Prof. Xiaogang Liu graduated from Northwest A&F University in 2009 with a doctorate in agricultural soil and water engineering, a national key discipline. From September 2001 to July 2004, Prof. Xiaogang Liu taught at Tarim University. In August 2009, he went to Kunming University of Science and Technology to engage in teaching and research. He was promoted to professor in October 2016. From 2012 to 2017, he served as the vice dean of the College of Agriculture and Engineering of Kunming University of Science and Technology. In 2012 and 2017, Prof. Xiaogang Liu won the Advanced Teacher Award of Kunming University of Science and Technology Wu Daguan Education Fund and the Hongyun Gardener Outstanding Teacher Award respectively. As of 2020, Prof. Xiaogang Liu has presided over four National Natural Science Foundation projects (general, youth, and regional), two Yunnan Provincial Natural Science General Fund projects, and one key project of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Education. Prof. Xiaogang Liu is a National Natural Science Foundation of China correspondence review expert, a young editorial board member of the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Machinery Engineering, a director of the Yunnan Agricultural Engineering Society, and a senior member of the Chinese Agricultural Engineering Society.