Liu Weimin Professor Supervisor of Doctor Students Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Winner of National OutstandingYouth Foundation

Prof. Weimin LIU, received his Ph.D. in lubricating materials and Tribology from Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1990. After that, he joined the State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication (LSL) of the LICP. From June 1993 to June 1994, he worked as a Visiting Scholar at Pennsylvania State University, USA. In 2013, he was elected the Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2016, he was elected the Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He has served as a vice director of the LICP from 2002 to 2005 and director of the LICP from 2005 to 2012; the President of the Chinese Tribology Institution from 2011 to 2015; and has been Co-Editors-in-Chief of Tribology International from 2014 to 2024. Currently, He is Chief Editor of Chinese Journal of Tribology, and Co-Editors-in-Chief of Tribology Advances.

Prof. LIU has been working in tribology for over 40 years and made great contributions to develop advanced lubricating materials for China's space, aviation and heavy duty industries in which lubrication is the key to guarantee long term service of moving components. Up to now, he has published 6 books, more than 900 papers with citation over 60000 times. He holds more than 200 Chinese patents and 1 US patent; won 2 National Awards for Natural Sciences (second class) and 3 National Awards for Technological Invention (second class), won Supreme Achievement Award in Tribology from Chinese Tribology Institution in 2017, Science and Technology Achievement Award of Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME) in 2019，and Chemistry Contribution Prize of Chinese Chemical Society-China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation in 2026. He was the winner of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Materials Prize of 2016. His research interests mainly focus on space and aviation lubrication, high performance lubricating materials and Tribochemistry.

（Updated on October 22th ,2026）