Chun Liu, a Professor at Nanjing University. He graduated from Nanjing University in 2012 and won the Jiangsu Province Excellent Doctoral Thesis Award. After the postdoctoral research at Stanford University, he joined Nanjing University in 2014. His research interest lies on the discrete element method, software development, and engineering applications. He hosted 5 National Natural Science Foundation projects, including the National Excellent Youth Science Foundation Project. He has about 100 academic papers published, with over 2000 citations. He applied for and obtained over 20 national invention patents, 2 PCT international patents. Since 2011, He independently developed the high-performance discrete element software MatDEM, which received the China Digital Simulation Independent Software Innovation Award, and the Silver Award at the Geneva International Invention Exhibition. He won the First Prize of the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education and Qian Qihu Award in 2022, and the Jiangsu Patent Silver Award in 2023. Currently serving as the Deputy Secretary General the Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, an editorial board member of the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, etc.
