Prof. LIU, Jun
劉軍博士

Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2016
  • B.S., Shandong University, 2008
Office
YEUNG-B6625 in B6614
Phone
(+852) 3442-9520
Email
jliu287@cityu.edu.hk
Web
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/mne/marslab/
Research Interests
  • Micro/Nano Robotics
  • Soft and Medical Robotics
  • Biomedical Instrumentation
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Biography

Professor LIU Jun obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering under the supervision of Prof. Yu Sun from University of Toronto in 2016. Before joining CityU, he was a postdoc associate in the Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging at Cornell University, where he conducted research in advanced medical imaging technologies. His research interests include micro-/ nanorobotics, soft and medical robotics, and biomedical instrumentation.

His research has been recognized on the major robotics and automation conferences by winning multiple awards including the Best Student Paper Award and Best Medical Robotics Paper Finalist Award from the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in 2014, and the Gaitech Best Paper in Robotics Award from the IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation in 2016.

Professional Experience
  • May 2017 - Aug 2019, Postdoc Associate, Cornell University.
  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2016, Research Assistant, University of Toronto.
Honors and Awards
  • 2018 “IEEE TASE Best New Application Paper Award” IEEE. To recognize the Best New Application Paper of the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE) published in the previous calendar year.
  • 2014 “IEEE ICRA Best Student Paper Award” IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Established in 1988, this award recognizes the best paper authored primarily by a student and presented by the student at the flagship robotics and automation conference - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
  • 2016 “IEEE ICIA Best Paper in Robotics Award” IEEE. This award recognizes the best paper in Robotics presented at the IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation.
  • 2014 “IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Medical Robotics Finalist” IEEE. This award recognizes the best paper in Medical Robotics presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
  • 2015 “TRCHR Fellowship” Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research. The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research Fellowship is intended to recognize the world’s brightest doctoral trainees and clinical research fellows to foster a deep pool of talent and further leadership in cardiovascular research and innovations in health care.
Publications
  • J. Liu, G. Singh, S. Al'Aref, B. Lee, O. Oleru, J. K. Min, S. Dunham, M. R. Sabuncu, B. Mosadegh. "Review of Image Registration in Medical Robotics and Intelligent Systems: Fundamentals and Applications" Advanced Intelligent Systems, accepted for publication, 2019
  • J. Liu, S. Al'Aref, G. Singh, A. Caprio, A. A. Amiri Moghadam, S.J. Jang, S. Chiu Wong, J. K. Min, S. Dunham, B. Mosadegh. "An Augmented Reality System for Image Guidance of Percutaneous Cardiac Interventions" PLOS ONE 14(7), e0219174, 2019
  • Z.R. Zhang, X. Wang, J. Liu, C.S. Dai, Y. Sun, “Robotic micromanipulation – Fundamentals and Applications”, Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Automation Systems, accepted for publication, 2008.
  • X. Wang, Q.L. Zhao, L. Wang, J. Liu, H.Y. Pu, S.R. Xie, C.H. Ru, and Y. Sun, "Effect of cell inner pressure on deposition volume in microinjection," Langmuir, vol. 34, no. 35, pp. 10287–92, 2018.
  • Z.R. Zhang, C.S. Dai, J. Huang, X. wang, J. Liu, C.H. Ru, H.Y. Pu, S.R. Xie, J.Y. Zhang, S. Moskovtsev, C. Librach, K. Jarvi, and Yu Sun, "Robotic immobilization of motile sperm for clinical intracytoplasmic sperm injection," IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 444-452, Feb. 2019
  • X. Wang, Z. Zhang, H. Tao, J. Liu, S. Hopyan, eta Y. Sun, «Characterizing Inner Pressure and Stiffness of Trophoblast and Inner Cell Mass of Blastocysts», Biophys. J., vol. 115, no. 12, pp. 2443–2450, Dec. 2018.
  • J. Liu, Z.R. Zhang, X. Wang, H.J. Liu, Q.L. Zhao, Y. Sun, “Automated Robotic Measurement of 3D Cell Morphologies,” IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 499-505, 2017
  • X. Wang, M. Luo, H. Wu, Z.R. Zhang, J. Liu, Z.S. Xu, W. Johnson, Y. Sun, “A 3D Magnetic Tweezer System for Intra-Embryonic Navigation and Measurement", IEEE Transaction on Robotics, Vol. 34, pp. 240-247, 2018.
  • Z.R. Zhang*, J. Liu*, X. Wang, Q.L. Zhao, S.R. Xie, Y. Sun, “Robotic Pick-and-Place of Multiple Embryos for Vitrification”, IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 570-576, Apr. 2016 (*Authors contributed equally)
  • W. Johnson, C. Dai, J. Liu, X. Wang, D. K. Luu, Z. Zhang, C. Ru, C. Zhou, M. Tan, H. Pu, S. Xie, Y. Peng, J. Luo, and Y. Sun, “A Flexure-Guided Piezo Drill for Penetrating the Zona Pellucida of Mammalian Oocytes,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, accepted for publication, doi: 10.1109/TBME.2017.2713302, 2017.
