刘中云，山东济南人，2014年博士毕业于天津大学材料科学与工程学院，先后在中科院烟台海岸带研究所（2014.07-2016.12），美国加州大学伯克利分校土木及环境工程学院（2016.12-2018.11）和佐治亚理工学院（2018.12-2025.01）从事膜分离方向科研工作。2025年2月入职东南大学，任青年首席教授，入选国家级青年人才。

    主要从事高性能聚合物和碳分子筛(CMS)中空纤维膜设计制备及在环境、能源与化工分离等领域的应用。迄今在Nat. Mater. 、Nat. Chem. Eng.、 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.、J. Membr. Sci.等国际综合和专业期刊共发表论文50余篇，总计被引用2800余次，H因子30 (Google Scholar)，荣获佐治亚理工学院工程学院杰出教师研究奖 （Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Research Award）等荣誉。

国家高层次青年人才入选者

1. Zhongyun Liu, Yuhe Cao, William J Koros. Synergistic tuning of microstructure and morphology in carbon molecular sieve hollow fibers for propylene/propane separation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202414683. (Hot paper)

2. Zhongyun Liu, Yuhe Cao, Wulin Qiu, Jinyoung Kim, Zachary S. Campbell, Steven Schlosser, William J. Koros. Insights on influence of polymer molecular weight on gas sorption, transport and plasticization in glassy 6FDA-DAM polyimide membranes. J. Membr. Sci., 2024, 712, 123242.

3. Zhongyun Liu^#, Yuhe Cao^#, William J Koros. Polyimide-derived carbon molecule sieve membranes for gas separations. Nat. Chem. Eng., 2024, 1(2), 119-123.

4.  Taylor C Vessel^#, Zhongyun Liu^#, William J Koros. Directly measured pyrolysis temperature dependence of sorption selectivity for Carbon dioxide/Methane in Matrimid® polyimide-derived carbon molecular sieve membranes. Mater. Chem. Phys., 2024, 34, 128847.

5. Zhongyun Liu, Wulin Qiu, Wenying Quan, William J Koros. Advanced carbon molecular sieve membranes derived from molecularly engineered cross-linkable copolyimide for gas separations. Nat. Mater., 2023, 22, 109–116.

6. Zhongyun Liu, Wulin Qiu, William J Koros. New Insights into Physical Aging‐Induced Structure Evolution in Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202210831.  (VIP paper)

7. Zhongyun Liu,Wulin Qiu, Wenying Quan, Yang Liu, William J Koros. Fine-tuned thermally cross-linkable 6FDA-based polyimide membranes for aggressive natural gas separation. J. Membr. Sci., 2021, 635, 119474.

8. Zhongyun Liu, Yang Liu, Wulin Qiu, William J Koros. Molecularly Engineered 6FDA-based Polyimide Membranes for Sour Natural Gas Separation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020,59,14877-14883. (VIP paper)

9. Zhongyun Liu, Yang Liu, Gongping Liu, Wulin Qiu, William J Koros. Cross-Linkable Semi-Rigid 6FDA-Based Polyimide Hollow Fiber Membranes for Sour Natural Gas Purification. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2020, 59, 12, 5333-5339.

10.  Longbin Qi ^#, Zhongyun Liu^#, Ning Wang, Yunxia Hu. Facile and efficient in situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles on diverse filtration membrane surfaces for antimicrobial performance. Appl. Surf. Sci., 2018, 456, 95-103.

11. Zhongyun Liu, Xiaochan An, Chunhong Dong, Sunxiang Zheng, Baoxia Mi, Yunxia Hu. Modification of thin film composite polyamide membranes with 3D hyperbranched polyglycerol for simultaneous improvement in their filtration performance and antifouling properties. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 23190-23197.

12. Zhongyun Liu, Longbin Qi, Xiaochan An, Caifeng Liu, Yunxia Hu. Surface Engineering of Thin Film Composite Polyamide Membranes with Silver Nanoparticles through Layer-by-Layer Interfacial Polymerization for Antibacterial Properties. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (46), 40987–40997.

13. Zhongyun Liu, Yunxia Hu. Sustainable Antibiofouling Properties of Thin Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membrane with Rechargeable Silver Nanoparticles Loading. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (33), 21666-21673.

14. Zhongyun Liu, Yunxia Hu, Caifeng Liu and Zongyao Zhou. Surface-independent one-pot chelation of copper ions onto filtration membranes to provide antibacterial properties. Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 12245-12248.

佐治亚理工学院工程学院2024年度杰出教师研究奖 （Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Research Award）

2015年度中国科学院烟台海岸带研究所优秀职工

2015国际膜工程会议最佳poster奖

天津大学优秀毕业生

第34届天津市生物医学工程年会优秀报告二等奖