Academic Staff

Dr. Wei Liu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He received his Ph.D. degree in EEE from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2021. Subsequently, he joined HKU as a Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Assistant Professor, and Honorary Assistant Professor. Previously, he also served as a Visiting Researcher with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) in 2019. In September 2023, Dr. Liu joined the Department of EEE, PolyU, where he currently serves as the Manager of Research Centre for Electric Vehicles, Core Member of Policy Research Centre for Innovation and Technology, Member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC), and Member of Departmental Impact and Publicity Committee (DIPC). His research interests include electric vehicle technologies, power electronics with artificial intelligence, wireless power transfer, biomedical power electronics, and power semiconductor devices. He has been listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University according to single-year citation impact in the field of EEE since 2023 (Top 0.28% in 2026).

Dr. Liu has published approximately 110 international journal papers (including Nature Portfolio and IEEE Transactions journals) and one book chapter. He was the recipient of two Gold Medals with Congratulations of the Jury in the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, the Power Engineering Prize from HKU, the Second Place Prize Paper Award of IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (JESTPE), as well as Excellent Paper Awards and Best Presentation Award from international conferences in the area of Electric Vehicles and Transportation Electrification. He is a Guest Associate Editor of IEEE JESTPE, an Associate Editor of international journals, and a Technical Program Chair/Session Chair of international conferences.

• Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong