Jiamin Liu was born in Sichuan, China, in 1973. He received the B.Eng. degree in welding technology and equipment, the M.Eng. degree in mechanical design and manufacture, and the Ph.D. degree in precision instrument and machinery from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, in 1995, 1998 and 2001, respectively.

In 2002, he joined the College of Optoelectrical Engineering in Chongqing University, as a Lecturer, and in 2004 became an Associate Professor. His current research interests include pattern recognition, image processing and remote sensing. He has published over 100 papers and holds 16 patents. Since 2014, he has been the Vice Dean of the College of Optoelectrical Engineering.

He is a reviewer of Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Journal of Automatica Sinica, Optics and Precision Engineering.