2004年在清華大學環境科學與工程系獲博士學位，2004-2008年先后在韓國科學技術院（KAIST）、加拿大阿爾伯塔（Alberta）大學和美國克萊姆森（Clemson）大學從事博士后研究工作，2008年9月作為高層次人才引進北京化工大學工作。

中國環保產業協會廢氣凈化委員會常委，Energy & Environmental Science、Environmental Science & Technologhy、Chemical Communications、Applied Catalysis B、ChemCatChem、ChemSusChem、Journal of Materials Chemistry A等國際著名期刊特邀審稿人。

環境催化與大氣污染控制

1. 典型致霾污染物NOx的催化消除

2. 溫室氣體CO2的資源化利用及N2O的催化分解

3. 新型催化材料的構筑及性能研究

4. 催化反應機理的原位研究

近年來，在Energy & Environmental Science、Chemical Communications、Applied Catalysis B、Catalysis Reviews等國際著名期刊上發表SCI論文40余篇，近期代表性論文如下：

 1.  Zhiming Liu*, Junhua Li*, Seong Ihl Woo, Recent advances in the selective catalytic reduction of NO_x by hydrogen in the presence of oxygen, Energy Environ. Sci.  2012, 5(10): 8799-8814. (IF=15.49)

2. Zhiming Liu*, Yang Yi, Junhua Li*, Seong Ihl Woo, Baoyi Wang,Xingzhong Cao, Zhuoxin Li, A superior catalyst with dual redox cycles for the selective reduction of NO_x by ammonia, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49: 7726-7728. (IF=6.718)

3.  Zhiming Liu*, Lingling Ma, Jack Zhang, Kitiya Hongsirikarn, James G.Goodwin Jr.*，A Review of Pt Alloy Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells，Catal. Rev. 2013, 55: 255-288. (IF=6.111)

4. Zhiming Liu*, Shaoxuan Zhang, Junhua Li, Lingling Ma, Promoting effect of MoO₃ on the NO_xreduction by NH₃ over CeO₂/TiO₂ catalyst studied with in situ DRIFTS, Appl. Catal. B 2014, 144: 90-95. (IF=6.007)

5. Zhiming Liu*, Shaoxuan Zhang, Junhua Li, Junzhi Zhu, Lingling Ma, Novel V₂O₅–CeO₂/TiO₂ catalyst with low vanadium loading for the selective catalytic reduction of NO_x by NH₃, Appl. Catal. B 2014, 158-159: 11-19. (IF=6.007)

6. Zhiming Liu*, Junzhi Zhu, Junhua Li, Lingling Ma, Seong Ihl Woo, Novel Mn-Ce-Ti mixed-oxide catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NO_x with NH₃, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6: 14500-14508. (IF=5.9)

1. 霍英東教育基金會青年教師獎（2010）

2. 教育部新世紀優秀人才（2013）