Porun Liu received his PhD in chemical science in 2011 from Griffith University. He subsequently worked as a Research Fellow in the Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy. He was awarded a Griffith University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 2015, an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award in 2017 and an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship in 2024. He is now a Professor in the School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, focusing on synthesis, in situ characterisations, and electrocatalytic applications of nanostructured catalysts in energy conversion, storage and carbon dioxide conversion.