Zhu Liguang, a professor and a doctoral supervisor, is the Secretary of the CPC Committee of Hebei University of Science and Technology. He has long been engaged in research on quality control over smelting, continuous casting and billets of clean steel, and oxide metallurgy. Included in the national-level "Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talent Project in the New Century" of China, Professor Zhu has been awarded the title of "Excellent Talent of the New Century" by the Ministry of Education of China, and is now one of the "Outstanding Experts under Direct Management of the Government of Hebei Province", the "Top-Notch Professional and Technical Talents of Hebei Province", the "Outstanding Young and Middle-Aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions of Hebei Province", the "Top-Level Talents of the 333 Talents Project of Hebei Province", and the "Famous Teachers of Hebei Province". He enjoys a special allowance from the State Council of China. He also serves as Member of the Metallurgical Artificial Intelligence Academic Board of the Chinese Society for Metals, Vice President of the Hebei Society for Metals, and member of the editorial boards of the "Iron and Steel", "Steelmaking", "Continuous Casting" and "China Metallurgy" magazines.

Professor Zhu has undertaken more than 50 scientific and technological research projects at the national, provincial and large and medium-sized enterprise levels, with 20 scientific research achievements passing provincial and ministerial appraisals and 11 achievements honored by the Hebei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Awards. Among the achievements honored by the provincial awards, 5 won the first prizes, and 6 won the second or third prizes. The first-prize research projects include: "Development and Application of Key Technologies for Hulls Welded Using High Heat Input Based on Oxide Metallurgy", "High-Speed Continuous Casting Solidification and Control Technology", "Innovation in Production Process of Cold-Rolled Base Materials Using 100-Ton Converter Process", "Key Technologies for Purification and Flawless Solidification of Steel", and "Innovation in Mass Production Technology for Ultra-Thin Specification Hot-Rolled Sheet Coils on Sheet Billet Continuous Casting and Rolling Production Lines". The projects that have won the second or third prizes include: "Development of Short-Process, High-Carbon Content Steel Production Processes for FTSR Sheet Billets", "Development and Application of Variety Steel Smelting and Continuous Casting Technology in Converter Steelworks", "Research on Solidification Characteristics and Casting Mold Optimization of High-Speed Continuous Casting", "Development of Continuous Casting Series Casting Powder", "Research on Wear Behaviors and Prediction Systems of Sheet Billet Continuous Casting and Rolling Rolls" and "Innovation and Application of One-Button Automatic Steelmaking Technology for Small and Medium-Sized Converters". He has received multiple provincial-level prizes for his teaching achievements, including two first prizes, one second prize, and one third prize. In addition, Professor Zhu has published over 300 papers and 5 works, and has been granted over 30 patents.