Research Interests
Artificial intelligence and planetary remote sensing modelling
AI for Science
Intelligent radar signal processing
Deep space exploration and foundation models
Ongoing Projects:
Major Programme of NSFC
NSFC Young Scientists Fund
Fudan University Research Start-up Fund for Introduced Talents
Admissions:
0810 Information and Communication Engineering (Academic Degree)
0854 Electronic Information (Professional Degree)
Academic Service
Chair, GSICS Lunar Microwave Calibration Expert Group, World Meteorological Organization
Senior Member, Chinese Optical Engineering Society
Member, IEEE, Chinese Institute of Electronics
Topical Advisory Panel Member, Guest Editor, Remote Sensing
Reviewer for ISPRS, Icarus, IEEE TGRS, and other journals
Awards and Honours
Young Talent Support Programme, Chinese Institute of Electronics
Chenguang Programme
Shanghai Higher Education Talent Storage Programme
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Chinese Institute of Electronics
Fudan University Academic Star
Second Prize, China Engineering Science and Technology Forum on Deep Space Exploration Science, Technology and Application
Finalist, Moon Station 2050 Global Innovation Competition (Supervisor)
National Scholarship for Graduate Students (Supervisor)
Education and Work Experience
Dec. 2023 – present: Associate Research Fellow, Fudan University
Jun. 2021 – Dec. 2023: Junior Associate Research Fellow, Fudan University
Sept. 2016 – Sept. 2021: Direct-entry PhD, Fudan University
Oct. 2014: Visiting Student, University of California, Berkeley
Sept. 2012 – Jun. 2016: Undergraduate, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Teaching
Undergraduate courses: Principles and Technology of Remote Sensing; Graduation Project.
Postgraduate course: Theory of Space Remote-Sensing Information.
Selected Publications
Liu, N., Jin, Y.-Q. and Xu F., Inversion of the Loss Tangent of Martian Regolith from Echoes of Ultrawideband Ground Penetration Radar in the Tianwen-1 Mission. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters , 2024.
Liu, N., Jin, Y.-Q. and Xu F., Simulation of the Dual Frequency Radar Image of Asteroid 2016 HO3 and Implication for Tianwen-2 Mission. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2024.
Xia, T., Ren, X., Liu, Y., Liu, N*, Xu, F., Jin, Y., Detection of Surface Rocks and Small Craters in Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Lunar South Pole Based on YOLOv7 and Markov Random Field Algorithms in SAR Images, Remote Sensing , 2024.
Yin, Z., Liu, N.* and Jin, Y.-Q. Simulation of the Temperatures in Permanently Shadowed Region of the Crater Shackleton and Implications to In-situ Detection . IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing , 2024.
Yin, Z., Liu, N.* and Jin, Y.-Q. Simulation of the temperatures in the permanently shadowed region of the Moon's south pole and data validation . Icarus, 2023. (Invited)
Liu, N. and Jin, Y.-Q. InSAR Simulation and Speeded-Up Robust Features Algorithm for Terrain Relative Navigation in PSRs on the Moon. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023.
Liu, N. and Jin, Y.-Q. Pol-SAR Image Simulation of the Lunar Surface with Data Analysis of Chandrayaan-2 and Mini-RF. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023.
Burgdorf, M. J., Liu, N., Buehler, S. and Jin, Y.-Q. Observation of a Lunar Eclipse at 89, 150, and 183 GHz. the Planetary Science Journal, 2023.
Liu, N. and Jin, Y.-Q. A Statistical Rule of the Stokes Parameters of Pol-SAR for Identifying Flat Surface in PSR. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2023.
Liu, N. and Jin, Y.-Q. Recognition of Volumetric Scattering of Lunar Regolith Media in the PSR via Fully Polarimetric SAR Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2022.
Liu, N. and Jin, Y.-Q. Selection of a Landing Site in the Permanently Shadowed Portion of Lunar Polar Regions Using DEM and Mini-RF Data. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2022.
Liu, N. and Jin, Y. Q., Average Brightness Temperature of Lunar Surface for Calibration of Multi-Channel Millimeter-Wave Radiometer from 89GHz to 183GHz and Data Validation IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2021.
Liu, N. and Jin, Y. Q., Simulation and Data Analysis of the Temperature Distribution and Variation in the Permanent Shaded Region of the Moon, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2021.
Liu, N. and Jin, Y. Q., Simulation of Pol-SAR Imaging and Data Analysis of Mini-RF Observation from the Lunar Surface, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2021.
Liu, N. and Jin, Y. Q., Average Infrared Brightness Temperature of Lunar Rough Surface in Field of View of High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder and Application to Calibration, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2021.
Liu, N. and Jin, Y. Q., Calibration of the Space-borne Microwave Humidity Sounder Based on Real-Time Thermal Emission from Lunar Surface, Science China Earth Sciences, 2021.
Liu, N., Jin, Y. Q., A Real-time model of the Seasonal Temperature of Lunar Polar Region and Data validation, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2020 .
Liu, N. and Jin, Y.-Q., Calibration of a multichannel millimeter wave radiometer of FY-4M based on the real-time brightness temperature along the lunar equator, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2020
Liu, N. and Jin, Y. Q., A Discussion on the Effective Permittivity of Multi-component Medium Derived by Maxwell Garnett, Strong Fluctuation and Quasicrystalline CP Modelling. Waves in random and complex media, 2020.
Liu, N., Xu F. and Jin, Y.-Q., A Numerical Model of CPR of Rough Surface With Discrete Scatterers for Analysis of Mini‐RF Data, Radio Science, 2020.
Liu, N. and Jin, Y. Q., A Radiative Transfer Model for MW Cold and IR Hot Spots of Chang’e and Diviner Observations, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2019.
Liu N., Fa W. and Jin Y.Q., Brightness Temperature of Lunar Surface for Calibration of Multi-Channel Millimeter-Wave Radiometer of Geosynchronous FY-4M, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2018.
Liu, N., Fa, W. and Jin, Y.-Q. No Water-Ice Invertable in PSR of Hermite-A Crater Based on Mini-RF Data and Two-Layers Model. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2018.
Liu, N., Ye, H. and Jin, Y.-Q., Dielectric Inversion of Lunar PSR Media with Topographic Mapping and Comment on “Quantification of Water Ice in the Hermite-A Crater of the Lunar North Pole”. IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Letters, 2017.

