Dr. Liu received a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics with teacher certification from Hebei Normal University, China, in 2007. She then completed a Master’s degree in Mathematics, specializing in analytic number theory, from Shandong University, China, in 2010. In 2016, she earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics, focusing on algebraic number theory, from Wesleyan University. Following her doctoral studies, Dr. Liu held a two-year Postdoctoral Scholar position at the University of Hong Kong before joining Texas A&M University–San Antonio in 2018 for family reasons.

Dr. Liu has undertaken research visits at several institutions, including the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI/SLMath) in Berkeley, California, the Banff International Research Station in Alberta, Canada, Seoul National University in South Korea, and Imperial College London in the UK, among others.

According to the Mathematics Genealogy Project, Dr. Liu’s academic lineage within 10 generations is as follows: Carl Friedrich Gauss → Johann Franz Friedrich Encke → Karl Christian Bruhns → Hugo Hans von Seeliger → Gustav Herglotz/Otto Ludwig Hölder → Emil Artin → Nesmith Cornett Ankeny → John Sollion Hsia → Wai Kiu Chan → Jingbo Liu.

Dr. Liu’s primary research lies in lattice representation theory and applications to lattice-based post-quantum cryptography. Her recent research work appeared in respected journals, including Bulletin des Sciences Mathématiques, Complex Analysis and Operator Theory, International Mathematics Research Notices IMRN, Journal of Algebra, Journal of Number Theory, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, and Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, among others. In addition, she has made essential contributions to one of the flagship conference proceedings organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR). Dr. Liu has been selected as one of the two recipients of The 2025 Mary Beth Ruskai Research Fellowship, a prestigious honor recognizing her research contributions to the field. Dr. Liu also serves as the sole Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) research award supporting her ongoing work on the mathematical theory of Hermitian lattices to strengthen the cryptanalytic foundations of lattice-based post-quantum cryptographic systems.

Dr. Liu has frequently presented her research at the American Mathematical Society meetings, symposia organized by the Association for Women in Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles and Texas A&M University, College Station, and at international conferences hosted by Imperial College London (the UK), Seoul National University (South Korea), the University of Hong Kong (China), and the University of Sydney (Australia), among others.

Dr. Liu has taught a broad range of undergraduate mathematics courses in the U.S. at both Wesleyan and A&M–SA, including College Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Differential and Integral Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory, Mathematical Proofs, Advanced Probability, Modern Algebra, Number Theory, and introductory Lattice Theory. She is deeply committed to providing high-quality mathematics education and fostering student engagement. Dr. Liu has received multiple institutional awards in recognition of her dedication to teaching and excellence in the classroom.

Committed to excellence in educating, particularly first-generation students, Dr. Liu is dedicated to mentoring rigorous student projects that produce good-quality work. Five of her mentees presented their research findings at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) MathFest undergraduate research sessions (2021, 2023) and the American Mathematical Society (AMS)–Pi Mu Epsilon (PME) undergraduate research sessions at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (2022, 2024).

Dr. Liu served as the sole Principal Investigator and single program Director of the 2023 National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (NREUP): A&M–SA Summer Research Program on Lattice Reduction Theory, funded by the NSF through the MAA. Among the nationwide recipients, only seven institutions were funded in the 2023 MAA-NREUP: five (including A&M–SA) received NSF grants, while two were supported by the private Tondeur Fund.

Selected Publications: (All publications follow the tradition in mathematics research listing authors on joint work in alphabetical order)

1. Qi Han and Jingbo Liu. A short proof of the logarithmic derivative lemma in several complex variables. Complex Analysis and Operator Theory, 19 (2025), Article 92 (12 Pages). (SCIE)                                                                                            https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11785-025-01701-x
   
2. Jingbo Liu. An algorithm for g-invariant on unary Hermitian lattices over imaginary quadratic fields. Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 229 (2025), Article 107916 (11 Pages). (SCI)                                                                                https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022404925000556                                                                                    Additional information can be found at: https://sites.google.com/view/jingbos-number-theory/home-class-4-to-7
3. Cong Ling, Jingbo Liu, and Andrew Mendelsohn. On the spinor genus and the distinguishing lattice isomorphism problem. Advances in Cryptology—ASIACRYPT 2024, Part IV, 329–358. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security. International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 15487. Springer, Singapore, 2024. Rank A (the highest rank)                         https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-96-0894-2_11                                                                                          An interdisciplinary collaborative research on Lattice-based Cryptography supported by rigorous mathematical proofs.
4. Jingbo Liu. g-invariant on unary Hermitian lattices over imaginary quadratic fields with class number 2 or 3. Journal of Algebra, 622 (2023), 636–675. (SCI) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021869322005695             Additional information can be found at: https://sites.google.com/view/jingbos-number-theory/home-class-2-or-3
5. Jingbo Liu and Bruce McOsker* (Undergraduate student). A new proof of Legendres theorem on the Diophantine equation ax²+by²+cz²=0. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.06616
6. Jingbo Liu. On a Waring’s problem for Hermitian lattices. Bulletin des Sciences Mathématiques, 174 (2022), Article 102970 (25 Pages). (SCI) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007449721000269
   
7. Qi Han and Jingbo Liu. Algebraic differential independence regarding the Riemann ζ-function and the Euler Γ-function. Journal of Number Theory, 221 (2021), 109–121. (SCI)                                                                                                https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022314X20300147
8. Ben Kane and Jingbo Liu. Universal sums of m-gonal numbers. International Mathematics Research Notices IMRN, 2020 (2020), 6999–7036. (SCI) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9519216                                                              https://academic.oup.com/imrn/article-abstract/2020/20/6999/5345052?redirectedFrom=fulltext
   
9. Constantin Nicolae Beli, Wai Kiu Chan, María Inés Icaza, and Jingbo Liu. On a Waring’s problem for quadratic and Hermitian forms. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 371 (2019), 5505–5527. (SCI)                     https://www.ams.org/journals/tran/2019-371-08/S0002-9947-2018-07571-7
   
10. Wei Chen, Qi Han, and Jingbo Liu. On Fermat Diophantine functional equations, little Picard theorem, and beyond. Aequationes Mathematicae, 93 (2019), 425–432. (SCIE) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00010-018-0614-z
    
11. Jingbo Liu and Alicia Marino. Strictly regular ternary Hermitian forms. Journal of Number Theory, 168 (2016), 374–385. (SCI) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022314X16300907
    
12. Amy Feaver, Anna Haensch, Jingbo Liu, and Gabriele Nebe. Kneser-Hecke-operators for codes over finite chain rings. Directions in Number Theory, 245–270. Proceedings of the 2014 WIN3 Workshop “Women in Numbers.” Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). Association for Women in Mathematics Book Series, 3. Springer, Switzerland, 2016. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-30976-7_8

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