Brief Introduction
Aim to multi-scale and multi-physical geodynamics.
New techniques/methods developed: 1) new methods and programming for microtomography characterization and digital rock physics; 2) upscaling analysis based on the percolation theory; 3) numerical method of viscous flow of arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element method combined with marker-in-cell technique; 4) the triple damage model integrating mechanical damage and partial melting damage for lithospheric deformation.
Applications: 1) rock physics and their relationships with microstructures of different rock types; 2) the distribution and evolution of stress field of reservoirs or regions; 3) mantle convection and orogenic dynamics; 4) multi-scale cracks and dynamic processes.
Current research interests: 1) dynamic CT observation of rock deformation and numerical simulations of damage processes; 2) thermal-hydro-mechanical-chemical process at mineral scale based on microtomography of rocks; 3) numerical modeling of geodynamic problems involving fluid flow and chemical reactions.

Education Background
1998.9-2006.10, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration & Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Science (Beijing, China), Doctor of Philosophy, Major in Solid Earth Physics
1988.9-1991.8, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration & Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Science (Beijing, China), Master of Science, Major in Tectonophysics 
1984.9-1988.7, China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou, China), Bachelor of Engineering, Major in Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology

Career Experience
2014.4 to present, Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University (Zhuhai, China)
2010.6-2013.12, Research Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia)
2007.6-2010.6, OCE Post-doctoral Fellow, Computational Geoscience Group, Division of Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Perth, Australia)
1997.12-2007.6, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration (Beijing, China), Research Associate Professor, (also as a part-time PhD student 1998.9-2006.10)
1991.8-1997.11, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration (Beijing, China), Research Assistant Professor

Research 
(1) computational geodynamics
(2) digital rock physics

Lectures
(1) Rock Physics
(2) Experiments of Rock Physics
(3) Introduction to Geodynamics
(4) 3D visualization of Geoinformation
(5) Computational geodynamics
(6) Computational geotechnical
(7) Principles of geodynamics

Projects
E.g.: 2011-2013, National Nature Science Foundation of China: South China Sea；
(1) Liu Jie (host), 2021.01-2024.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China "Study on brittle damage and instability of rocks via dynamic microtomography of triaxial experiments and numerical simulations" (Project No.: 4207225160).
(2) Liu Jie (participant), 2019.12-2022.11, National Key Research and Development Project of “Formation mechanisms and distribution prediction of sub-salt, ultra-deep oil and gas fields in the Tarim Basin” (Project No.: 2019YFC0605501).
(3) Liu Jie (participant), 2017.7-2020.7, key project of Guangdong Provine for Land and Resources Protection and Management "Exploration and Research of basement faults in Pearl River Delta area” (Project No.: 2017201)
(4) Liu Jie (participant), 2016.6-2020.6, National Key Research and Development Project "Deep Mineral Resources Evaluation Theory and Methods" (Project No.: 2016YFC0600506).
(5) Liu Jie (host), 2016.01-2019.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China general project "Numerical Modelling of Crustal Deformation and Dynamics in the East Margin of Tibetan Plateau" (Project No.: 41574087).
(6) Liu Jie (host), 2006.01-2008.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China general project "Mechanical analysis and numerical modelling of structural deformation of Kuqa foreland thrust belt" (Project No.: 40574044). Note: Due to going to abroad in 2007, the project has changed the project leader according to the NSFC policies.
(7) Liu Jie (participant), 2004.01-2007.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China key project "Continental dynamics of Tianshan Mountains through broadband portable seismic array study" (Project No.: 40234043).

