• Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Sciences, University of California, Irvine (2024-2026)

• Graduate Research Assistant, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University (2019-2023)
• Research Assistant, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University (2018-2019)

• Stratified Turbulence
• Hydrodynamic Instabilities
• Environmental and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

• Selected to feature on the front cover of Journal of Fluid Mechanics Volume 987
• CEOAS Student Research Fellowship (Outstanding academic performance and engagement in the university community, 1000 USD award) - May 2023
• Wayne V. Burt Award (In recognition of outstanding achievement in the fields of physical oceanography or atmospheric sciences, 3000 USD award) - May 2022
• Ocean Sciences Conference Youth Forum Competition (1^st place) - May, 2016
• Dean’s Award (1^st place in a semester) - June, 2015 

Journal Publications 

• Liu, C. L., H. F. Drake, Internal tide-driven mixing and energy pathways at rough seafloor topography: insights from large eddy simulation in the Brazil Basin. (In prep) 
• Liu, C. L., A. K. Kaminski, W. D. Smyth, Turbulence and mixing from neighboring stratified shear layers (2024), J. Fluid Mech. 987, A8, doi:10.1017/jfm.2024.387
• Liu, C. L., A. K. Kaminski, W. D. Smyth, The effects of boundary proximity on Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and turbulence (2023), J. Fluid Mech., 966, A2, doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.412
• Liu, C. L., A. K. Kaminski, W. D. Smyth, The butterfly effect in stratified shear flow (2022), J. Fluid Mech., 953, A43, doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.985
• Chang, M. H., Y. H. Cheng, Y. Y. Yeh, Y. J. Yang, C. L. Liu, T. Matsuno, T. Endoh, E. Tsutsumi, J. L. Chen, and X. Guo, Internal hydraulic transition and turbulent mixing observed in the Kuroshio over the I-Lan Ridge off northeastern Taiwan (2022), J. Phys. Oceanogr., 52(12), 3179-3198, doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0245.1
• Chang, M. H., S. Jan, C. L. Liu, Y. H. Cheng, and V. Mensah, Observations of island wakes at high Rossby numbers: evolutions of submesoscale vortices and free shear layers (2019), J. Phys. Oceanogr, 49(11), 2997-3016, doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0035.1
• Liu, C. L., and M. H. Chang (2018), Numerical studies of submesoscale island wakes in the Kuroshio, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans., 123(8), 5669-5687, doi.org/10.1029/2017JC013501

Talks

• Liu, C. L., W. D. Smyth (2024), Kelvin-Helmholtz Turbulence in Complex Environments. UC Irvine Fluid Dynamics Seminar, Irvine, CA, USA (Invited)
• Liu, C. L., W. D. Smyth (2024), Turbulence and Mixing From Neighboring Stratified Shear Layers. Southern California Flow Physics Symposium XVII, Irvine, CA, USA
• Liu, C. L., W. D. Smyth (2023), Kelvin-Helmholtz Turbulence in Complex Environments. Ph.D. Defense, Corvallis, OR, USA • Liu, C. L., A. K. Kaminski, W. D. Smyth (2023), The effects of boundary proximity on Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and turbulence. The 28th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Berlin, Germany
• Liu, C. L. (2022), Application of Quasi-Realistic Numerical Modeling to Mitigate Ocean Pollution: An Oil Spill Example, International Conference on UNCLOS 40th Anniversary and Its Implementation of Marine Policy, virtual
• Liu, C. L., A. K. Kaminski, W. D. Smyth (2022), The effects of Boundary Proximity on Kelvin Helmholtz Instability and Turbulence, International Symposium on Stratified Flows, University of Cambridge, UK
• Liu, C. L., A. K. Kaminski, W. D. Smyth (2022), The effects of Boundary Proximity on Kelvin Helmholtz Instability and Turbulence, POA Research Symposium, Oregon State University, USA • Liu, C. L., M. H. Chang, S. Jan, Y. J. Yang, Y. L. T. Matsuno, E. Tsutsumi, T. Endoh, A. Sakai, S. Shimada, X. Guo , J. L. Chen (2019), Numerical Simulation of Kuroshio Topography Interaction Over the I-Lan Ridge, Forthcoming collaborative meeting, Kyushu University, Japan
• Liu, C. L. and M. H. Chang (2017), Numerical Studies of Small Island Wakes in the Kuroshio, Thesis Defense National Taiwan University
• Liu, C. L. and M. H. Chang (2017), Numerical Studies of Small Island Wakes in the Kuroshio, Pacific Asian Marginal Seas (PAMS) Meeting, Session 02, Jeju, Korea
• Liu, C. L and M. H. Chang (2017), Numerical Studies of Small Island Wakes in the Kuroshio, Ocean Sciences Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (winning 1st place in youth forum competition)

Poster Presentations

• Liu, C. L. H. F. Drake (2024), Internal Tide-Driven Mixing at Rough Topography. Ocean Mixing Gordon Research Conference/Gordon Research Seminar, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA
• Liu, C. L., A. K. Kaminski and W. D. Smyth (2024), Turbulence and Mixing From Neighboring Stratified Shear Layers. Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, USA
• Liu, C. L., A. K. Kaminski and W. D. Smyth (2023), Neighboring Shear Instability and Turbulence. Fluid Dynamics of Sustainability and the Environment Summer School, University of Cambridge, UK
• Liu, C. L., A. K. Kaminski and W. D. Smyth (2022), The effects of Boundary Proximity on Kelvin Helmholtz Instability and Turbulence, AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA
• Liu, C. L., A. K. Kaminski and W. D. Smyth (2022), The effects of Boundary Proximity on Kelvin Helmholtz Instability and Turbulence, Ocean Sciences Meeting, virtual
• Liu, C. L and M. H. Chang (2019), Instabilities and Turbulence Mixing in the Strong and Unsteady Flows Over a Sill: A Numerical Study, Ocean Sciences Conference, Taipei, Taiwan
• Liu, C. L and M. H. Chang (2019), Instabilities and Turbulence Mixing in the Strong and Unsteady Flows Over a Sill: A Numerical Study, Pacific Asian Marginal Seas (PAMS) Meeting, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Liu, C. L and M. H. Chang (2016), A Preliminary Study on Green Island Wake with Observation and Numerical Modelling, Ocean Sciences Conference, Taipei, Taiwan