Prof. LIU Ning (刘宁)

• Ultrafast laser spectroscopy
• Plasma
• Electrified manufacturing
• 3D imaging
• Reactive flows

Education

• Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2020
• M.S., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015
• B.S., Shandong University, 2012

Professional Experience

• Oct 2022 - Jan 2024, Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University
• Oct 2020 - Sep 2022, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University
• Aug 2015 - Aug 2020, Research Assistant, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech

Prof. Ning Liu is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. Prior to this position, he was a postdoc at Princeton University from 2020 to 2024, and he earned his PhD degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Virginia in 2020.

His research mainly focuses on ultrafast laser spectroscopy and 3D imaging with application to electrified manufacturing (e.g., plasma). He has published papers in prestigious journals as leading authors, e.g., Nature, Nature Communications, ACS Energy Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Optics Letters, Combustion and Flame, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, etc. His research has been highlighted or reported by Nature Video, Nature Synthesis, and Chemistry World, etc.

He is active in multiple professional organizations including Optica, AIAA, and the Combustion Institute. He serves as a reviewer on multiple journals, e.g., Optics Letters/Express, Combustion and Flame, ACS Nano and AIAA Journal, etc.

• John Bell McGaughy Graduate Fellowship, University of Virginia, 2019
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, University of Virginia, 2019
• MAE Distinguished Fellowship (twice), University of Virginia, 2019, 2020
• Pratt Fellowship (twice), Virginia Tech, 2015, 2016