Brief Introduction
Professor, PhD. Main research direction is geodynamical numeric modeling. Published 34 peer-reviewed papers, including 19 papers with the first-author or the corresponding-author, with the total citation of 664 based on the Google Scholar Citation. Leading 2 NSFC projects (i.e., one key project of the joint funds and one general project), and is the core member of the “Pearl River Talent Plan” innovation team and the “Geophysics of Deep South China Sea” innovation teams. 

Education Background
E.g.: 2009.9-2013.6, Sun Yat-sen University, Doctor of Science, Geophysics Major
2010.10-2015.01,  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,  Geophysics, PhD
2007.09-2010.06,  SCSIO-CAS，  Marine geology, Master 
2003.09-2007.06,  CUGB,        Marine Science，   Bachelor

Career Experience
E.g.: 2015.10 till now, Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University
2017.12-presend，   SYSU,  Professor
2015.02-2017.10， Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,  Geophysics, Postdoc

Research 
 Geodynamical numeric modeling on lithosphere and mantle dynamics. 
Marine geology and geophysics.

Lectures
（1）Continumm mechanics
（2）Mantle and lithosphere dynamics

Projects
E.g.: 2011-2013, National Nature Science Foundation of China: South China Sea；
（1）NSFC-Guangdong key project
（2）NSFC general project

Publications
Selected papers
•    Yangming Wu, Jie Liao*, Feng Guo, Xuance Wang, Yongqing Shen, (2022) Styles of Trench-parallel Mid-ocean Ridge Subduction Affect Cenozoic Geological Evolution in circum-Pacific Continental Margins, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098428. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098428
•    Rui Qi, Jie Liao*, Xiaohui Liu, Rui Gao*, （2022) Numerical investigation on the dynamic evolution of intra-crustal continental delamination. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, in press, doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.829300
•    Jiarong Qing, Jie Liao*, Lun Li, Rui Gao, （2021）Dynamic evolution of induced subduction through the inversion of spreading ridges. JGR Solid Earth, 126: 1-17
•    Jie Liao, M. G. Malusa, L. Zhao, S. L. Baldwin, P. G. Fitzgerald, T. Gerya, (2018) Divergent plate motion drives rapid exhumation of (ultra)high pressure rocks, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 491, 67-80
•    Jie Liao, T. Gerya, M. Malusa, (2018) 3D modeling of crustal shortening influenced by along-strike lithological changes: Implications for continental collision in the Western and Central Alps, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2018.01.031, 746, 425-438
•    Ammann, N., Jie Liao*, T. Gerya*, P. Ball, (2017) Oblique continental rifting and ultra-long transform fault formation based on 3D thermomechanical numerical modeling, Tectonophysics, 746, 106-120
•    Jie Liao, T. Gerya, M. Thielmann, A. Webb, S.-K. Kufner, and A. Yin, (2017) 3D geodynamic models for the development of opposing continental subduction zones: The Hindu Kush-Pamir example, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 480,  133-146
•    Jie Liao, Q. Wang, T. Gerya, M. Ballmer, (2017) Modeling craton destruction by hydration-induced weakening of the upper mantle, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2017JB014157, 122(9), 7449-7466
•    Jie Liao, and T. Gerya, (2017) Partitioning of crustal shortening during continental collision: 2D thermomechanical modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 592–606, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013398
•    Jie Liao, and T. Gerya, (2015) From continental rifting to seafloor spreading: Insight from 3D thermo-mechanical modeling, Gondwana Res., 28, 1329-1343, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.11.004
•    Jie Liao, and T. Gerya, (2014) Influence of lithospheric mantle stratification on craton extension: Insight from two-dimensional thermo-mechanical modeling, Tectonophysics, 631, 50-64, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.01.020
•    Jie Liao, T. Gerya and Q. Wang, (2013) Layered structure of the lithospheric mantle changes dynamics of craton extension, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 1-6, doi: 10.1002/2013GL058081