Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2020
- M.S., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015
- B.S., Shandong University, 2012
- Ultrafast laser spectroscopy
- Plasma
- Electrified manufacturing
- 3D imaging
- Reactive flows
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.
- 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
- 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
Complete publication list at Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DlHZ61MAAAAJ&hl=en
(# Equal contribution, † corresponding author)
- Hua Xie#; Ning Liu#; Qian Zhang#; Hongtao Zhong; Liqun Guo; Xinpeng Zhao; Daozheng Li; Shufeng Liu; Zhennan Huang; Aditya Dilip Lele; Alexandra H. Brozena; Xizheng Wang; Keqi Song; Sophia Chen; Yan Yao; Miaofang Chi; Wei Xiong; Jiancun Rao; Minhua Zhao; Mikhail N. Shneider; Jian Luo; Ji-Cheng Zhao†; Yiguang Ju†; Liangbing Hu†; A stable atmospheric-pressure plasma for extreme-temperature synthesis, Nature, 2023, 623(7989): 964-971
Highlighted by Nature Video, Nature Synthesis, and Chemistry World - Yijie Xu; Ning Liu†; Ying Lin; Xingqian Mao; Hongtao Zhong; Ziqiao Chang; Mikhail N. Shneider; Yiguang Ju; Enhancements of electric field and afterglow of non-equilibrium plasma by Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 ferroelectric electrode, Nature Communications, 2024, 15: 3092
- Ning Liu; Xingqian Mao†; Christopher Kondratowicz; Timothy Y. Chen; Bowen Mei; Ziyu Wang; Yijie Xu; Hongtao Zhong; Zhiyu Shi; Anatoli Morozov; Arthur Dogariu; Yiguang Ju; Unraveling Nonequilibrium Generation of Atomic Nitrogen and Hydrogen in Plasma-Aided Ammonia Synthesis, ACS Energy Letters, 2024, 9: 2031-2036
- Ning Liu†; Hongtao Zhong; Timothy Chen; Ying Lin; Ziyu Wang; Yiguang Ju; Sensitive and single-shot OH and temperature measurements by femtosecond cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy, Optics Letters, 2022, 47(13): 3171-3174
- Ning Liu; Ke Zhou; Lin Ma†; 3D tomography integrating view registration and its application in highly turbulent flames, Combustion and Flame, 2020, 221: 429-440
- Ning Liu; Lin Ma†; Hybrid diagnostic for optimizing domain size and resolution of 3D measurements, Optics Letters, 2018, 43 (16), 3842-3845
- Ning Liu†; Chen, Timothy Y.; Zhong, Hongtao; Lin, Ying; Wang, Ziyu; Yiguang Ju; Femtosecond ultraviolet laser absorption spectroscopy for simultaneous measurements of temperature and OH concentration, Applied Physics Letters, 2022, 120 (20), 201103
- Ning Liu#, Bowen Mei#, Xingqian Mao†, Ziyu Wang, Zijian Sun, Yijie Xu, Zhiyu Shi, and Yiguang Ju. "Kinetics of low temperature plasma assisted NH3/H2 oxidation in a nanosecond-pulsed discharge." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40, 2024, no. 1-4: 105353
- Ning Liu; Lin Ma†; Regularized tomographic PIV for incompressible flows based on conservation of mass, Applied Optics, 2020, 59(6), 1667-1677
Multiple positions are available including PhD students, Research Assistant, Postdoc, and Visiting Students/Scholars, etc. Please feel free to contact me via nliu36@cityu.edu.hk.