Pearl River Hydraulic Research Institute | China
Dr. Xiaojian Liu, a Doctor of Engineering, is currently affiliated with the Pearl River Hydraulic Research Institute under the Pearl River Water Resources Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, China. Recognized as an Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow in Innovation and Entrepreneurship by China’s national postdoctoral authorities, he is an active member of the Sediment Committee of the China Society for Hydropower Engineering and serves as a peer reviewer for reputed journals such as Marine Geology and Coastal Engineering. His research primarily focuses on estuarine and coastal protection and restoration, disaster prevention and mitigation in engineering, and flood and storm surge defense in coastal cities. He has led several national and provincial projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Dr. Liu has earned three ministerial-level honors, received multiple technological awards, secured 14 invention patents, registered 6 software copyrights, and developed two technologies listed in the Ministry of Water Resources’ Key Technology Promotion Guidance Directory. He has also authored one academic monograph and published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His experimental methods emphasize coastal engineering and ecological disaster-reducing strategies.
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Featured Publications
Qinqin Liu, Xiaojian Liu, Xiaowei Zhu, Peng Hou, Changtao Deng, Huan Gao, Qisong Wang, Can Zheng, Huiqun Guo (2025). Experimental study on the restoration and protection of mangrove tidal ecosystems flat located in a high wave area. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.
Xiaojian LIU, Peng HOU, Wenlong CHEN, Xiaowei ZHU, Aifeng TAO, Huiqun GUO, Qiang WANG (2024). Wave dissipation characteristics and wave overtopping calculation of multi-stage platforms of ecological seawall. Journal of Hohai University Natural Sciences
Qinqin Liu; Xiaojian Liu; Jian Chen; Peng Hou; Yong He; Qisong Wang; Xiaowei Zhu; Qiang Wang (2023). Experimental study on flocculation and sedimentation characteristics of cohesive fine sediment measured using ultrasound in the Pearl River Estuary. International Journal of Sediment Research
Xiaojian Liu (2022). Numerical investigation on the effectiveness of pile row in local sand trapping and beach protection. Ocean Dynamics
Liu, X.; Liu, C.; Zhu, X.; He, Y.; Wang, Q.; Wu, Z (2020). 3D Modeling and Mechanism Analysis of Breaking Wave-Induced Seabed Scour around Monopile. Mathematical Problems in Engineering