2003年本科毕业于华中农业大学资源与环境学院；2007年在该校获得土壤学硕士学位；2011年于中国科学院广州地球化学研究所获得矿物学博士学位。2015年受国家留学基金委资助在悉尼大学电镜中心进行了为期一年的访问研究。主要从事矿物学研究，在Nature Communications、Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta、American Mineralogist、Applied Clay Science、Chemical Geology和Langmuir等主流期刊上发表SCI论文80余篇，SCI引用逾3000次（h-index: 32），2篇论文入选ESI“TOP 1%”高被引论文。参与撰写英文专著1部。授权国家发明专利11项。现担任国际SCI期刊Minerals和Scientific Reports编委。曾获第18届“侯德封”矿物岩石地球化学青年科学家奖（2020年）、广东省科学技术一等奖（6/10，2018年）、广东省自然科学杰出青年基金（2016年）；入选“广东特支计划”科技创新青年拔尖人才（2017年）和“涂光炽”青年人才（2015年）。

1)    Liu, D.; Yuan, P.; Tian, Q.; Liu, H.; Deng, L.; Song, Y.; Zhou, J.; Losic, D.; Zhou, J.; Song, H., Lake sedimentary biogenic silica from diatoms constitutes a significant global sink for aluminium. Nature Communications. 2019, 10 (1), 1-7.

2)    Liu, D., Q. Tian, P. Yuan, P. Du, J. Zhou, Y. Li, H. Bu and J. Zhou. Facile sample preparation method allowing TEM characterization of the stacking structures and interlayer spaces of clay minerals. Applied Clay Science 2019, 171, 1-5.

3)  Bu, H.; Liu, D. (Corresponding author); Yuan, P.; Zhou, X.; Liu, H.; Song, H.; Zhang, B., Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether adsorption by interlayer montmorilonite-organic matter complexes: Dependence on the organic matter content and its alkyl chain length. Applied Clay Science 2019, 180, 1-8.

4)  Bu, H.; Liu, D. (Corresponding author); Yuan, P.; Zhou, X.; Liu, H.; Du, P., Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether (EGME) adsorption by organic matter (OM)-clay complexes: Dependence on the OM Type. Applied Clay Science 2019, 168, 340-347.

5)  Du, P.; Liu, D. (Corresponding author); Yuan, P.; Deng, L.; Wang, S.; Zhou, J.; Zhong, X., Controlling the macroscopic liquid-like behaviour of halloysite-based solvent-free nanofluids via a facile core pretreatment. Applied Clay Science 2018, 156, 126-133.

6)    Deng, L.; Liu, D. (Corresponding author); Du, P.; Bu, H.; Song, Y.; Tian, Q.; Yuan, W.; Yuan, P.; Liu, Z.; He, H., Enhancement of diatomite solid acidity by Al incorporation, as evaluated by the catalytic effects on the thermal decomposition of 12-aminolauric acid. Colloids and Surfaces A. 2016, 509, 190-194.

7)    Liu D.; Yu, W. B; Deng L. L.; Yuan, W. W.; Sun H. J.; Ma, L. Y.; Yuan, P.; Du P. X.; He H. P. Possible mechanism of structural incorporation of al into diatomite during the deposition process I. Via a condensation reaction of hydroxyl groups. Journal of Colloid Interface Science. 2016, 461, 64-68.

8)    Liu, D.; Yuan, W. W.; Deng L. L.; Yu, W. B; Sun H. J.; Yuan, P.; Preparation of porous diatomite-templated carbons with large adsorption capacity and mesoporous zeolite K-H as a byproduct. Journal of Colloid Interface Science. 2014, 424, 22-26.

9)    Liu, D.; Yuan, P.; Liu, H. M; Tian L.; Tan, D. Y.; Yuan, W.W.; He, H P; High-pressure adsorption of methane on montmorillonite, kaolinite and illite. Applied Clay Science, 2013, 85, 25-30.

10)  Liu, D.; Yuan, P. ; Liu, H. M.; Cai, J. G.; Qin, Z. H.; Tan, D. Y.; Zhou, Q.; He, H. P.; Zhu, J. X.; Quantitative characterization of the solid acidity of montmorillonite using combined FTIR and TPD based on the NH₃ adsorption. Applied. Clay Science. 2013. 80-81, 407-412.

11)   Liu, D.; Yuan, W.W.; Yuan, P.; Yu, W. B; Tan, D. Y; Liu, H. M; He, H. P; Physical activation of diatomite-templated carbons and its effect on the adsorption of methylene blue (MB). Applied Surface Science. 2013, 282, 838–843.

12)  Liu, D.; Yuan, P.; Tan, D. Y.; Liu, H. M.; Wang, T.; Fan, M. D.; Zhu, J. X.; He, H. P., Facile preparation of hierarchically porous carbon using diatomite as both template and catalyst and methylene blue adsorption of carbon products. Journal of Colloid Interface Science. 2012, 388, 176-184.

13)   Liu, D.; Yuan, P. ; Liu, H. M.; Cai, J. G.; Qin, Z. H.; Tan, D. Y.; Zhou, Q.; He, H. P.; Zhu, J. X., Influence of heating on the solid acidity of montmorillonite: A combined study by DRIFT and Hammett indicators. Applied Clay Science. 2011, 52 (4), 358-363.

14)  Liu, D.; Yuan, P. ; Tan, D. Y.; Liu, H. M.; Fan, M. D.; Yuan, A. H.; Zhu, J. X.; He, H. P., Effects of inherent/enhanced solid acidity and morphology of diatomite templates on the synthesis and porosity of hierarchically porous carbon. Langmuir 2010, 26 (24), 18624-18627.

15)  Zhou, X.; Liu, D. (Corresponding author); Bu, H.; Deng, L.; Liu, H.; Yuan, P.; Du, P.; Song, H., XRD-based quantitative analysis of clay minerals using reference intensity ratios, mineral intensity factors, Rietveld, and full pattern summation methods: A critical review. 2018, 3 (1), 16-29.

16)  Yuan, P.; Liu, D.; Zhou, J.; Tian, Q.; Song, Y.; Wei, H.; Wang, S.; Zhou, J.; Deng, L.; Du, P., Identification of the occurrence of minor elements in the structure of diatomaceous opal using FIB and TEM-EDS. American Mineralogist 2019, 104 (9), 1323-1335.

17)  Bu, H.; Yuan, P.; Liu, H.; Liu, D.; Qin, Z.; Zhong, X.; Song, H.; Li, Y., Formation of macromolecules with peptide bonds via the thermal evolution of amino acids in the presence of montmorillonite: Insight into prebiotic geochemistry on the early Earth. Chemical Geology 2019, 510, 72-83.

18)  Wei, Y.; Yuan, P.; Song, Y.; Liu, D.; Losic, D.; Tan, D.; Chen, F.; Liu, H.; Du, P.; Zhou, J., Activating 2D nano-kaolinite using hybrid nanoparticles for enhanced phosphate capture. Chemical Communications 2018, 54 (82), 11649-11652.

19)  Bu, H.; Yuan, P.; Liu, H.; Liu, D.; Liu, J.; He, H.; Zhou, J.; Song, H.; Li, Z., Effects of complexation between organic matter (OM) and clay mineral on OM pyrolysis. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 2017, 212, 1-15.