Professor Dr. Shuying\nLiu (1943.1–2023.11):\nA Devoted Mass Spectrometrist and Esteemed Mentor

A year has gone by, and it is still hard to believe that\nDr. Shuying\nLiu had left us on November 22, 2023. Most her colleagues and friends\nremember vividly her passionate images captured in the talk she filmed\nfor the Chinese Mass Spectrometry Conference 2020–2023 in June\n2023. In that video, Dr. Liu reviewed the progresses made in China’s\nmass spectrometry field over the last 40 years and urged young mass\nspectrometrists to continue the work and forge an even more luminous\nfuture. Dr. Liu dedicated nearly 60 years to mass spectrometry research\nsince 1965. As a renowned scholar, a professor of the Changchun Institute\nof Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Changchun University\nof Chinese Medicine and the founder of Jilin Ginseng Academy, Dr.\nLiu was a frequent and inspiring presence at academic conferences.\nDr. Liu’s talk, as always, resonated deeply with the audience,\nbut nobody knew that would be the very last talk presented by her.\nHer demeanor was brimming with the same zest that had always characterized\nher presence, which made the disheartening news of her passing particularly\njarring. Coming to terms with her departure is no easy feat; we find\nsolace in envisioning her still in our midst, tirelessly dedicating\nherself to the mass spectrometry research she so deeply cherished.