2019-now     Associate Professor, Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University  

2016-2019     Assistant Professor, Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University 

Editorial Board:

Young Editorial Board Member, Journal of Thermal Science (2023~2026)

Invited Topical Editor for "Microgravity Combustion", Journal of Tsingua University (Science and Technology) (2023~2023) 

Journal Review Services:

Combustion and Flame, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Journal of Fluid Mechanics,

Microgravity Science and Technology, Combustion Theory and Modelling, Atomization and Sprays,

Combustion Science and Technology, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, NPJ Microgravity, 

Energy Conversion and Management, Journal of Thermal Science, Chinese Journal of Space Science, etc.

Committee Services:

2023-2025    Program Committee, National Young Scholar Meeting on Combustion Research

2022    Organizing Committee, 13th Asian Microgravity Symposium, Co-chair of Combustion and Chemical Physics

2022-now    Program Committee (Science Promotion), China National Symposium on Combustion

2021-now    Professional Committee of Microgravity Science and Applications, Chinese Society of Space Research

2021  International Conference on Liquid Atomization & Spray Systems (ICLASS) 2021, Session Chair, Fuel Spray and Combustion

2019    Executive Chair, 5th National Young Scholar Meeting on Combustion Research

2018-2020    Program Committee, China National Symposium on Combustion

2017-now    Member, National Council of Standardization for Space Science and Application, Microgravity Combustion

· Experimental methods for microgravity combustion

· Combustion of single and group droplets

· Near-limit and plasma combustion dynamics

· Quasi-continuous modeling for chemical kinetics, vaporization and transport

Plenary Lecture

Y.C. Liu, Plenary Lecture, "Development and Outlook of Ground-based and Space-based Microgravity Combustion Research in China", 13th Asian Microgravity Symposium, Jeju, Korea (virtual), Oct. 24-28, 2022.

Invited Keynote or Topical Review

Y.C. Liu, Q. Yao, Invited Keynote, “Program and development of ground-based and space-based combustion research in China”, Conference of the Japan Society of Microgravity Applica

Awards

1. First Prize of Excellent Project Adviser, 2023 Tsinghua University Undergraduate Scientific Research Training (SRT), Dec. 2023

2. Excellent Project Adviser, The 41st Tsinghua University “Challenge Cup”: Undergraduate Science and Technology Competition, Apr. 08, 2023

3. Excellent Science Promotion Award, China National Symposium on Combustion, 2022.

4. First Prize, 2022 Tsinghua University Excellent Undergraduate Class Mentor (ACE 9/DEPE94 class)

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SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. H. Song，H. Zhou，W. Zhang，Z. Ding，Y. Sun，Y.C. Liu*，“Review and prospect of microgravity single droplet combustion research”，Journal of Tsinghua University (Sci. & Technol.)  (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2024.27.037

2. H. Zhou, X. Li, Y.C. Liu*, "A laminar spray group combustion experiment (LSGCE) with in situ image diagnostic methods and image analysis algorithms", Review of Scientific Instruments 95 (2024) 085107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0181997

3. Y. Wen, L. Li, X. Li, L. Luo, T. Chen, W. Zhang, H. Zhou, S. Chen, Y. Sun, J. Shi, X. Huang, R. Mevel, S. Wang, H. Zheng, X. Yang, X. Zhang, Y. He, C. Du. J. Cao, Y.C. Liu*, "Extinction of microgravity partially premixed flame aboard the Chinese Space Station", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40 (2024) 105574. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2024.105574

4. W. Zhang, H. Song, H. Zhou, W. Liang, Y.C. Liu*, “Can an isolated iso-octane droplet undergo multi-stage auto-ignition in air? ”, Combustion and Flame 261 (2024) 113293. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113293

5. D. Li, Y. Wen, Y.C. Liu,  S. Wang*, “On the transition modes and mechanisms for laminar to turbulent lifted jet diffusion flames at normal- and micro-gravity”, Combustion and Flame 260 (2024) 113269. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2023.113269

6. H. Zhou, Y.C. Liu*, “Internal group combustion of droplet clouds and its transition to external group combustion under two-stage autoignition conditions”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 39 (2023) 2461-2470. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2022.07.084

7. W. Zhang, H. Zhou, Y.C. Liu*, “Autoignition regime boundaries for n-heptane droplets under microgravity”, Microgravity Science and Technology 34 (2022) 57. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-022-09965-0

8. L. Luo, Y.C. Liu*“Controlling parameters and regimes for preferential vaporization of jet fuel droplet with liquid transport and convection”, Fuel 321 (2022) 123817. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123817

9. H. Zhou, Y.C. Liu*, “External group combustion of droplet clouds under two-stage autoignition conditions”, Combustion and Flame 234 (2021) 111689. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2021.111689

10. D. Li, Y.C. Liu, S. Wang*, “Stabilization mechanism of burner-attached flames in laminar non-remixed jets”, Combustion Science and Technology 193 (2021) 2957-2977. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2021.1901693

11. L. Luo, H. Zhou, Y. Sun, W. Zhang, T. Chen, S. Chen, Y. Wen, S. Xu, S. Yu, Y.C. Liu*, “Tsinghua University Freefall Facility (TUFF): A 2.2 second Drop Tunnel for Microgravity Research”, Microgravity Science and Technology 33 (2021) 26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-021-09877-5

12. L. Luo, Y.C. Liu*, “An "artificial" activity coefficient modelling approach for emulating combustion and physical property variations during distillation of real complex fuel”, Combustion and Flame 230 (2021) 111446. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2021.111446

13. H. Zhou, W. Zhang, Y.C. Liu*, “A cell model analysis for droplets inside non-dilute n-heptane droplet clouds near autoignition limit”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 175 (2021) 121189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121189

14. L. Luo, Y.C. Liu*, “Variation of gas phase combustion properties of complex fuels during vaporization: comparison for distillation and droplet scenarios”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (2021) 3287-3294. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.05.048