The Wall Street Journal reported on November 15 that Liu Jun, formerly a tenured professor at Harvard University and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, has returned to China to assume the role of founding chair of the newly established Department of Statistics at Tsinghua University.
Liu was still teaching at Harvard a year ago and had recently been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He is now conducting research and building academic programs in Beijing, focusing on cutting-edge areas of statistics—fields with significant implications for artificial intelligence and cancer research.
Liu also aims to attract more scholars born in China who have received education at leading American universities to return home. His career shift reflects broader changes in the flow of high-level scientific talent between the United States and China.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1881894681844747/
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