Juxiu Liu received her B.Sc. degree in biology education from Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China in 1997. She received her M.Sc. degree in ecology from the South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China in 2000 and her Ph.D. degree in botany from the South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China in 2003. She was a Research Associate at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou from 2003 to 2006; a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Biogeochemical Cycles in Forest Ecosystems, INRA (National Institute of Agronomic Research), Nancy, France from 2005 to 2007; a Visiting Research Fellow at Centre for Forestry and Horticultural Research and School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Australia from January to April 2008; and an Associate Professor at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou from 2007 to 2009. She has been a Professor at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou since September 2009.