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Di Liu is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University (ASU) in the School of Molecular Sciences and an affiliated member of the Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Nanjing University, a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and completed postdoctoral research at Harvard University as a Merck Fellow. His research focuses on nucleic acid nanotechnology, RNA structural biology, and drug design, with a particular emphasis on leveraging programmable nucleic acids for applications in RNA therapeutics and structural determination via cryo-EM.
Dr. Liu’s research group actively recruits graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduate researchers. Notable achievements include the development of the ROCK method for RNA cryo-EM structural studies and contributions to mRNA vaccine optimization. Awards include the HHMI International Predoctoral Fellowship and Merck LSRF Postdoctoral Fellowship.
