Professor, Leader of Microbial Process Engineering Group, Associate director of Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Associate editor of Marine Science

Dr. Professor LIU Tianzhong obtained his PhD degree in 1998 in the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He has been devoted to developing original work on microalgae biotechnology including screens of engineering microalgae, heterotrophic modification, photobioreactor design, fermentation, construction of microalgae bioprocess and process simulation, serving to CO₂ fixation and applications in fuel, food, feeds and fertilizer. Professor LIU first noticed the filamentous oleaginous microalgae Tribonema sp, and proposed the concept of filamentous engineering microalgae. He also developed the microalgae biofilm attached cultivation technology with advantages in high biomass productivity and water saving. He constructed a technology of palmitoleic acid (C16:1,ω-7) production with heterotrophic fermentation of Tribonema sp, or Saccharomyces cerevisiae. He has published more than 90 papers and granted more than 30 patents.

Selected Publication

1. Lu Li, Yongqiang Wang, Lili Gao, Wenjun Zhou, Lin Chen, Zhaohui Zhang*, Tianzhong Liu*. Experiments and cellular automata simulation reveal light/carbon transportation and growth mechanism of Chlorella vulgaris biofilm in attached cultivation. Chemical Engineering Journal. (2023) 457：141177

2. Yongqiang Wang, Lu Li, Danyue Zhao, Wenjun Zhou, Lin Chen, Ge Su , Zhaohui Zhang*, Tianzhong Liu*. Surface patterns of mortar plates influence Spirulina platensis biofilm attached cultivation: experiment and modeling. Algal Research. (2023)71:203079

3. Guanhua Yuan, Xiaoying Xu, Wenlei Zhang Yulin Cui, Song Qin and Tianzhong Liu*.Biolistic Transformation of Haematococcus pluvialis With Constructs Based on the Flanking Sequences of Its Endogenous Alpha Tubulin Gene. Frontiers in Microbiology (2019)10:1749-1762，

4. Junfeng Wang,Wentao Cheng,Wen Liu,Hui Wang, Dongcun Zhang, Zhanshan Qiao, Guiyong Ji, Tianzhong Liu*. Field study on attached cultivation of Arthrospira (Spirulina) with carbon dioxide as carbon source. Bioresource Technology.(2019)270-276

5. Wenjun Zhou,Hui Wang,Lin Chen,Wentao Cheng, Tianzhong Liu*. Heterotrophy of filamentous oleaginous microalgae Tribonema minus for potential production of lipid and palmitoleic acid. Bioresource Technology. (2017)239: 250-257 SCI 6.669

6. Lanlan Zhang, Lin Chen, Junfeng Wang, Yu Chen, Xin Gao, Zhaohui Zhang, Tianzhong Liu*. Attached cultivation for improving the biomass productivity of Spirulina platensis..Bioresource Technology.(2015)181: 136–142

7. Hui Wang,Yan Zhang,Wenjun Zhou,Leksawasdi Noppol and Tianzhong Liu*. Mechanism and enhancement of lipid accumulation in filamentous oleaginous microalgae Tribonema minus under heterotrophic condition. Biotechnol Biofuels Biotechnol Biofuels. (2018)11:328

8. Wen Liu, Junfeng Wang,Tianzhong Liu*. Low pH rather than high CO₂ concentration itself inhibits growth of Arthrospira. Science of the Total Environment.(2019)66:572-580

9. Tianzhong Liu*, Junfeng Wang, Qiang Hu, Pengfei Cheng, Bei Ji, Jinli Liu, Yu Chen, Wei Zhang, Xiaoling Chen, Lin Chen, Lili Gao, Chunli Ji, Hui Wang. Attached cultivation technology of microalgae for efficient biomass feedstock production. Bioresource Technology. (2013)127:216–222

10. Hui Wang, Chunli Ji, Shenglei Bi, Peng Zhou, Lin Chen, Tianzhong Liu*. Joint production of biodiesel and bioethanol from filamentous oleaginous microalgae Tribonema sp. Bioresource Technology. (2014)172:169–173