Education

2004-2009 University of California, Berkeley, USA. (Ph. D. in Bioengineering)

2000-2003 Tsinghua University (M. S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

1995-2000 Tsinghua University (B. E. in Environmental Engineering, B. E. in Computer Technology and Application, double major)

Academic Experience

2018-Present  Long-term Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University

2012-2018       Associate Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University

2010-2012       Postdoctoral researcher, Sandia National Laboratories, California, USA.

Overview of Academic Research

Dr. Liu’s research interests include: 1) developing fully integrated microfluidic systems for point-of-care diagnosis, forensic short tandem repeat analysis, etc; 2) developing high-throughput cell microarray platforms for cell manipulation, culture, and analysis.

Major Honor and Awards

2022   Beijing Outstanding Person in 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

2021 The First Prize of the Science and Technology Award of the Ministry of Public Security

Representative Research Achievements 

1. Shanglin Li, Bao Li, Xinyue Li, Ce Liu, Xiao Qi, Yin Gu, Baobao Lin, Lingli Sun, Lan Chen, Bingqian Han, Jiazhen Guo, Yanyi Huang, Shuangsheng Wu, Lili Ren, Jianbin Wang, Jingwei Bai*, Jianxin Ma*, Maosheng Yao*, Peng Liu* An ultrasensitive and rapid “sample-to-answer” microsystem for on-site monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols using “in situ” tetra-primer recombinase polymerase amplification Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2023: 219, 114816.

2. Yushuai Wu, Kaiyi Li, Yaqian Li, Tao Sun, Chang Liu, Chunhui Dong, Tian Zhao, Decong Tang, Xiaojie Chen, Xiaofang Chen2*, Peng Liu* Grouped-seq for integrated phenotypic and transcriptomic screening of patient-derived tumor organoids. Nucleic acids Research, 2022: 50, e28.

3. Yawei Hu, Xizhao Sui, Fan Song, Yaqian Li, Kaiyi Li, Zhongyao Chen, Fan Yang, Xiuyuan Chen, Yaohua Zhang, Xianning Wang, Qiang Liu, Cong Li, Binbin Zou, Xiaofang Chen*, Jun Wang*, Peng Liu* Lung cancer organoids analyzed on microwell arrays predict drug responses of patients within a week. Nature Communications, 2021:12, 2581.

4. Wanli Xing, Yingying Liu, Huili Wang, Shanglin Li, Yongping Lin, Lei Chen, Yan Zhao, Shuang Chao, Xiaolan Huang, Shaolin Ge, Tao Deng, Tian Zhao, Baolian Li, Hanbo Wang, Lei Wang, Yunpeng Song, Ronghua Jin, Jianxing, Xiuying Zhao, Peng Liu*, Weimin Li*, Jing Cheng* A high-throughput, multi-index isothermal amplification platform for rapid detection of 19 types of common respiratory viruses including SARS-CoV-2. Engineering, 2020: 6, 1130−1140.

5. Zhi Geng, Shanglin Li, Lingxiang Zhu, Zhen Cheng, Min Jin, Baoxia Liu, Yong Guo, Peng Liu* “Sample-to-answer” detection of rare ctDNA mutation from 2 mL plasma with a fully integrated DNA extraction and digital droplet PCR microdevice for liquid biopsy. Analytical Chemistry, 2020: 92, 7240−7248.