Publications
Chakrabarti-Bell, S.*, J. Lukasczyk, Jie Liu*, R. Maciejewski, X. Xiao, S. Mayo, K. Regenauer-Lieb. 2021. Flour Quality effects on percolation of gas bubbles in wheat flour doughs. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 74, 102841. 
Dong, Naying, Jiayina Yeerzhati, Liu, J.*. Numerical Simulation of Fault Block Movement and Stress Field Characteristics in the Pearl River Delta Region (in Chinese with English abstract). South China Journal of Seismology, 2021, 41(3): 100-109
Lyu, S., Chen, X.*, Li, R., Wang, S., Liu, J., & Shen, P. 2021. Microstructure analysis on the fracture network in high-rank coals. Earth and Space Science, 8, e2021EA001780. 
Liu, Jie*, Klaus Regenauer-Lieb. 2021. Application of Percolation Theory to Microtomography of Rocks. Earth-Science Reviews, 214: 103519. 
Liu, Jie*, Jincheng Huang, Keyu Liu, Klaus Regenauer-Lieb. 2021. Identification, Segregation, and Characterization of Individual Cracks in Three Dimensions. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 138: 104615. 
Shanqi Liu, Yongbing Li*, Jie Liu, Zhiming Yang, Jianming Liu, Yaolin Shi. 2021. Equilibrium Cu isotope fractionation in copper minerals: a first-principles study. Chemical Geology 564: 120060.
 Huang, Wanying, Jiangtao Wu, Jie Liu*. 2020. Visualization of pore-structural deformation of dynamic CT images of a leitha limestone (in Chinese with English abstract). CT Theory and Applications, 29(4): 424-434. 
 Shi, Yutong, Chen Z, Zhang X, Jie Liu*. 2020. A preliminary study on the three-dimensional microstructures of fault tectonite in the Pearl River delta region (in Chinese with English abstract). CT Theory and Applications, 2020, 29(3): 257-272. 
Hong, Jin, Jie Liu*. 2020. Rapid estimation of permeability from digital rock using 3D Convolutional Neural Network. Computational Geosciences, 24 (4): 1523–39. 
Lisa Tannock*, Marco Herwegh, Alfons Berger, Jie Liu, Klaus Regenauer-Lieb. 2020. The effects of a tectonic stress regime change on crustal-scale fluid flow at the Heyuan geothermal fault system, south China. Tectonophysics, 781, 228399.
Lisa Tannock*, Marco Herwegh, Alfons Berger, Jie Liu, Pierre Lanari, Klaus Regenauer-Lieb. 2020. Microstructural analyses of a giant quartz reef in south China reveal episodic brittle-ductile fluid transfer. Journal of Structural Geology, 130, 103911.
Hong J., Cheng H., Wang S. H., Liu J.*. 2019. Improvement of cerebral microbleeds detection based on discriminative feature learning. Fundamenta Informaticae, 168(2-4): 231-248.
Hong J., Cheng H., Zhang Y. D., Liu J.*, 2019, Detecting cerebral microbleeds with transfer learning, Machine Vision and Applications, 30(7): 1123-1133.
Hong J., Gan C. S., Liu J.*, 2019, Prediction of REEs in OIB by major elements based on machine learning (in Chinese, with English abstract), Earth Science Frontiers, 26(4): 045-054.
Wang W., Cai Y. N., Liu J.*, 2019, Quantitative analysis of 3D microtomographic data of rocks and its applications in geosciences (in Chinese, with English abstract) Earth Science Frontiers, 26(4): 055-066.
Tannock L., Wang Ya, Li Jingfu, Liu J.*, Xu Lifeng, Reganauer-Lieb K., 2019, A preliminary study on the mechanics and tectonic relationship to the geothermal field of the Heyuan fault zone on Guangdong Province (in Chinese, with English abstract), Journal of Geomechanics, 25(3): 400-411.
Hong J., Wang S.H.*, Cheng H., Liu J.*, 2018. Classification of cerebral microbleeds based on fully-optimized convolutional neural network. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 79: 15151-15169.
Liu S., Li Y.*, Liu J., Ju Y., Liu J., Yang Z. and Shi Y., 2018. Equilibrium lithium isotope fractionation in Li-bearing minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 235: 360-375.
Liu S., Li Y.*, Ju Y., Liu J., Liu J. and Shi Y., 2018. Equilibrium nickel isotope fractionation in nickel sulfide minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 222: 1-16.
Liu S., Li Y.*, Liu J., Gao T., Guo Y., Liu J. and Shi Y., 2018. First-principles investigation of the effect of crystal structure on sulfur isotope fractionation in sulfide polymorphs. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 1047–1061.
Qi C., Wang X. Q., Wang W., Liu J.*, Tuo J. C., Liu K. Y, 2018, Three-dimensional characterization of micro-fractures in shale reservoir rocks, Petroleum Research, 3: 259-268.
Hong J., Gan C., Liu J*, 2018, Preliminary study on the relationship between trace and major elements in rocks based on machine learning: A case study of Zr in OIB (in Chinese, with English abstract), Chinese Journal of Geology, 2018, 53(4): 1285-1299.
Wang W., Li J., Liu J*., 2018, The mesh analysis in solving 3D geoelectric FE equation with pre-conditioned conjugate gradient method, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sun Yat-sen, 57(3): 1-6.
