全国优秀博士论文获得者，教育部“新世纪优秀人才”，湖南省青年骨干教师和中南大学首届“升华育英”人才。
获国家技术发明二等奖1项，省部级科技进步一等奖、二等奖3项，SCI和EI论文收录60余篇，申请中国发明专利30项，已授权15项。
主持国家自然科学基金3项，“973”、“863”、 “十一五”支撑子课题各1项，全国优博作者专项基金、“新世纪优秀人才支持计划”基金、“升华育英”计划基金各1项，校企合作项目10余项。参加“863”、“973”、国家自然科学基金及校企合作项目50余项。多项专利技术产业化、商业化。
学习与工作经历：
2014.06-08, Visiting professor, University of Alberta
2013.11-2014.01, Visiting professor, University of Alberta
2012.06-08, Visiting professor, University of Alberta, Canada
2010.06-2011.05, Visiting scholar(国家留学基金委), University of Alberta
1999－中南大学化学化工学院教师
Ph.D. 矿业工程 (2004) 中南大学
M.S. 矿业工程 (1999) 中南大学
B.S. 化学 (1996) 吉首大学
主要研究方向
基础研究
1. 界面与表面
主要研究界面与表面反应，涉及单分子层自组装、表面处理、界面重构、界面吸附与溶出、表面改性等基础研究及其表征和第一性原理计算。
2. 功能有机分子/表面活性剂合成及设计
主要采用Gaussian和Material Studio软件研究功能有机分子的结构-活性-毒性关系，发展出性能更优良的新有机分子，并研究其制备新技术和潜在性能。
工程技术
3. 表面工程
a. 主要采用高效浮选药剂实现金属（如铜、钼、镍、金、银、铅、锌）矿和非金属矿资源的高效开发利用；b. 选冶联合短流程（如氧化-硫化混合矿、煤脱硫提质）；c. 金属表面处理（防腐、防锈、钝化）
4. 精细有机化工
精细有机化学品的合成工艺及其产业化技术。
代表性论文
[1] Guangyi Liu*, Zhaohui Qiu, Jingyi Wang, Qingxia Liu, Jingjing Xiao, Hongbo Zeng, Hong Zhong, Zhenghe Xu*. Study of N-isopropoxypropyl-N’-ethoxycarbonyl thiourea adsorption on chalcopyrite using in situ SECM, ToF-SIMS and XPS. J. Colloid Interface Sci, 2015, 437: 42-49.
[2] Zhiqiang Huang, Hong Zhong*, Shuai Wang, Liuyin Xia, Wenbo Zou, Guangyi Liu*. Investigations on reverse cationic flotation of iron ore by using a Gemini surfactant: Ethane-1,2-bis(dimethyl-dodecyl-ammonium bromide). Chemical Engineering Journal, 2014, 257: 218-228.
[3] Guangyi Liu*, Jingjing Xiao, Heng Ren, Hong Zhong. Adsorption thermodynamics and kinetics of N, N'-diisopropoxypropyl-N", N'''-oxydiethylenedicarbonyl bis (thiourea) on chalcopyrite surfaces. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, doi:10.1016/j.jiec.2014.06.003
[4] Jingjing Xiao, Ning Di, Guangyi Liu*, Hong Zhong. The interaction of N-butoxypropyl-N'-ethoxycarbonylthiourea with sulfide minerals: Scanning electrochemical microscopy, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, and thermodynamics. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2014, 456: 203-210.
[5] Guangyi Liu*, Heng Ren, Jinhua Zhan, Jingjing Xiao, Hong Zhong. Synthesis, characterization and properties of 3,3'-diethyl-1,1'-oxydiethylenedicarbonyl bis(thiourea). Research on Chemical Intermediates, 2014, 40(5): 2025-2038.
[6] Liu Guangyi*，Xiao Jingjing，Zhou Diwen，Zhong Hong，Choi Phillip，Xu Zhenghe. A DFT study on the structure-reactivity relationship of thiophosphorus acids as flotation collectors with sulfide minerals: Implication of surface adsorption. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2013, 434: 243-252.
[7] Guangyi Liu*, Hongbo Zeng, Qingye Lu, Hong Zhong, Phillip Choi, Zhenghe Xu*. Adsorption of mercaptobenzoheterocyclic compounds on sulfide mineral surfaces: A density functional theory study of structure-reactivity relations. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 2012, 409: 1-9.
[8] Liu Guang-yi*, Lu Yi-ping, Zhong Hong, Cao Zhan-fang, Xu Zheng-he. A novel approach for preferential flotation recovery of molybdenite from a porphyry copper-molybdenum ore. Minerals Engineering, 2012, 36-38: 37-44.
[9] Liu Guang-yi*, Zhong Hong, Xia Liu-yin, Wang Shuai, Xu Zheng-he. Improving copper flotation recovery from a refractory copper porphyry ore by using ethoxycarbonyl thiourea as a collector. Minerals Engineering, 2011, 24: 817-824.
[10] Zhao Gang，Zhong Hong*，Qiu Xianyang，Wang Shuai，Gao Yude，Dai Zilin，Huang Jianping，Liu Guangyi*. The DFT study of cyclohexyl hydroxamic acid as a collector in scheelite flotation. Minerals Engineering, 2013, 49: 54-60.
[11] Zhiqiang Huang, Hong Zhong*, Shuai Wang, Liuyin Xia, Gang Zhao, Guangyi Liu*. Gemini trisiloxane surfactant: Synthesis and flotation of aluminosilicate minerals. Minerals Engineering, 2014, 56: 145-154.
