Lijun Qu is a professor in Fiber & Polymer Science of College of Textiles at Qingdao University. She received B.S. degree in Textile Engineering from East China Textile Institute of Science and Technology, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Textile from China Textile University and Donghua University in 1991 and 2005, respectively. She joined Qingdao University as lecturer in 1986, then promoted associate professor, professor. Since 2013, she became associate head of Laboratory of New Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, The Growing Base for State Key Laboratory. During 1996-1997, she worked as visiting scholar at Agrotechnological Research Institute in Netherlands.
Her research interests include graphene-based composite fibers and textiles, their structure-defined preparation, characterization; and their application in functional textile engineering, including electromagnetic shielding, super anti – ultraviolet protective, healthcare purposes in various lightweight applications, etc. .