PhD (Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China)
Siran Liu is an associate professor in the Institute for Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology at University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB). He received his PhD from UCL Institute of Archaeology in 2016. His research interests lie with applying advanced material science and geoscience technologies to investigate archaeological remains of ancient pyro-technologies (metallurgy, ceramic-firing, etc), provenancing metal artefacts and interpreting technological choices in historical and environmental contexts. He is currently PI and Co-PI of several projects focusing on the bronze and ceramic industries of Shang period (16th-11th century BC), silver production in imperial China, global silver circulation in the 17th century, and reconstructing firing technologies of ceramics.