Dr. Laibao Liu (刘来保) is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), affiliated with both Department of Geography and Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality. His research interests are land and climate systems, land-atmosphere interaction, land carbon cycle, and renewable energy.
He was born in 1993 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu (China). He studied at Lanzhou University (Geography, 2011-2015), Peking Univesity (Physical Geography, 2015-2018) and ETH Zurich (Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 2018-2020). During his Ph.D., he was a visiting researcher at ETH Zurich with Prof. Sonia Seneviratne. He recieved his Ph.D. degree from Peking University in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Dahe Qin (秦大河) and Prof. Shuangcheng Li (李双成). After his Ph.D., he returned to ETH Zurich as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist with Prof. Sonia Seneviratne. From 2024, he was appointed as Assistant Professor at HKU.
He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed articles. His leading research outcomes are published in high-impact journals, such as Nature(Climate impacts on Land carbon sink), Nature Energy(Climate impacts on Renewable energy systems)and Nature Communications (Process of Climate-Carbon coupling), and received several awards for his research, including 2023 Best Paper Award by International Association of Chinese Youth in Water Sciences, 2022 Best Paper Award in Resources, Recycling & Reservation, Top 50 Nature Communications Earth and planetary sciences articles published in 2020, and two Highly Cited Papers by Clarivate since 2021 and 2023, respectively.
Office and Contact
- Office: Room 10.20, 10/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
- Email: laibao@hku.hk; liulb2024@gmail.com
- Telephone: +852 391 03253
Honours
| Year | Distinction |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Young Scientist Best Paper Award from International Association of Chinese Youth in Water Sciences (Liu et al., 2023 Nature) |
| 2023 | Highly Cited Paper, Clarivate (Second one, Liu et al., 2022 RCR) |
| 2023 | Best Paper Award in Resources, Recycling & Reservation, 2022 (Liu et al., 2022 RCR) |
| 2021 | Highly Cited Paper, Clarivate (First one, Liu et al., 2020 Nature Comms) |
| 2021 | Top 50 Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Articles in Nature Comms 2020 (Liu et al., 2020 Nature Comms) |
| 2020 | Outstanding Doctoral Degree Dissertation, Peking University ($1,000) |
| 2018, 2019 | Presidential Scholarship Awards, Peking University ($10,000 * 2) |
| 2017, 2019 | Excellent Research Awards, Peking University ($1,400 * 2) |
| 2016 | Tiehan Fellowship, Peking University ($1,000) |
| 2015 | Outstanding Graduates, Lanzhou University |