Shaomin Liu is an ARC Future Fellow and Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Curtin University. Liu received his Ph.D. degree from the National University of Singapore in 2002, and then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology from 2002 to 2005. From 2006 to 2008, he was working in the University of Queensland. From the end of 2008, he has been working in Curtin University, Australia. He is the recipient of an ARC Future Fellowship (2012-2016) and an ARC Australian Research Fellowship (2008-2012). His research interests include inorganic membranes for gas separation/purification, membrane reactors for gas reaction, nanoporous materials, solid oxide fuel cells, bioceramics, nanoparticles for antimicrobial property and water treatment. He has published over 200 journal papers/book chapters and obtained research grants totalling $6 million (AU$) in the past 10 years.