2015.09–2021.06，厦门大学，海洋化学，硕博连读

2019.03–2020.03，哈佛大学，环境科学与工程，CSC访问

2011.09–2015.06，山东师范大学，环境科学，本科

2025.011至今，福州大学，未来技术学院，副研究员

2025.01–2025.09，香港城市大学，海洋污染国家重点实验室/海洋环境健康全国重点实验室，Research Fellow

2024.07–2025.01，香港城市大学，海洋污染国家重点实验室，Research Associate

2021.07–2024.07，香港城市大学，海洋污染国家重点实验室，Postdoc

研究方向 ：

海洋环境化学——新污染物监测技术与环境行为，重点关注多环芳香化合物、微塑料、塑化剂等污染物在河口-近海环境中的迁移转化过程。

1. 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目（C类）, 2025.01–2027.12, 30万元, 主持

2. 广东省基础与应用基础研究基金自然科学基金面上项目， 2026.01–2028.12, 10万元，主持

3. 广东省基础与应用基础研究基金区域联合基金青年基金项目, 2023.11–2026.10, 10万元, 主持

4. 厦门大学近海海洋环境科学国家重点实验室访问学者与开放课题基金, 2023.06–2023.12, 1.9万元, 主持

5. 香港特别行政区政府环境保护署咨询项目, 2020.01–2022.06, 68万港币, 阶段性主持（Immediate PI）

2024年 广东省环境保护科学技术奖一等奖（排名第十一）

2023年 中国海洋学会优秀博士学位论文

2023年 山东省海洋科技创新一等奖（排名第六）

2022年 福建省优秀博士学位论文

论文

1. Liu M., H. M. Liu, K. Yang, J. Li, C. Huang, J. Yang, W. Chen, K. Ying, K. M.Y. Leung, K. Zhang, X. Xu, R. Liao*, M. Yan*. Advancing the understanding of microplastic weathering: Insights from a novel polarized light scattering approach, 2024. Environmental Science & Technology, 58 (42): 19004–19015.

2. Liu M.1, H. Zheng1, H. Li, F. Chen, B. Cui, L. Lou, W. Wang, H. Zhang, C. Chen, H. Lin, Y. Jiang, J. Ye, M. Yan, K. M.Y. Leung*, M. Cai*. Pyrogenic PAHs have different biogeochemical fates in the Eastern Indian Ocean, 2024. Environmental Science & Technology, 58 (50): 22405–22416.

3. Liu M., H. Zheng, M. Cai*, K. M.Y. Leung, Y. Li, M. Yan, Z. Zhang, K. Zhang, M. Chen, H. Ke. Ocean stratification impacts on dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): From global observation to deep learning, 2023. Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (46): 18339–18349.

4. Liu M., H. Zheng, W. Wang, H. Ke, P. Huang, S. Liu, F. Chen, Y. Lin, M. Cai*. Enhanced sinks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons due to Kuroshio Intrusion: Implications on biogeochemical processes in the ocean-dominated marginal seas, 2021. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(10): 6838–3847.

5. Liu M., H. Zheng, H. Li, F. Chen, L. Lou, W. Wang, H. Zhang, C. Chen, J. Ye, M. Yan, K. M.Y. Leung*, M. Cai*. Field evidence and modeling validation of biogeochemical controls on the deposition of persistent organic pollutants in the deep ocean, 2024. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480: 136395

6. Liu M., H. Zheng, M. Chen, J. Liang, M. Duan, H. Du, M. Chen, H. Ke, K. Zhang, M. Cai*. Dissolved PAHs impacted by air-sea interactions: Net volatilization and strong surface current transport in the Eastern Indian Ocean, 2022. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 431: 128603.

7. Liu M., M. Cai*, M. Duan, M. Chen, R. Lohmann, Y. Lin, J. Liang, H. Ke, K. Zhang. PAHs in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean: Spatial distribution and water mass transport, 2022. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(6): e2021JC018389.

8. Liu M., M. Chen, M. Duan, Y. Lin, X. Liu, J. Liang, H. Ke, H. Li, M. Chen, M. Cai*. Particulate export of PAHs firstly traced by 210Po/210Pb disequilibrium: Implication on the “Shelf Sink Effect”, 2021. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(8): e2021JC017384.

9. Liu M., Y. Ding, P. Huang, H. Zheng, W. Wang, H. Ke, F. Chen, L. Liu, M. Cai*. Microplastics in the western Pacific and South China Sea: Spatial variations reveal the impact of Kuroshio intrusion, 2021. Environmental Pollution, 288(10): 117745.

10. Liu M.1, J. Hu1, Y. Lin, H. Ke, J. Lian, Y. Xu, K. Chen, H. Zheng, M. Chen, M. Cai*. Full-depth profiles of PAHs in the western South China Sea: Influence of upwelling and mesoscale eddy, 2021. Chemosphere, 263: 127933.

11. Cai M.1*, M. Liu1, K. B. Hossain, J. Wang, Y. Zhou, M. Yan, K. M.Y. Leung. Methods for sampling, separating, and detecting microplastics in freshwaters: Status, challenges, and new techniques, 2025. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 184: 118151.

12. Zhang K., M. C. Y. Cheng, M. Liu*, S. Xu, Y. Ma, H. S. Chau, Y. Cao, M. Yan, W. Thoe, S. W.C. Sun, R. R. Yang, K. M.Y. Leung, P. K.S. Lam*. Seasonal variations in the abundance and distribution of small-sized microplastics in Hong Kong's marine waters, 2026. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 225: 119200.

13. Zheng H., M. Liu*, J. Ye, M. Cai. Polychlorinated naphthalenes in Chinese coastal ecosystems: A review of their distribution, sources, and potential risks, 2026. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 222: 118810.

14. Jiang Y., W. M.S. Kwok, H. Lin, R. W.S. Leung, S. Xu, J. C. Astudillo, M. Liu*, K. M.Y. Leung*. Positive impact of the legislation on organotins contamination in the marine environment of Hong Kong, 2025. Environment International, 199: 109486.

15. Fung L. T., M. Liu*, K. Yang, Y. Cao, Y. Chen, M. Yan*, K. M.Y. Leung. Plasticizers released from PVC microplastics in aquacultural environments: Leaching behavior and ecological implications, 2025. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 43: 633–643.