Biography:Jia Liu (academic)

Jia Liu is an American assistant professor of bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). He was recognized as one of the world's top "Innovators Under 35" by MIT Technology Review. His areas of research include nanoelectronics, chemistry, biology, and electrical engineering.

Education

In 2014, Liu earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University. The following year, he went to Stanford University to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship. In 2019, he returned to Harvard University as an assistant professor.

Research

Liu's research focuses on utilizing bioelectronics to investigate inquiries in the field of neuroscience, as well as to design diagnostic and treatment approaches for various conditions related to the nervous system and body development.

Selected publications

• Chortos, Alex; Liu, Jia; Bao, Zhenan (September 2016). "Pursuing prosthetic electronic skin". Nature Materials 15 (9): 937–950. doi:10.1038/nmat4671. 
• Liu, Jia; Sun, Zhenkun; Deng, Yonghui; Zou, Ying; Li, Chunyuan; Guo, Xiaohui; Xiong, Liqin; Gao, Yuan et al. (27 July 2009). "Highly Water-Dispersible Biocompatible Magnetite Particles with Low Cytotoxicity Stabilized by Citrate Groups". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 48 (32): 5875–5879. doi:10.1002/anie.200901566. 
• >Deng, Yonghui; Cai, Yue; Sun, Zhenkun; Liu, Jia; Liu, Chong; Wei, Jing; Li, Wei; Liu, Chang et al. (23 June 2010). "Multifunctional Mesoporous Composite Microspheres with Well-Designed Nanostructure: A Highly Integrated Catalyst System". Journal of the American Chemical Society 132 (24): 8466–8473. doi:10.1021/ja1025744. 
• Kim, Yeongin; Chortos, Alex; Xu, Wentao; Liu, Yuxin; Oh, Jin Young; Son, Donghee; Kang, Jiheong; Foudeh, Amir M. et al. (June 2018). "A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve". Science 360 (6392): 998–1003. doi:10.1126/science.aao0098. 
• Wang, Xiao; Allen, William E.; Wright, Matthew A.; Sylwestrak, Emily L.; Samusik, Nikolay; Vesuna, Sam; Evans, Kathryn; Liu, Cindy et al. (27 July 2018). "Three-dimensional intact-tissue sequencing of single-cell transcriptional states". Science 361 (6400): eaat5691. doi:10.1126/science.aat5691. 
• Liu, Jia; Fu, Tian-Ming; Cheng, Zengguang; Hong, Guosong; Zhou, Tao; Jin, Lihua; Duvvuri, Madhavi; Jiang, Zhe et al. (July 2015). "Syringe-injectable electronics". Nature Nanotechnology 10 (7): 629–636. doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.115.