Dr. Prof. Bo Liu completed his PhD (Tectonics) from Peking University in 2016 and was appointed Associate Professor at the Department of Geology, Northeastern University (Shenyang) in 2019. Since December 2024, he has been a Guest Researcher at the Tectonics and Magmatism Research Group, Stockholm University. His primary studies involve the subduction-accretion processes of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and the Precambrian evolution of the North China Craton. Critical metal deposits have also been his research area.