Jia Liu received his M.S. and B.S. degrees from South China University of Technology in 1999 and 1996, respectively, both in Eletrical Engineering. He also received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from South China University of Technology in 1996. He is currently working toward his Ph.D. degree in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Since Fall 2003, Liu has been working as a Research Assistant with Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG) at Virginia Tech. His research is focused on the areas of optimization of communication systems and networks, theoretical foundations of cross-layer optimization on wireless networks, algorithms design, and information theory.

Prior to joining Virginia Tech, Liu was with Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies in Beijing China for four years. His main responsibilities include participating in 3GPP2 and making contributions to various standards of cdma2000-1x/1xEV-DO/1xEV-DV. He is a co-recipient of Bell Labs President Gold Award in 2001. During summer 2005, he worked as a software engineer intern in Mercury Computer Systems Inc, where he helped develop the Linux drivers for RapidIO© bus technology.

Liu is a student member of IEEE. He is a reviewer for numerous IEEE conferences and journals. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. He is a recipient of IEEE ICC 2008 Best Paper Award.