Luyun Liu is an associate professor at the School of Landscape Architecture of Central South University of Forestry and Technology. In June 2016, she graduated with a doctoral degree from the School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, majoring in civil engineering planning and management. She has also earned a master's degree in civil engineering at Central South University (June 2012), majoring in architecture. Since March 2017, she has been teaching at the School of Landscape Architecture of Central South University of Forestry and Technology, and her main courses include Principles of Urban Planning; Territorial Space Planning; and Urban–Rural Planning and Design. Her early research areas include low-carbon cities and ecocities and on urban–rural spatial planning. In recent years, her studies have focused on landscape ecology, urban microclimates, land landscape, and ecological restoration.