  • Z.R. Zhang*, J. Liu*, J. Meriano, C.H. Ru, S.R. Xie, J. Luo, and Y. Sun, "Human sperm rheotaxis: a passive physical process," Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, article number: 23553, 2016. (*Authors contributed equally)
  • C.Y. Shi, D.K. Luu, Q.M. Yang, J. Liu, J. Chen, C.H. Ru, S.R. Xie, Jun Luo, J. Ge, and Y. Sun, "Recent advances in nanorobotic manipulation inside scanning electron microscopes," Microsystems & Nanoengineering, Vol. 2, no. 16024, 2016.
  • J. Liu, J. Wen, Z.R. Zhang, H.J. Liu, and Y. Sun, “Voyage inside the Cell: Microsystems and Nanoengeering for Intracellular Manipulation and Characterization”, Microsystem & Nanoengineering (a Journal by Nature Publishing Group), vol. 1, p. 15020, 2015. (Featured Article)
  • J. Liu, C.Y. Shi, J. Wen, D.G. Pyne, H.J. Liu, C.H. Ru, S.R. Xie, Y. Sun, “Automated Vitrification of Embryos – A Robotics Approach,” Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 22, pp. 33-40, 2015. (Featured Article)
  • J. Liu, V. Siragam, Z. Gong, J. Chen, M.D. Fridman, C. Leung, Z. Lu, C.H. Ru, S.R. Xie, J. Luo, R. Hamilton, and Y. Sun, "Robotic adherent cell injection (RACI) for characterizing cell-cell communication," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 119-24, 2015.
  • J. Ge, S. Xie, Y. Wang, J. Liu, H. Zhang, B. Zhou, F. Weng, C. Zhou, M. Tan, and Y. Sun, “A system for automated detection of ampoule injection impurities”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 19-28, 2017. (Best New Application Award)
  • J. Liu, Z. Gong, K. Tang, Z. Lu, C. Ru, J. Luo, S. Xie, and Y. Sun, "Locating end-effector tips in robotic micromanipulation," IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 30, pp. 125-30, 2014.
  • J. Liu, V. Siragam, J. Chen, M.D. Fridman, R.M. Hamilton, and Y. Sun, "High-throughput measurement of gap junctional intercellular communication," American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology (AJP-Heart), Vol. 306, pp. H1708-13, 2014.
  • D.G. Pyne*, J. Liu*, M. Abdelgawad, and Y. Sun, "Digital microfluidic processing of mammalian embryos for vitrification," PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. e108128-14, 2014.
  • P. Sharma, C. Abbasi, S. Lazic, A.C. Teng, D. Wang, N. Dubois, V. Ignatchenko, V. Wong, J. Liu, T. Araki, M. Tiburcy, C. Ackerley, W. H. Zimmermann, R. Hamilton, Y. Sun, P. P. Liu, G. Keller, I. Stagljar, I. C. Scott, T. Kislinger, and A. O. Gramolini, “Evolutionarily conserved intercalated disc protein Tmem65 regulates cardiac conduction and connexin 43 function.,” Nature Communications, vol. 6, p. 8391, 2015.
  • C. Ru, J. Liu, M. Pang, and Y. Sun, “Controlled ultrasonic micro-dissection of thin tissue sections,” Biomedical Microdevices, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 567–573, Aug. 2014.
  • Z. Gong, B.K. Chen, J. Liu, and Y. Sun, "Robotic probing of nano structures inside scanning electron microscopy," IEEE Trans. Robotics, Vol. 30, pp. 758-765, 2014.
  • J. Ge, Z. Gong, J. Chen, J. Liu, J. Nguyen, Z. Yang, C. Wang, and Y. Sun, “A System for Counting Fetal and Maternal Red Blood Cells,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 61, no. 12, pp. 2823–2829, Dec. 2014.
  • Z. Gong, B.K Chen, J. Liu, C. Zhou, D. Anchel, X. Li, J. Ge, D.P. Bazett-Jones, and Y. Sun, "Fluorescence and SEM correlative microscopy for nanomanipulation of sub-cellular structures," Light: Science & Applications, accepted for publication, 2014. (impact factor: 13.62)
  • H.J. Liu, J. Wen, Y. Xiao, J. Liu, S. Hopyan, M. Radisic, C.A. Simmons, and Y. Sun, "In situ mechanical characterization of cell nucleus by atomic force microscopy," ACS Nano, Vol. 8, pp. 3821-8, 2014.
  • V. Siragam, X. Cui, S. Masse, C. Ackerley, S. Aafaqi, L. Strandberg, M. Tropak, M. D. Fridman, K. Nanthakumar, J. Liu, Y. Sun, B. Su, C. Wang, X. Liu, Y. Yan, A. Mendlowitz, and R. M. Hamilton, “Tmem43 mutation p.s358l alters intercalated disc protein expression and reduces conduction velocity in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy,” PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. e109128, 2014.
  • J. Liu, C. Leung, Z. Lu, and Y. Sun, "Quantitative analysis of locomotive behavior of human sperm head and tail," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 60, pp. 390-396, 2013.
  • J. Liu, C. Moraes, Z. Lu, C.A. Simmons, and Y. Sun, "Single cell deposition," Methods in Cell Biology, Vol. 112, pp. 403-420, 2012.
  • B. Y. Song, G. H. Tian, J. Liu, F. Y. Zhou, and Y. R. Zhang, “Zigbee wireless sensor networks based detection and help system for elderly abnormal behaviors in service robot intelligent space,” Applied Mechanics and Materials, vol. 48–49, pp. 1378–1382, 2011.
Services
  • Teaching Service
    • Jan 2020 - Now, MNE3058 Embedded Control System.
    • Jan 2020 - Now, MNE6126 Sensors for Robotics, AI and Control Systems.
    • Sep 2019 - Now, MNE6005 Micro System Technology.