Prof. LIU Jun (劉軍)

Jun Liu obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering under the supervision of Prof. Yu Sun from University of Toronto in 2016. Before joining CityU, he was a postdoc associate in the Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging at Cornell University, where he conducted research in advanced medical imaging technologies. His research interests include micro-/ nanorobotics, soft and medical robotics, and biomedical instrumentation. 

His research has been recognized on the major robotics and automation conferences by winning multiple awards including the Best Student Paper Award and Best Medical Robotics Paper Finalist Award from the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in 2014, and the Gaitech Best Paper in Robotics Award from the IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation in 2016.

Cornell University
2016-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging

University of Toronto
2011 – 2016, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (advisor: Professor Yu Sun)

Shandong University 
2004-2008, B.E. in Automation & B.S. in Economics

• IEEE TASE Best New Application Award

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2018

• ICIA Gaitech Best Paper in Robotics Award

IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, Ningbo, China, 2016

• ICRA Best Student Paper Award

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, 2014

• ICRA Best Manipulation Paper Award Finalist

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, 2014

• ICRA Best Medical Robotics Paper Award Finalist

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, 2014

• TRCHR PHD Fellowship

Ted Rogers Center for Heart Research, Toronto, 2015-2016

• Mart Liinve Scholarship

University of Toronto, Toronto, 2014

• IEEE RAS Student Travel Award, ICRA 2014

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society