MIAN LIU

Department of Geological Sciences

University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri 65211

Telephone: (573) 882-3784

Fax: (573) 882=5458

Email: Lium@missouri.edu

Website: http://www.missouri.edu/~geolliu

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION:

Ph. D. (1989) University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, Geophysics

M. Sc. (1985) McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Geochemistry

B. Sc. (1982) Nanjing University, Nanjing, P. R. China, Geology

APPOINTMENTS

Professor (2003 - )

Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri- Columbia

Associate Professor (1998 - 2003)

Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri- Columbia

Visiting Professor (1998)

Dept. of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University

Assistant Professor (1992-1998),

Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia

Post-doctoral Fellow (1990 - 1992):

Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University

Post-doctoral Research Associate (1990):

Minnesota Supercomputer Center , University of Minnesota

HONORS/AWARDS

Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2007
Woodhouse Faculty Achievement Award, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.
Chang-Jiang Scholar, Chinese Ministry of Education, 2006.
Guest Professor, Nanjing University, 2002 -
Outstanding Overseas Scientists Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2006.
Outstanding Young Overseas Scientists Award, National Sciences Foundation of China, 2002.

CURRENT GRANT SUPPORT

National Science Foundation: $2,147,520

“PIRE: US-China partnership in research and education of intraplate earthquakes”

PI: Liu

National Science Foundation: $410,38

“Collaborative research: ITR: GEON – a research project to create cyberinfrastructure for the geoscience”

PI: Liu

National Science Foundation: $110,839

“A 4D Geodynamic Reconstruction of Cenozoic Tectonics in Western US”

PI: Liu

NASA: $ 181,279

“Dynamic links between trench coupling and crustal deformation in central Andes: An integrated InSAR and geodynamic study”

PI: Liu

PUBLICATIONS listed in http://www.missouri.edu/~lium/publist

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

Editor-in-Chief, Tectonophysics
Director, Institute for Earthquake Studies, Univ. of Missouri;
Honorary Vice Director, The Computational Geodynamics Lab, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2003-2007);
Panelist, Chang-Jiang Scholar committee, Chinese Ministry of Education (2006-);
President (00-02), IPACES (International Professionals for Advancement of Chinese Earth Sciences);
Associate Editor, Lithosphere (2008-)
Editorial Board: Geological Journal of Chinese Universities; <<Global Changes Review>> book series (in Chinese).

ADVISORS AND ADVISEES

Advisors

M.Sc: Dr. Andrew Hynes, McGill University

Ph. D.: Dr. Clement G. Chase, University of Arizona

Post-doc: Dr. Kevin P. Furlong, Penn State University; D. Yuen, University of Minnesota

Advisees

Students: G. Luo, Qie Zhang (Ph.D. students); Q. Li (Ph.D. 2006), X. Cui (Ph.D., 2002); Y. Shen (Ph.D. 1997); X. Xin (M. Sc. 1996); H. Johnson (B.Sc. senior thesis, 1998).

Postdocs: H. Wang (2006-); H. Zhang, (2004-2006); Y. Yang (2000-2004); S. Wang (2003-2005) , J. He (2002), Y. Zhu (1999-2000), Z. Luo (2000-2001).

Research Assistant Professor: Y. Yang (2004 -).