Dehua Liu received a Ph.D. degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Southwest Petroleum University, China, in 2005. Dr. Liu was appointed as an Associate Professor in 1993 and became a Professor in 1995. From 1997 to 1998, he visited the University of Stavanger, Norway. He served as the Dean of the School of Petroleum Engineering and is currently the Chief Expert and leader of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Academic Group at Yangtze University, China. He is also the Director of the Hubei Provincial Oil and Gas Drilling Engineering Laboratory and the Director of the Hubei Provincial Shale Gas Engineering Research Center. Dr. Liu is recognized as a cross-century academic and technical leader by the China National Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corporation. He is a member of the Chinese Society of Systems Engineering, the Chinese Petroleum Society, and the Council of the Chinese Society of Energy. Additionally, he serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including "China Offshore Oil and Gas" and "Journal of Petroleum and Natural Gas." His primary research area is in the field of Petroleum Engineering. His research interests span a range of topics including the theory and application of oilfield development, oilfield planning and optimization decision-making, unconventional oil and gas development, intelligent oilfield technology, reservoir numerical simulation, and petroleum economics.