LIU Zhendong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University, where he currently serves as Assistant to the Department Chair for International Affairs. He received his B.Eng. from Shandong University, his M.Eng. from Tsinghua University, and his Ph.D. in Chemical System Engineering from the University of Tokyo. Prior to joining Tsinghua, he held an assistant professorship at The University of Tokyo. His research lies at the interface of porous materials, catalysis, and microchemical engineering. His group is especially interested in low-dimensional zeolites, zeolite-encapsulated metal nanoclusters, and diffusion phenomena under nanoscale confinement. Professor Liu has published more than 60 research papers in leading journals, including PNAS, Science Advances, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition. His contributions have been recognized by several honors and awards, including School of Engineering Dean’s Award for Research Excellence from The University of Tokyo, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigator distinction, and teaching and advising awards from Tsinghua University

[1] Weihong Yan, Youran Wang, Zhenyuan Zhao, Hiroki Nagashima, Kai Jia, Tongjie Li, Haijun Yang, Jie Zhu, Toru Wakihara and Zhendong Liu*. Synthesis of Sn-Incorporated Single-Walled Zeolitic Nanotube as a Lewis Acidic Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2026, online publication, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c23149.

[2] Mingyuan Shao, Nelcari-Trinidad Ramírez-Márquez, Zhendong Liu* and Javier García-Martínez*. Harnessing Kinetic Control in Zeolite Synthesis and Interconversion to Enhance Catalytic Performance. CCS Chemistry, 2026, online publication, DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.026.202507217.

[3] Zhaoning Song, Hanlin Wang, Zhenyuan Zhao, Zimu Zhou, Siting Yu, Jie Zhu, Xiao Chen, Limin Ren, Toru Wakihara and Zhendong Liu*. Consecutive Phase Transformations of Inorganic-Organic Assembly in the Synthesis of Single-walled Zeolitic Nanotube. Science Advances, 2026, 12, eadx1619.

[4] Kai Jia, Yihao Zhao, Mingyuan Shao, Fangqi Yu, Yongqing Wang, Shanbing Mao and Zhendong Liu*. Ultrafast Synthesis of Silicalite-1 Using Sodium Silicate and Ultrafast Encapsulation of Metal Nanoclusters for Propane Dehydrogenation. Chemical Engineering Science, 2026, 327, 123696.

[5] Tao Yu, Kai Jia, Zhenyuan Zhao, Jie Zhu,* Yuki Sada, Hiroki Yamada, Toshiaki Ina, Kaiqi Nie, Mingyuan Shao, Yihao Zhao, Yundong Wang, Haijun Yang, Binhang Yan, Xiao Chen,* Jianhong Xu* and Zhendong Liu*. Ultrafast Encapsulation of Bimetallic Nanoclusters into Zeolites: Linking Structural Features to Catalytic Performance. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 41056-41066.

[6] Jie Zhu, Vitaly L Sushkevich,* Amy J Knorpp, Mark A Newton, Toru Wakihara, Tatsuya Okubo, Zhendong Liu* and Jeroen A van Bokhoven*. Elucidation of the Structure–Activity Relationship for Cu-Erionite in the Direct Conversion of Methane to Methanol: An Operando XAS Study. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 28723-28734 (featured as an Inside Cover of the journal).

[7] Jing Ping, Koki Muraoka,* Zhendong Liu* and Akira Nakayama*. Unveiling the Structural Factors Governing the Diffusion of Ethene in Small-Pore Zeolites through Machine Learning. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2025, 16, 11673-11682.

[8] Tao Yu, Jinyu Zheng, Shikun Su, Yundong Wang,* Jianhong Xu* and Zhendong Liu*. Zinc Oxide Nanoclusters Encapsulated in MFI Zeolite as a Highly Stable Adsorbent for the Ultradeep Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide. JACS Au, 2024, 4, 985-991.

[9] Jie Zhu, Koki Muraoka,* Takeshi Ohnishi, Yutaka Yanaba, Masaru Ogura, Akira Nakayama, Toru Wakihara,* Zhendong Liu* and Tatsuya Okubo. Synthesis and Structural Analysis of High‐Silica ERI Zeolite with Spatially-Biased Al Distribution as a Promising NH₃-SCR Catalyst. Advanced Science, 2024, 11, 2307674.

[10] Jie Zhu, Ryota Osuga, Ryo Ishikawa, Naoya Shibata, Yuichi Ikuhara, Junko N. Kondo, Masaru Ogura, Jihong Yu, Toru Wakihara,* Zhendong Liu* and Tatsuya Okubo. Ultrafast Encapsulation of Metal Nanoclusters into MFI Zeolite in the Course of Its Crystallization: Catalytic Application for Propane Dehydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 49, 19669-19674.