Dr. Jun Liu is a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Mineral and Resources, the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Resource Exploration Engineering from Hefei University of Technology and a Ph.D. in Ore Deposits from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and completed his postdoctoral research in Ore Deposits at the Institute of Mineral Resources, the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Tasmania, Australia (funded by the China Scholarship Council). He has long dedicated himself to researching the metallogenic mechanisms and regional metallogenic regularities of porphyry-type copper-molybdenum polymetallic deposits and hydrothermal vein-type gold deposits. He serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Resources and acts as a reviewer for major international earth science journals, including EG, MD, OGR, IGR, JGE, and GJ.