USolwazi uLiao uthole iziqu zakhe ze-BS ku-National Taiwan University kanye ne-Ph.D. kusuka eNyuvesi yaseWisconsin-Madison.
Ngemva kokusebenza njengososayensi wocwaningo e-Eastman Kodak Company, eRochester, NY, waqala umsebenzi wakhe wezemfundo e-Texas A&M University ngo-1990 futhi wathuthela eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, eLos Angeles ngo-1997. WayenguSihlalo we-Ralph M. Parsons Foundation uSolwazi kanye noMnyango. USihlalo Wobunjiniyela Bamakhemikhali Neze-Biomolecular kuze kube ngu-2016. Usebenze njengoMongameli we-Academy of Sciences etholakala e-Taipei kusukela ngoJuni 2016.
USolwazi uLiao uyilungu le-US National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, kanye ne-Academician ye-Academy of Sciences etholakala eTaipei. Uthole imiklomelo eminingi nokuqashelwa, okuhlanganisa ne-Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2010), i-White House "Champion of Change" yezinto ezintsha zamandla avuselelekayo (2012), i-ENI Renewable Energy Prize eyanikezwa uMongameli wase-Italy ngo-2013, kanye Nomklomelo Kazwelonke We-Academy of Sciences ka-2014 Wokusetshenziswa Kwezimboni Kwesayensi.
Ikhasi labuyekezwa ngoMeyi 2024.
