Associate Professor, Head of Laboratory

Member, David Rockefeller Graduate Program in Bioscience

Member, Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology (TPCB)

Member, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program

Ph.D., Chemistry, Harvard University, 2009

shixinliu [at] rockefeller [dot] edu

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Curriculum Vitae

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking Union Medical College, 2012

xju [at] rockefeller [dot] edu

Xiangwu’s research focus is on the interplay between transcription, translation, and RNA degradation in pathogenic bacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Biophysics and Bioinformatics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2014

ywang05 [at] rockefeller [dot] edu

Yukun has broad interests in the fundamental molecular and biophysical mechanisms of gene transcription and protein folding. He is currently applying single-molecule methods to understand the dynamic process of eukaryotic transcription.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Biotechnology, Peking University, 2015

jli06 [at] rockefeller [dot] edu

Jieru has broad interests in biophysics and developmental biology, she is currently applying single-molecule techniques to study transcription dynamics and genome organization.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Biophysics

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 2021

qjia [at] rockefeller [dot] edu

Qi’s research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of chromatin modification and remodeling, and their role in gene expression and repression. He is currently applying single-molecule methods to understand the dynamics of Polycomb repression.

Graduate Fellow, Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology (TPCB)

NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellow

B.S., Bates College, 2018

gchua [at] rockefeller [dot] edu

Gabriella uses single-molecule methods to understand how the chromatin landscape impacts the biophysical properties and behaviors of DNA methyl-binding proteins.

Graduate Fellow, David Rockefeller Graduate Program in Bioscience

(Joint student with the Alushin Lab)

B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020

jwatters [at] rockefeller [dot] edu

John serves as the lab's BBQ pitmaster and is interested in characterizing the biophysical properties of transcription using single-molecule and structural biology techniques.

Research Assistant

Hunter College

hng01 [at] rockefeller [dot] edu

Htet is a research assistant from Hunter College who receives amazing mentoring and education from the wonderful lab members at the Liu Lab. B-)

Undergraduate Research Fellow

Hunter College

schuquimar [at] rockefeller [dot] edu

Supported by the Matter-to-Life program from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Stephany is interested in understanding how mechanical force impacts the fidelity of molecular machines.