Miao Liu, Ph.D., Professor Born in August 1979 Research Areas Landscape Ecology; Remote Sensing Applications Professional Appointments and Academic Service Vice Chair, China Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE-China) Vice Chair, Landscape Ecology Committee, Ecological Society of China Member, Physical Geography Committee, Geographical Society of China Member, Wetland Resources Conservation Committee, China Society of Natural Resources Executive Council Member, Liaoning Land Society Council Member, Liaoning Ocean Society Research Projects Principal Investigator, 4 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China；1 Key National Research and Development Project； 3 subprojects under national research programs；1 subproject under the National Water Special；18 commissioned projects funded by local governments and agencies Publications Author of 1 sole-authored monograph Contributor to multiple co-authored books Author/co-author of more than 240 academic publications Honors and Awards 2 provincial- or ministerial-level awards, 1st and 3rd

Education Ph.D. in Ecology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, September 2002 – June 2007 B.S. in Environmental Science, Northeast Normal University, September 1998 – June 2002

Academic Appointments Professor Level III, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, December 2020 – Present Professor Level IV, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, December 2015 – December 2020 Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, December 2009 – December 2015 Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 2007 – December 2009 Visiting Appointments Visiting Scholar in Ecological Restoration and Planning, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, July 2018 – September 2018 Visiting Scholar in Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, July 2013 – October 2013; September 2014 – December 2014

Landscape Ecology; Remote Sensing Applications

Honors and Awards Second Prize, Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Award, Mechanisms of the Ecological and Environmental Effects of Urban Three-Dimensional Landscape Patterns, 2025, ranked 3rd. Second Prize, Science and Technology Award of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Regional Ecological Assessment and Regulation Technologies and Their Application in Liaoning Province, 2020, ranked 1st. First Prize, China Meteorological Science and Technology Innovation Award, SaaS Service for Integrated Air–Space–Ground Collaborative Supervision of Pollution Reduction and Carbon Mitigation Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing Big Data, 2021, ranked 6th.

Research Grants and Projects 2009–2011, Relationship between Landscape Pattern Change and Non-Point Source Pollution Driven by Urban Expansion, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI 2012–2015, Three-Dimensional Urban Expansion and Its Environmental Effects, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI 2017–2020, Integrated Assessment of Agricultural and Urban Non-Point Source Pollution in Watersheds of Urban Agglomerations and Its Relationship with Landscape Patterns, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI 2021–2024, Construction of Ecological Security Patterns in Urban Regions Based on Integrated Eco-Environmental Processes, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI 2024–2027, Mechanisms by Which Changes in Ecological Landscape Structure Affect Black Soil Quality, National Key Research and Development Program Project, PI 2016–2020, Subproject on the Evolution of Pattern–Function Relationships in Typical Degraded Wetland Ecosystems, National Key Research and Development Program Subproject, PI 2017–2020, Subproject on Regional Ecological Risk Control and Spatial Optimization in Typical Urbanized Areas, National Key Research and Development Program Subproject, PI 2012–2015, Research on Simulation and Monitoring Technologies for Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution in the Fanhe River Watershed and Urban Non-Point Source Pollution in Typical Cities of the Liaohe River Basin, Water Special Program Subproject, PI 2018–2020, Atmospheric Environmental Effects of Urban Expansion and Landscape Pattern Optimization, Key Fund Subtask, PI

Books and Selected Publications Liu, M. 2015. Application of GIS Technology in Urban Planning. Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press, 300,000 words. Liu, M., Ma, J., Zhou, R., et al. 2021. High-resolution mapping of urban floor area across mainland China. Landscape and Urban Planning, 214: 104187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104187 Liu, M., Hu, Y., and Li, C. 2017. Landscape metrics for three-dimensional urban building pattern recognition. Applied Geography, 87: 66–72. Liu, M., Li, C., Hu, Y., et al. 2014. Combining CLUE-S and SWAT models to forecast land use change and non-point source pollution impacts at the watershed scale in Liaoning Province, China. Chinese Geographical Science, 24(5): 540–550. Liu, M., Xu, Y., Hu, Y., Li, C., et al. 2014. A century of the evolution of the urban area in Shenyang, China. PLoS ONE, 9(6): e98847. Liu, M., Hu, Y., Zhang, W., et al. 2011. Application of land-use change model in guiding regional planning: A case study in the Hun-Taizi River Watershed, Northeast China. Chinese Geographical Science, 21(5): 609–618. Liu, M., Hu, Y., Chang, Y., et al. 2009. Land use and land cover change analysis and prediction in the upper reach of Minjiang River, China. Environmental Management, 43(5): 899–907. Liu, M., Hu, Y., Li, X., et al. 2007. Ecological footprint and biocapacity time-series assessment for a forest region in northeastern China. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 14(5): 493–502. Li, D., Liu, M., Shi, S., et al. 2025. Influence of three-dimensional urban patterns on atmospheric pollutants in major Chinese metropolitan areas. Building and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.112746 Yin, H., Hu, Y., Liu, M., et al. 2021. Ecological and environmental effects of estuarine wetland loss using KeyHole and Landsat data in the Liao River Delta, China. Remote Sensing, 13: 311. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13020311 Corresponding author. Li, C., Liu, M., Hu, Y., et al. 2021. Evaluating the runoff storage supply-demand structure of green infrastructure for urban flood management. Journal of Cleaner Production, 280(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124420 Corresponding author. Shi, S., Chang, Y., Wang, G., Li, Z., Hu, Y., and Liu, M. 2020. Potential wetland restoration planning based on sedge seed banks and land use model in Sanjiang Plain, China. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139208 Corresponding author.

Liaoning Provincial Local Standard, Yang Hui, Zhu Xiaoyu, Wang Wenqing, Miao Liu, et al., Technical Regulations for Natural Vegetation Restoration of Abandoned Mine Lands (DB21/T 3702–2023), issued on March 30, 2023.