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Office : Room 315, 3/F,
Mong Man Wai Building
Phone : (852) 3943 9862
E-mail : liulin@cuhk.edu.hk
Complete curriculum vitae
Lin LIU 劉琳
Assistant Professor
 
 
Education:
  • Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2011
  • B.Sc., Geophysics, Wuhan University, 2005
 
Academic Employments:
  • 2014–present: Assistant Professor, Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2014–present: Research Fellow, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2014–present: Research Fellow, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2011–2013: George Thompson Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University
  • 2006–2011: Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado
  • 2005–2006: Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Colorado
 
Research Fields and Current Research Interests:
  • Cryosphere Geophysics
  • Geodesy and Near Surface Geophysics
  • Radar remote sensing
  • Interactions between solid Earth, cryosphere, atmosphere, and ocean
 
Honours and Awards:
 
  • 2013: International Travel Award, International Association of Geodesy
  • 2011–2013: George Thompson Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University
  • 2008–2011: NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
  • 2006–2007: CIRES Graduate Research Assistant Fellowship, University of Colorado
  • 2005: First Prize, Outstanding Bachelor Thesis of Hubei Province, China
   
  Professional Activities:
  Current
  • Session convener, AGU Fall Meeting 2015
  • Team member, Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon Research Coordination Network
Past
  • Reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research, Remote Sensing of Environment, The Cryosphere, Soil Science Society of America Journal, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, US National Science Foundation, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong.
  • Session convener, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, 2014
  • Judge for the Outstanding Student Paper Awards, AGU Fall Meetings 2011, 2012, 2013
  Teaching:
  Current
  • ESSC2010 Solid Earth Dynamics
  • ESSC4540 Remote Sensing
Past
    University of Colorado
  • Experimental Physics
  • Electricity and Magnetism
   
  Selected Recent Publications : (pdf available upon request)
 
  1. Jones, B. M., G. Grosse, C. D. Arp, E. Miller, L. Liu, D. J. Hayes, and C. F. Larsen (2015), Re- cent Arctic tundra fire initiates widespread thermokarst development, Scientific Reports, 5:15865, doi: 10.1038/srep15865.
  2. Schaefer, K., L. Liu, A. Parsekian, E. Jafarov, A. Chen, T. Zhang, A. Gusmeroli, H. A. Zebker, and T. Schaefer (2015), Remotely Sensed Active Layer Thickness (ReSALT) at Barrow, Alaska using Interfero- metric Synthetic Aperture Radar, Remote Sensing, 7, 3735–3759.
  3. Gusmeroli, A., L. Liu, T. Zhang, K. Schaefer, T. Schaefer, and G. Grosse (2015), A ground-penetrating radar study of active layer stratigraphy at a thermokarst site in Arctic Alaska, U.S.A., Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, 47(2), 195–202, doi:10.1657/AAAR00C-13-301.
  4. Chen, A., A. Parsekian, K. Schaefer, E. Jafarov, S. Panda, L. Liu, T. Zhang, and H. Zebker, GPR-derived measurements of active layer thickness on the landscape scale with sparse calibration at Toolik and Happy Valley, Alaska, Geophysics, in press.
  5. Liu, L., K. M. Schaefer, A. C. Chen, A. Gusmeroli, H. A. Zebker, and T. Zhang (2015), Remote sensing measurements of thermokarst subsidence using InSAR, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 120, doi:10.1002/2015JF003599.
  6. Liu, L., E. Jafarov, K. Schaefer, B. M. Jones, H. Zebker, C. Williams, J. Rogan, and T. Zhang (2014), InSAR detects increase in surface subsidence caused by an Arctic tundra fire, Geophysical Research Letters, 41.
  7. Liu, L., Schaefer, K., Gusmeroli, A., Grosse, G., Jones, B. M., Zhang, T., Parsekian, A. D., and Zebker, H. A (2014), Seasonal thaw settlement at drained thermokarst lake basins, Arctic Alaska, The Cryosphere, 8, 815–826.
  8. Khan, S. A., K. H. Kjær, M. Bevis, J. L. Bamber, J. Wahr, K. K. Kjeldsen, A. A. Bjørk, N.J. Korsgaard, L. A. Stearns, M. R. Broeke, L. Liu, N. K. Larsen, I. S. Muresan (2014), Sustained mass loss of the Northeast Greenland ice sheet triggered by regional warming, Nature Climate Change, 4, 292–299.
  9. Liu, L., C. Millar, R. Westfall, and H. Zebker (2013), Surface motion of active rock glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA: inventory and a case study using InSAR, The Cryosphere., 7, 1109-1119.
  10. Liu, L., J. Wahr, I. Howat, S. A. Khan, I. Joughin, and M. Furuya (2012), Constraining ice mass loss from Jakobshavn Isbræ (Greenland) using InSAR-measured crustal uplift, Geophys. J. Int, 188: 994–1006.
  11. Liu, L., K. Schaefer, T. Zhang, and J. Wahr (2012), Estimating 1992–2000 average active layer thickness on the Alaskan North Slope from remotely sensed surface subsidence, J. Geophys. Res., 117, F01005.
  12. Liu, L., T. Zhang, and J. Wahr (2010), InSAR measurements of surface deformation over permafrost on the North Slope of Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 115, F03023.
   
  Selected Research Grants:
  Active
  • 2016 – present: Investigation of characteristics and mechanism of earthquakes associated with the Hutubi gas reservoir, Hong Kong Research Grant Council NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme, Co-investigator
  • 2016 – present: Radar remote sensing investigations on thermokarst dynamics on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, Hong Kong Research Grant Council General Research Grant
  • 2014–present: Mass Balance of Greenland Outlet Glaciers: Non-secular Variations From Space Geodetic Measurements, Hong Kong Research Grant Council Early Career Scheme Grant
  • 2014–present: Radar Remote Sensing and Field Investigation of Permafrost Changes in Svalbard, CUHK Direct Grant
   
  Research Opportunities:
 

Prospective graduate students and postdocs are encouraged to contact Prof. Lin Liu to discuss research opportunities in cryosphere geophysics, geodesy, near surface geophysics, and remote sensing.

We are looking for undergraduate students (year 2 and above) to participate in research projects including Greenland ice mass balance, remote sensing of frozen ground, etc.