Prof. LIU Lei, born in Huoqiu, Anhui province, selected as Hubei Provincial Overseas High-level Talents. He worked as Project Researcher at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and The University of Tokyo from April, 2020 to December, 2023. His research interests are high-value added processing and utilization of solid wastes as well as preparation, strengthening, and toughening of novel glass and ceramic materials. About 20 SCI papers was published in Journal of the European Ceramic Society、Journal of the American Ceramic Society、Cement and Concrete Composites as first/corresponding author. Two projects as principal investigator were funded by the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. Three National Key Research and Development Program of Japan projects as main participant were funded by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The research achievement was adopted as the keynote speech at The 35th Fall Meeting of The Ceramic Society of Japan and also reported by the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun in detail. He is guest editor of an international journal and session chair of an international conference as well as member of ISIJ and Japan Concrete Institute (JCI).

2020.04–2022.03   National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)  Postdoctoral Researcher

2022.04–2023.12   Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo   Postdoctoral Researcher

2024.01–Now         China University of Geosciences, Wuhan     Researcher

2010.09-2014.07  Anhui University of Technology (Metallurgical Engineering, International Economic and Trade) Bachelor of Engineering and Economics

2014.09-2017.01  Northeastern University (Ferrous Metallurgy)  Master of Engineering

2017.04-2020.03  Tottori University (Materials Science) Doctor of Engineering

1. Efficient carbon sequestration of solid wastes as well as full and high value-added utilization

2. Based on electric field-driven efficient and clean utilization of solid wastes

3. Strengthening of oxide glasses by metal nanoparticles 

4. Fabrication, strengthening, and toughening of novel ceramic materials

[1] Lei Liu, Kensaku Maeda, Tetsuhiko Onda, Zhong-Chun Chen, Microstructure and improved mechanical properties of Al₂O₃/Ba-β-Al₂O₃/ZrO₂ composites with YSZ addition. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.07.036.

[2] Lei Liu, Kenji Shinozaki, Fracture toughness enhancement via sub-micro silver-precipitation in silica glass fabricated by spark plasma sintering. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2022, DOI: 10.1111/jace.18214.

[3] Lei Liu, Kenji Shinozaki, Toughening silica glass by imparting ductility using a small amount of silver nanoparticles. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2021.141372.

[4] Guangfeng Oua, Zhihai Lin, Toshiharu Kishi, Lei Liu*, Assessment and mitigation of early-age cracking for on-site concrete structures by a combined scheme using temperature stress testing machine (TSTM) and long-span restraining frame. Cement and Concrete Composites, 2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2023.105321.

[5] Lei Xu, Yang Liu, Min Chen, Nan Wang, Hong Chen, Lei Liu*, Production of green, low-cost and high-performance anorthite-based ceramics from reduced copper slag. Construction and Building Materials, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.130982.

Binglin Guo, Huyong Qin, Quanzhi Tian, Peng Gao, Yonggan Yang, Li Hong, Binggen Zhan, Qijun Yu, Lei Liu, Keiko Sasaki. Book: Treatment and utilization of combustion and incineration residues, Chapter 2: Cement-based immobilization of combustion/incineration residues, edited by Lei Wang, Dan Tsang, Jianhua Yan, ISBN: 9780443215377. Elsevier.