Dr. Jianlin Liu is currently a Professor at the Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Pipeline & Civil Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China). His main research interests include deals soft matter mechanics, applied mathematics, nonlinear mechanics in structures and micro/nano-mechanics. He has published more than 50 papers indexed by SCI, one monograph, and three book chapters.  He received his bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics from the School of Mechatronics at Qingdao University in 2000; his master’s degree in Solid Mechanics, from the Department of Mathematics & Mechanics at the School of Applied Science, Beijing Science & Technology University in 2003; and his Ph.D. in Mechanics, from the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University in 2008. Since February 2008, he has been a lecturer, Associate Professor and Full Professor at the Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Pipeline & Civil Engineering at China University of Petroleum (East China).  Jianlin has received several prestigious awards, including Taishan Young Scholar of Shandong Province, the Outstanding Youth Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, the Shandong Province Second Prize for Natural Science, Qingdao City’s Young Science and Technology Prize and the Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Fellowship Scholarship.