He served as secretary of the Party Branch of the Institute of Applied Chemistry of the Department of Chemical Engineering, reviewer of international journals such as Journal of CO2 utilization,Green Chemistry, RSC Advances, etc., and an expert in dissertation review of the Center for Degree and Graduate Education Development of the Ministry of Education. He has presided over the completion of the Beijing Nature Foundation project, the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund project, the New Teachers Fund project of the Ministry of Education, the Basic Research Fund of Beijing Institute of Technology, etc., and participated in the National Natural Science Foundation project and equipment pre-research project. So far in Chemical Engineering Journal, Biotechnology Advances, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and other domestic and foreign academic journals have published more than 50 papers, and 2 patents have been authorized.

Enzyme catalyzed CO2 capture and Green Conversion
Photocatalytic Coenzyme regeneration
Design, Preparation and Application of nanoporous and two-dimensional Materials

2001.09-2005.01 Tsinghua University, Major in Materials Science, Doctor of Engineering
1998.09-2001.03 Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Material Processing Engineering, Master of Engineering
1994.09-1998.07 Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Major in Polymer Materials and Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering

2012.07-present Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
2011.03-2012.03 Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, USA
2006.12-2012.07 Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Environment, Beijing Institute of Technology, Lecturer 2005.01-2006.12 State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Using the enzyme catalytic method with mild reaction conditions, high selectivity and high specificity, with greenhouse gas CO2 as the carbon source, the green synthesis of formic acid, methanol and other high value-added chemicals, and through the combination of polymer films or particle carriers, the stability of the enzyme catalyst is greatly improved, and it is convenient to recycle and reuse. The new technology of enzyme catalyzed process enhancement has been developed, and nano-mesoporous materials and new two-dimensional materials have been successfully applied to CO2 capture and in situ hydrogenation conversion, and very good application results have been achieved. In addition, the in-situ regeneration of coenzyme and the continuous synthesis of the product formic acid were realized by coupling the process of enzyme-catalyzed CO2 conversion and photocatalyzed coenzyme regeneration.
[1] Qiyong Liao, Mengya Guo, Menglei Mao, Rui Gao, Zihui Meng, Xinlong Fan, Wengfang Liu*. Construction and optimization of a photo−enzyme coupled system for sustainable CO2 conversion to methanol. Process Biochemistry, 2023, 129, 44-55.
[2] Menglei Mao, Tingting Zhai, Lingding Meng, Zihui Meng, Wenfang Liu*. Controllable preparation of mesoporous silica and its application in enzyme-catalyzed CO2 reduction. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 437, 135479.
[3] Qiyong Liao, Wenfang Liu*, Zihui Meng. Strategies for overcoming the limitations of enzymatic carbon dioxide reduction. Biotechnology Advances, 2022, 60, 108024.
[4] Mengya Guo, Fengjuan Gu, Lingding Meng, Qiyong Liao, Zihui Meng, Wenfang Liu*. Synthesis of formaldehyde from CO2 catalyzed by the coupled photo-enzyme system. Separation and Purification Technology, 2022, 286, 120480.
[5] Danyang Sun, Rui Gao, Qiyong Liao, Zihui Meng, Wenfang Liu*. Nanoporous graphitic carbon nitride as catalysts for cofactor regeneration. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5(8), 11229.
Chemical Industry Progress, 2022, 41(S1), 436.
Chemical Engineering Progress, 2022, DOI: 10.16085/j.issn.1000-6613.2022-1299.
Chemical Industry Progress, 2022, 41(4), 1409.
[9] Mengya Guo, Tingting Zhai, Caihong Wang, Zihui Meng, Wenfang Liu*. Immobilization of formate dehydrogenase on polyethyleneimine modified carriers for the enhancement of catalytic performance. Catalysis Communications, 2021, 149, 106259.
[10] Tingting Zhai, Caihong Wang, Fengjuan Gu, Zihui Meng, Wenfang Liu*, Yanzi Wang. Dopamine/polyethylenimine-modified silica for enzyme immobilization and strengthening of enzymatic CO2 conversion. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8(40), 15250.
[11] Fengjuan Gu, Yanzi Wang, Zihui Meng, Wenfang Liu*, Liyuan Qiu. A coupled photocatalytic/enzymatic system for sustainable conversion of CO2 to formate. Catalysis Communications, 2020, 136, 105903.
[12] GUO Mengya, Ji Shuxin, Gu Fengjuan, Meng Zihui, LIU Wenfang *, Wang Yanzi. Immobilization of alcohol dehydrogenase on the surface of polyethylene film. Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, 71(9), 4246.
[13] Sun Danyang, Zhai Tingting, Li Hansheng, Liu Wenfang *. Modification strategies of g-C3N4 and research progress of g-C3N4/Ti3C2 heterostructures. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, 71(S2), 1.
[14] Jing Sun, Caihong Wang, Yanzi Wang, Shuxin Ji, Wenfang Liu*. Immobilization of carbonic anhydrase on polyethylenimine/dopamine co-deposited membranes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2019, 134, 47784.
[15] WANG Caihong, Sun Jing, Ji Shuxin, Wang Yanzi, LIU Wenfang *. Polyvinylimide/dopamine modified silica fixed carbonic anhydrase. Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019, 70(5), 1887.
[16] Yanzi Wang, Yongzhen Chen, Caihong Wang, Jing Sun, Zhiping Zhao, Wenfang Liu*. Polyethylenimine-modified membranes for CO2 capture and in situ hydrogenation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10(34), 29003.
[17] Yanzi Wang, Jing Sun, Haohai Zhang, Zhiping Zhao, Wenfang Liu∗. Tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin for efficient cofactor regeneration under visible light and its immobilization. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2018, 8(10), 2578.
[18] Jing Sun, Lina Wei, Yanzi Wang, Zhiping Zhao, Wenfang Liu*. Immobilization of carbonic anhydrase on polyvinylidene fluoride membranes. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, 2018, 65(3), 362.
Book Chapter:
[1] MenguYa Guo, TingTing Zhai, CaiHong Wang, ZiHui Meng, WenFang Liu*. Study on immobilization of formate dehydrogenase on polyethyleneimine modified carriers for the enhancement of catalytic performance. Challenges and Advances in Chemical Science, Editor: Dr. Pradip K. Bhowmik, 2022, 8, 1-11. Publisher: B P International.
Authorized Patent:
[1] LIU Wenfang, Wang Caihong, ZHAI Tingting. A method for greatly accelerating enzyme-catalyzed conversion of carbon dioxide to formic acid reaction, CN 201911346232.1, 2021.11.23.