Tan Liping, a native of Liling, Hunan province and a member of the Communist Party of China, received her Ph.D. from Wuhan University of Science and Technology in July 2026. Her research focuses on the efficient extraction of strategic metals, the preparation of functional adsorption materials, and the purification and enrichment of complex solutions.

Jul. 2026 – Present China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials, Ministry of Education Postdoc

2017.09~2021.06 Mineral Processing Engineering, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology Bachelor of Engineering

2021.09~2023.06 Mineral Engineering, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology Master of Engineering

2023.09~2026.06 Mineral Engineering, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology Ph.D. in Engineering

1. Mineral functional materials

2. Efficient extraction of strategic metals

3. Preparation of functional adsorption materials

[1] Liping Tan, Tao Liu*, Yimin Zhang, Nannan Xue, Pengcheng Hu. Enhance selective separation of vanadium and iron from acid-leaching solution with sulfamic acid modified resin. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.141286

[2] Liping Tan, Tao Liu*, Yimin Zhang, Pengcheng Hu, Nannan Xue. Kailin Li, Clean method for preparing high purity V2O5 from high acidity vanadium-containing solution using modified resin. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143021

[3] Liping Tan, Tao Liu*, Yimin Zhang, Nannan Xue, Pengcheng Hu. Enhanced selective recovery of vanadium in acidic solution using phytate/oxalic acid-modified resin. Separation and Purification Technology, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.134484

[4] Tao Liu, Liping Tan*, Yimin Zhang, Nannan Xue. Review on the separation and recovery technologies for vanadium and impurities in complex leaching solution. Separation and Purification Technology, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.136709

[5] Liping Tan, Tao Liu*, Yimin Zhang, Pengcheng Hu. Simultaneous adsorption of V(V) in both anionic and cationic forms from acid leaching solution using iminodiacetic acid chelating resin. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2022.108174

[6] Liping Tan, Tao Liu*, Yimin Zhang, Pengcheng Hu, Hong Liu. Simultaneous multi-coordination adsorption of V (IV) and V (V) in highly acidic solution using modified amino phosphate chelating resin. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.113284

[7] Liping Tan, Hong Liu*, Tao Liu*, Yimin Zhang Nannan Xue, Yu Ye, Wenbo Liu. Insights on innovative F-/NO₃- coupled leaching system for enhancing vanadium extraction from muscovite in vanadium-bearing shale. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2026.139487

[1] Liu Tao, Tan Liping, Zhang Yimin, Hu Pengcheng, Xue Nannan. A method for purifying and enriching vanadium-containing solutions using modified chelating resin. Patent No.: ZL2021113152197, Classification Nos.: C22B34/22; C22B3/24; C22B3/42. Wuhan Kehao Intellectual Property.

[2] Liu Tao, Tan Liping, Zhang Yimin, Hu Pengcheng, Xue Nannan. Modified aminophosphonic chelating resin for treating vanadium-containing solutions and preparation method thereof. Patent No.: ZL2021113152159, Classification Nos.: C22B34/22; C22B3/24; C22B3/42. Wuhan Kehao Intellectual Property.

[3] Liu Tao, Tan Liping, Zhang Yimin, Hu Pengcheng, Xue Nannan. A method for separating and extracting vanadium from high-acidity vanadium-containing solutions. Patent No.: ZL2023106534035, Classification Nos.: C22B34/22; C22B1/00; C22B7/00. Wuhan Kehao Intellectual Property.

[4] Liu Tao, Tan Liping, Zhang Yimin, Hu Pengcheng, Xue Nannan. A method for preparing vanadium pentoxide using high-acidity vanadium-containing solutions. Patent No.: ZL202310653404X, Classification Nos.: C01G31/02; B01J47/026; B01J49/60. Wuhan Kehao Intellectual Property.

1. First Prize, Postgraduate Forum at the 2024 Wuhan Academic Conference on Green and Low-Carbon Development of Mining, Metallurgy and Materials.

2. Excellent Postgraduate Presentation at the 2024 China Non-ferrous Metals Think Tank Dianchi Forum.