Liqiang Ma is a professor, and doctoral supervisor at China University of Mining and Technology. He once served as the deputy dean of the School of Mines in China University of Mining and Technology. He currently serves as the executive vice dean of the Western Energy Research Institute and the dean of the School of Mining Engineering and Geology at Xinjiang Institute of Engineering. He holds BS, MS and PhD degrees from China University of Mining and Technology. He visited Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in the United States from 2015 to 2016. His research interests are strata control and water conservation mining, and CO2 geological storage and utilization. He holds 1 second-class National Science and Technology Progress Award, 4 first-class and 7 second-class provincial and ministerial-level Science and Technology Progress Awards. He has been selected as one of the "New Century Outstanding Talents" of the Ministry of Education, Distinguished Professor of the "Hundred Talents Plan" of Shaanxi Province, Jiangsu Province "333 High-Level Talent Training Project" for young and middle-aged scientific and technological leader. He also serves as the vice chairman of the Coal Mine System Engineering Committee of China Coal Society, the vice chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Spatial Planning Society, and the editorial board of journals such as the Journal of Mining and Safety Engineering and Energy Engineering.