Liu J.*, Sarout J., Zhang M. C., Dautriat J., Veveakis E., Regenauer-Lieb K., 2018, Computational upscaling of Drucker-Prager plasticity from micro-CT images of synthetic porous rock, Geophysical Journal International, 212, 151-163.
Zhang X. S. and Liu J.*, 2017, Data assimilation and three-dimensional visualization of lithospheric structures of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (in Chinese, with English abstract), Advances in Earth Sciences, 32(9), 996–1005.
Liu Q. B., Li J., Liu J.*, 2017, ParaView visualization of Abaqus output on the mechanical deformation of complex microstructures, Computers & Geosciences, 99, 135–144.
Liu J.*, Pereira G. G., Liu Q. B., Regenauer-Lieb K., 2016, Computational challenges in the analyses of petrophysics using microtomography and upscaling: A review, Computers & Geosciences, 89, 107–117.
Regenauer-Lieb K., Rosenbaum G., Lyakhovsky V., Liu J., Weinberg R., Amit Segev A., Weinstein Y., 2015. Melt instabilities in an intraplate lithosphere and implications for volcanism in the Harrat Ash-Shaam volcanic field (NW Arabia), Journal of Geophysical Research (B), 120. doi:10.1002/2014JB011403.
Liu J., Freij-Ayoub R., Regenauer-Lieb K., 2015, Rock Plasticity from Microtomography and Upscaling, Journal of Earth Science, 26(1): 053–059, DOI: 10.1007/s12583-015-0520-4.
Liu J., Karrech A., Regenauer-Lieb K., 2014, Combined mechanical and melting damage model for geomaterials, Geophysical Journal International, 198: 1319-1328, doi: doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu200. 
Regenauer-Lieb K., Karrech A., Chua H.T., Poulet T., Veveakis M., Wellmann F., Liu J., Schrank C., Trefry M., Ord A., Hobbs B. , Metcalfe G., and Lester D., 2014, Entropic bounds for multi-scale and multi-physics coupling in Earth Sciences, in: Beyond the Second Law (Ed. Dewar R.C., Lineweaver C.H., Niven R.K., Regenauer-Lieb K.), 323-335.
Liu J., Pereira G.G., Regenauer-Lieb K., 2014, From characterisation of pore-structures to simulations of pore-scale fluid flow and the upscaling of permeability using microtomography: a case study of heterogeneous carbonates, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 144: 84-96, doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2014.01.021. 
Regenauer-Lieb K., Veveakis M., Poulet T., Wellmann F., Karrech A., Liu J., Hauser J., Schrank C., Gaede O., Fusseis F., and Trefry M., 2013, Multiscale coupling and multiphysics approaches in earth science: applications, Journal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamics, 1(3): 281-323.
Regenauer-Lieb K., Veveakis M., Poulet T., Wellmann F., Karrech A., Liu J., Hauser J., Schrank C., Gaede O., and Trefry M., 2013, Multiscale coupling and multiphysics approaches in earth science: theory, Journal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamics, 1(1): 49-73.
Liu J., Regenauer-Lieb K., Hines C., Zhang S., Bourke P., Fusseis F., and Yuen D., 2013, Applications of microtomography to multi-scale system dynamics -- visualisation, characterisation and high-performance computation, in: GPU Solutions to Multi-scale Problems in Science and Engineering, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences, (Ed., Yuen et al.), 617-638.
Liu J., Freij-Ayoub R., and Regenauer-Lieb K., 2012, Determination of the plastic strength of carbonates from microtomography and upscaling using percolation theory, Proceeding of ECCOMAS 2012, (Ed. J. Eberhardsteiner et al.), Vienna, Austria, September 10-14, 2012.
Fusseis F., Schrank C., Liu J., Karrech A., Llana-Fúnez S., Xiao X., and Regenauer-Lieb K., 2012, Pore formation during dehydration of polycrystalline gypsum observed and quantified in a time-series synchrotron x-ray tomography experiment, Solid Earth, 3: 71-86. 
Page G.F.M., Liu J., and Grierson P.F., 2011 Conservation of three-dimensional xylem connectivity among closely related Acacia species, Plant, Cell and Environment, 34: 2149-2158, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02411.x. 
Liu J. and Regenauer-Lieb K., 2011, Application of percolation theory to microtomography of structured media: percolation threshold, critical exponents and upscaling, Physical Review E, 83, 016106, doi: 10.1103/ PhysRevE.83.016106. 
Liu J., Regenauer-Lieb K., and Fusseis F., 2010, Stochastic analysis of percolation and anisotropic permeability from micro-tomography and an application to mylonites, In: Advances in Geosciences, (Ed. Kenji Satake), 20: 229-245, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore.
Fusseis F., Regenauer-Lieb K., Liu J., Hough R.M., and De Carlo F., 2009, Creep cavitation can establish a dynamic granular fluid pump in ductile shear zones, Nature, 459: 974-977, doi:10.1038/nature08051. 
