Professor Liu is a Professor of Engineering, President of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI), Executive President of Yangtze River Delta Advanced Materials Research Institute, President of Jiangsu Metal Society, and President of Jiangsu Entrepreneurship and Innovation Talents Federation.
In 1984, he graduated from Chongqing University with a bachelors degree in engineering. In 1987 and 1991, he obtained a masters degree and a PhD in engineering from Harbin University of Technology.
From 1991 to 1993, he engaged in postdoctoral research at University of Science and Technology Beijing. From 1993 to 2000, he was a visiting scholar, researcher and senior researcher at Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Denmark, conducting research in advanced metal materials.
From 1999 to 2006, he was a Professor at Tsinghua University, Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Director of the Institute of Metal Materials. Since 2006, he has been a professor at Chongqing University and serving as the Dean, Assistant President and Vice President of the School of Materials. In 2014, he was appointed as the Executive President of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute and presided over the Institute. He has been the president of JITRI since 2016.
As an expert in the field of materials, his research results have provided important technical support for the preparation and processing of high temperature superconducting materials, automotive light alloy materials, zirconium alloys for nuclear power, ultra-high purity metal targets for semiconductors and ultra-high strength steel wires. These research achievements have won multiple awards and accolades–including four first-place awards at the provincial and ministerial levels and two second-place entries of the National Science and Technology Progress Award—and have been featured in the “National Top 10 Science and Technology News”. Professor Liu has also received honours through the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Changjiang Scholars, the National Excellent Teachers, and Advanced Scientific and Technological Workers.
Additionally, Professor Liu leads the innovation group at the National Natural Science Foundation of China for deformation, phase transformation, strengthening and toughening of metal materials as well as the innovation team in key fields at the Ministry of Science and Technology for basic research and engineering application of advanced metal structural materials.
He was also an expert in the field of new materials under the “863” programme of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the chief scientist of the “973” programme of the Ministry of Science and Technology. He founded Beijing Yingna superconductor technology Co., Ltd. and Eason Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Operations Dean
Ms Wei Zhou
Zhou graduated from the School of Business, Nanjing University and joined Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University in 2013. She was previously deputy head of registry and is now the head of the graduate school and responsible for administration management, the enrolment of masters and doctoral students, and the management and support of postgraduate and postdoctoral students. Since April 2021, she has served as the Dean of Operations of XJTLU-JITRI Academy of Industrial Technology and is responsible for the daily management and operation of the academy.
Professor Qing Liu
Professor Liu is a Professor of Engineering, President of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI), Executive President of Yangtze River Delta Advanced Materials Research Institute, President of Jiangsu Metal Society, and President of Jiangsu Entrepreneurship and Innovation Talents Federation.
In 1984, he graduated from Chongqing University with a bachelors degree in engineering. In 1987 and 1991, he obtained a masters degree and a PhD in engineering from Harbin University of Technology.
From 1991 to 1993, he engaged in postdoctoral research at University of Science and Technology Beijing. From 1993 to 2000, he was a visiting scholar, researcher and senior researcher at Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Denmark, conducting research in advanced metal materials.
From 1999 to 2006, he was a Professor at Tsinghua University, Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Director of the Institute of Metal Materials. Since 2006, he has been a professor at Chongqing University and serving as the Dean, Assistant President and Vice President of the School of Materials. In 2014, he was appointed as the Executive President of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute and presided over the Institute. He has been the president of JITRI since 2016.
As an expert in the field of materials, his research results have provided important technical support for the preparation and processing of high temperature superconducting materials, automotive light alloy materials, zirconium alloys for nuclear power, ultra-high purity metal targets for semiconductors and ultra-high strength steel wires. These research achievements have won multiple awards and accolades–including four first-place awards at the provincial and ministerial levels and two second-place entries of the National Science and Technology Progress Award—and have been featured in the “National Top 10 Science and Technology News”. Professor Liu has also received honours through the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Changjiang Scholars, the National Excellent Teachers, and Advanced Scientific and Technological Workers.
Additionally, Professor Liu leads the innovation group at the National Natural Science Foundation of China for deformation, phase transformation, strengthening and toughening of metal materials as well as the innovation team in key fields at the Ministry of Science and Technology for basic research and engineering application of advanced metal structural materials.
He was also an expert in the field of new materials under the “863” programme of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the chief scientist of the “973” programme of the Ministry of Science and Technology. He founded Beijing Yingna superconductor technology Co., Ltd. and Eason Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Ms Wei Zhou
Zhou graduated from the School of Business, Nanjing University and joined Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University in 2013. She was previously deputy head of registry and is now the head of the graduate school and responsible for administration management, the enrolment of masters and doctoral students, and the management and support of postgraduate and postdoctoral students. Since April 2021, she has served as the Dean of Operations of XJTLU-JITRI Academy of Industrial Technology and is responsible for the daily management and operation of the academy.