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Zifei Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering at Kansas State University. He holds a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University (2009), an M.S. from the University of Cincinnati (2005), and a B.S. in Atmospheric Science from Nanjing University (1992). Prior to his academic career, he worked in environmental monitoring in China (1992–2002), trained in Japan, and conducted postdoctoral research at Michigan State University (2009–2011). His research focuses on agricultural air quality, including livestock emissions, prescribed burning in the Flint Hills, climate change mitigation, and data science applications in environmental systems.
Dr. Liu has received notable awards for his thesis work and doctoral research, including the Scarpino Thesis Award (2005) and Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Award (2009). He has served as an Associate Editor for ASABE divisions since 2013, chaired the division’s Paper Awards Committee (2015–2016), and led the multi-state project 'Improving the Sustainability of Livestock and Poultry Production in the United States.' His work integrates meta-analyses, field experiments on emission mitigation technologies (e.g., vegetative buffers, photocatalytic UV/TiO₂ systems), and receptor modeling to address air quality policy challenges.
He teaches advanced courses such as BAE651 Air Pollution Engineering, BAE645 Bioreaction Engineering, and BAE460 Computational & Statistical Tools for Engineers. His academic contributions also include extension publications and leadership roles in professional organizations like AOCABFE (2016–2017). The Air Quality Research and Extension Program under his direction emphasizes practical solutions for balancing environmental and economic sustainability in agricultural practices.
