Advances in Mechanism, Machine Science and Engineering in China

Xinjun Liu is a Full Professor with Tenure in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is the "Cheung Kong" Chair Professor and the winner of National Outstanding Youth Fund of China. He is currently the MO Chair of International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM) China-Beijing and the Director of the Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision and Ultra-precision Manufacturing Equipment and Control. From 2000 to 2001, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Tsinghua University. He was a Visiting Researcher at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2002-2003}, and was the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellow at University of Stuttgart in Germany from 2004 to 2005. He was the Visiting Professor with Prof. Dr. Reimund Neugebauer at Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology, Germany, in August of 2007. He has published over 190 papers in refereed journals and refereed conference proceedings and has been selected as Elsevier's Most Cited Chinese Researchers for seven consecutive years from 2014 to 2020, 90 authorized patents, and three books (including one book in English). His research interests include smart robotics, parallel mechanisms and robots, machining robots, and advanced and smart manufacturing equipment.