Liu's research interests include sustainability science, coupled human and natural systems, systems modeling and integration, and the effects of human activity on endangered species such as the giant panda in China. He has received international recognition for his work integrating ecology with social sciences (e.g., socioeconomics, human demography, human behavior and policy) for understanding human impacts on global environment and ecological sustainability. His research has been published in various journals such as Nature and Science and has been featured in the media worldwide.
He has been on the MSU faculty since 1995 and is a member of MSU's Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program and Environmental Science and Policy Program. He is also guest professor of research in the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
Liu has served on numerous national and international committees. He is chair of the United States Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology.
He has been given many awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship Award, the National Science Foundation's CAREER Award, the Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship from the Ecological Society of America, the Distinguished Service Award from US-IALE and the Teacher-Scholar Award from MSU.
Liu completed his postdoctoral study at Harvard University in 1995. From 2001-02, he was on sabbatical at Stanford University. From 2008-2009, he is on sabbatical at Harvard University and Princeton University.
See an in-depth profile of Liu and his research in Conservation magazine.
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