Professor Nian Cai LIU took his undergraduate studies in chemistry at Lanzhou University of China. He obtained his Master's and doctoral degrees in polymer science and engineering from Queen's University at Kingston, Canada. He worked as an associate and full professor at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University from 1993 to 1998. He moved to the field of higher education research in 1999. He is now the Director of Institute of Higher Education and the Director of Center for World-Class Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

His current research interests include world-class universities, science policy, and strategic planning of universities. He has published extensively in both Chinese and English journals. The Academic Ranking of World Universities, an online publication of his group, has attracted attentions from all over the world. He has recently published "World-Class Universities and Ranking: Aiming beyond Status", a book co-edited with Dr. Jan Sadlak of UNESCO-CEPES. He is on the advisory boards of Research Evaluation and the Journal of Engineering Education.

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(Curriculum Vita)