Liu J., Regenauer-Lieb K., Hines C.,  Liu K., Gaede O., and Squelch A., 2009, Improved estimates of percolation and anisotropic permeability from 3-D X-ray microtomographic model using stochastic analyses and visualization,  Geochem., Geophys. Geosyst.,10, Q05010, doi: 10.1029/2008GC002358. 
Regenauer-Lieb K., Poulet T., Siret D., Fusseis F., Liu J., et al., 2008, First steps towards a multi-scale earth system, in: Advances in Geocomputing, 1-14, (Ed. Xing H.), 2008, Berlin: Springer.
Liu J., Liu Q., Guo B., Yuen D., and Song H., 2007, Small-scale convection in the upper mantle beneath the Chinese Tian Shan Mountains, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 163: 179–190. 
Liu Jie, Liu Qiyuan, Guo Biao, and Song Huizhen, 2007, Small-scale upper mantle convection and orogeny of Tianshan Mountains in China (in Chinese and English), Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, 50: 1142-1149. 
Liu Jie, Liu Qiyuan, and Song Huizhen, 2006, Numerical method of modeling thermal creeping flow in heterogeneous medium (in Chinese and English), Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 49: 913-921. 
Lai Yuangen, Liu Qiyuan, Chen Jiuhui, Liu Jie, Li Shuncheng, Guo Biao, and Huang Zhibin, 2006, Shear wave splitting and the features of the crustal stress field in the Capital Circle (in Chinese and English), Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 49:189-196. 
Liu Jie, Liu Qiyuan, Song Huizhen, and Tong Xiaoguang, 2005, A quantitative study of the orogenic dynamics — theory and approach (in Chinese, with English abstract), Advances in Earth Science, 20: 533-540.
Liu Jie, Qu Guosheng, Tong Xiaoguang, Song Huizhen, Zhou Qing, and Zhang Ning, 2004, A preliminary analysis of relations between tectonic deformation of sedimentary cover and basement in Kuqa depression (in English), Earthquake Research in China, 18: 406-416.
Qu Guosheng, Zhang Ning, Liu Jie, Li Yigang, and Li Yangfeng, 2004, Structural deformation mechanism of the Meso-Cenozoic basement and cover in the north Tarim uplift - Kuqa depression (in Chinese, with English abstract), Geological Bulletin of China, 23: 113-119.
Li Yigang, Liu Jie, Qu Guosheng, Zhang Lu, 2004, Numerical simulation of strong ground movement for prediction of earthquake disaster, in: Collection of Papers of the First Annual Conference of Risk Analysis -- China Association for Disaster Prevention, 132-145, Beijing: Academic Press
Liu Jie, and Song Huizhen, 2002, A numerical simulation of seismogenic process of low velocity body and deep and shallow active faults (in Chinese, with English abstract), Seismology and Geology, 24: 355-367.
Liu Jie, and Song Huizhen, 2002, Deep kinematic feature of major active faults in north China from inversion of GPS Data (in Chinese, with English abstract), Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, 21: 1999-2004.
Liu Jie, Song Huizhen, Wang Yujie, and Zhang Yiyuan, 1999, Numerical simulation of stress around bore hole (in Chinese, with English abstract), Journal of Geomechanics, 5: 38-44.
Song Huizhen, Zeng Hairong, Sun Junxiu, Liu Jie, and Huang Fuqiong, 1999, Numerical model of reservoir paleostress field (in Chinese, with English abstract), Seismology and Geology, 21: 194-204.
Liu Jie, and Song Huizhen, 1999, Estimation of earthquake risk for northern North-China by numerical modeling (in Chinese, with English abstract), Seismology and Geology, 21: 221-228.
Liu Jie, and Song Huizhen, 1999, Kinematic feature inversion of the Xintai earthquake fault (in Chinese, with English abstract), Seismology and Geology, 21: 229-237.
Wang Xishuang, Song Huizhen, and Liu Jie, 1999, Numerical modeling of tectonic stress field in Tarim basin and its implication to hydrocarbon accumulation (in Chinese, with English abstract), Seismology and Geology, 21: 268-274.
Huang Liren, Ma Qing, Guo Liangqian, Song Huizhen, Liu Jie, 1999, Dynamic mechanism for horizontal deformation in part of North China area – three-dimensional finite element calculation and analysis of results from GPS re-measurement (in Chinese and English), ACTA Seismologica Sinica, 21(1): 50-56.
Liu Jie, Song Huizhen, Wu Yingxiang, and Liu Guimei, 1997, Kinematic features of the seismogenic fault of the Tangshan earthquake and the recurrence period of large earthquake (in Chinese and English), ACTA Seismologica Sinica, 19: 566-573.
Song Huizhen, Liu Jie, and Liu Guodong, 1996, A study of the focal process of Xingtai earthquake in 1966 (in English), Seismology and Geology, 18(Suppl.): 99-111.
Liu Jie, Song Huizhen, Wu Yingxiang, and Liu Guimei, 1995, Inversion of deep slip of inclined-fault from geodetic data (in Chinese, with English abstract), Seismology and Geology, 17: 26-31.

Awards
 2018.06, Second Prize of National Natural Science, the Uplift of Tibet Plateau.

Academic service
Deputy Secretary General, Financial Accounting Branch, China Accounting Association