherical nanocavities. Plenary Session, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2009.
*Annabelle I. Benin, Syed Faheem, John J. Low, Richard R. Willis, Antek G. Wong-Foy, Kyoungmoo Koh, Adam
J. Matzger, A. Ozgur Yazaydin, Randall Q. Snurr, Xiayi Hu, Stefano Brandani, Jian Liu, and M. Douglas LeVan.
Metal Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Adsorption from Flue Gas. AIChE Annual Meeting, 2008.
Awards and Affiliations
• Graduate student travel grant, Vanderbilt University, 2009
• Graduate Teaching & Research Scholarship, Vanderbilt University, 2006-2010
• Excellent Graduate, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS, 2006
• Dean’s Scholarship, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS, 2005
• Excellent Undergraduate Scholarship, BIT, 1999-2001
• Sigma Xi full membership since 2010
• AIChE graduate student membership since 2008
• Chair, Student Union of Institute of Process Engineering, CAS, 2004-2005