Professor Liping Liu is Director of the Neurointensive Care Unit, Neurology and Stroke Center, Beijing Tiantan Hospital. She trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University Medical School. Prof. Liu has been engaged in clinical and basic research on the emergency treatment of cerebrovascular diseases and neurointensive care. Professor Liu is Chair of the Chinese Society of Critical Care for Stroke, Fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society, committee member of World Stroke Organization Committee and European Stroke Organization Committee, standing committee member of Chinese Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, member of the Neurocritical Care Committee of Chinese Society of Neurology, and member of the Neurocritical Care Specialist Committee of China Neurologist Association. Professor Liu is an editorial board member for Stroke (as well as leading the Chinese edition), Neuroepidemiology, and Journal of Stroke. Prof. Liu is responsible for several research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, China Natural Science Foundation, and Ministry of Education and Beijing Scientific Committee. Professor Liu has authored over 200 papers in scientific journals. She has also written numerous books and chapters on stroke and neurointensive care.