Prof. Liang has a PhD in Meteorology from the University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China. She is currently working as a professor of engineering at the Shanghai Climate Center. Prof. Liang perviously worked at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in extended range forecast and seasonal climate prediction , and McGill University of Canada in sub-seasonal prediction. Prior to this, Prof. Liang was a Visiting Scholar in climate modelling at the NC State University in the USA.