Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2003, Professor Shida Liu is a distinguished Chinese atmospheric scientist and fluid dynamicist whose research has focused on nonlinear atmospheric dynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, and turbulence. Born in April 1938, he graduated from the Department of Geophysics, Peking University, in 1962 and has pursued his academic career at Peking University, where he served as Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Chairman of the Department of Geophysics. He also served two consecutive terms as Vice President of the Chinese Meteorological Society. His research has centred on the mathematical physics of nonlinear wave equations, vortex dynamics, and the application of fractal theory to atmospheric phenomena. He developed the Jacobi elliptic function expansion method for solving nonlinear wave equations, which received the First Prize of the Chinese Physical Society’s Most Influential Paper Award in 2012. His research in nonlinear atmospheric dynamics was recognised with the First Prize of the State Education Commission’s Science and Technology Progress Award in 1990 and the Third Prize of the National Natural Science Award in 1991.