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Dr. Jing Liu is a jointly appointed Professor of Tsinghua University (THU) and Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his double B.S. degrees in both Engineering and Physics, and Ph.D. in thermal science with speciality on bioengineering, all from THU. Dr. Liu had ever performed visiting researches at Purdue University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He works at the interdisciplinary areas among liquid metals, biomedical engineering, and thermal science and is an author of nine popular books with one reprinted five times, and about 460 journal articles with over 20 selected as journal cover or back cover image story. Dr. Liu pioneered a group of very fundamental discoveries on liquid metal matters which were frequently featured over the world. His researches on liquid metal chip cooling, printed electronics, biomaterials, and soft machines initiated many important technologies. He is a recipient of numerous awards like: The William Begell Medal, R&D 100 Award Finalist, Best Paper of the Year Award from ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, CCTV 2015 Top Ten Figures in Science and Technological Innovation, and five times highest teaching award from CAS, etc.
Dr. Zhixiong Guo is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, USA. He is a Fellow of ASME. His research spans a wide area in heat and mass transfer and energy system, with notable expertise in thermal radiation, laser manufacturing, micro/nanoscale phenomena, and optical sensing. He has published over 200 research articles in archival journals and conference proceedings. He is the managing editor for Heat Transfer Research and an associate editor for Journal of Heat Transfer (2013–2019). He was bestowed the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research in 2018, the university’s highest honor for outstanding research contributions to a discipline or to society.
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Liu, J., Guo, Z. Unconventional energy: Seeking the ways to innovate energy science and technology. Front. Energy 12, 195–197 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-018-0568-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-018-0568-9