Shutang Liu, Ph.D., is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Shandong University. His research focuses on nonlinear theory, control and application analysis in nonlinear dynamical systems, fractal and chaos theory and control, astrophysics, physical oceanography, and marine ecology. He has published nearly 400 papers in top-tier and other academic journals. He has authored five monographs as the first author with Springer. He has led four National Key Fund Projects and over ten different projects, including General Programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He serves as a member of the Chaos Secure Communication Committee of the Chinese Association for Cryptologic Research, Vice Chairman of the Circuit and System Subcommittee of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, a reviewer for Mathematical Reviews of the American Mathematical Society, and a member of the American Mathematical Society.