Yuei-An Liou

Yuei-An Liou is a Taiwanese professor at the National Central University.

Education
Liu received a Bachelor of Science from the National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU) in 1987, and a Masters in Atmospheric and Space Sciences from the University of Michigan in 1994. He completed a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan in 1996.

Career
In 2001, Liou established the Graduate Institute of Hydrological Sciences in Taiwan. From 2005–2006, he was the Advisor and Division Director, Science Research Division, National Space Organization (NSPO), in charge of the satellite missions scientific research and development, and planning, including the Formosat-3 space mission. He was awarded the "Contribution Award to FORMOSAT3 National Space Mission" on July 20, 2006 and later in 2006 became the first Chair Professor at Chung-Yun University. He is the Distinguished Professor and Director at the Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University. He has also established and chaired the Master of Science Program in Remote Sensing Science and Technology since 2008.

Liou specializes in Satellite Remote Sensing and Atmospheric Science. He has published numerous papers, including three journal special issues, and one book. He has developed and applied technology to a variety areas, including analyzing satellite images to provide assistance to international disasters including fires in Australia, a cyclone in Myanmar, the Sichuan earthquake in May 2008, and the flood disaster caused by Typhoon Morakot in August, 2009.

Liou has also served as an editor of the Journal of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Aviation since 2009 and the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS) since 2008.

Liou was a member of The Republic of China National Committee for GBIF (Taipei, TAIWAN)) (GBIF, Global Biodiversity Information Facility) from 2011–2014, a member of the Working Group 7, Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network (AP BON, GEO) since 2020 and an advisor to the Public Construction Commission, Executive Yuan of Taiwan from 1994 to 2010. He has been the director of the Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taiwan since 2007, Co-Chairman of the Environmental Monitoring from Space of East Asia (EMSEA) (Japan, Korea, and Taiwan), since 2006, and was an advisor to the Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan of Taiwan from 200 to 2010.

Awards and honors

 * 2009: Corresponding Member, International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
 * 2008: Outstanding Alumni Award, National Sun Yat-sen University
 * 2008: Outstanding Alumni Award, University of Michigan Alumni Association in Taiwan
 * 2008: Foreign Member, Prokhorov Academy of Engineering Sciences, Russian Federation
 * 2007: Honorary Life Member, The Korean Society of Remote Sensing (KSRS)