Meet Assistant Professor, Dr Chuang LIU,

“Hi, I am Chuang LIU. I received my PhD in Materials Physics and Chemistry from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 06/2021, where I conducted research in Prof. Aiguo Wu’s lab at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering. I am a recipient of the Special Prize of the President Scholarship 2021 from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. I was a visiting PhD student in Prof. Wei Tao’s lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and continued as a Research Fellow thereafter, focusing on mRNA-based therapies for cancer and other diseases. In 2023, I worked in Prof. Khalid Shah’s lab on mRNA and gene-edited cell therapies for cancer immunotherapy. My research interests lie in immunotherapy, particularly for cancer, using modalities such as mRNA, gene-engineered cells and bacteria, and oncolytic viruses. I have published 24 first- and co-corresponding authorship papers in top-tier journals, including Nature Nanotechnology 2025, Nature Reviews Bioengineering 2025, Nature Reviews Cancer 2023, Nature Reviews Materials 2025, Nature Protocols 2022, Nature Materials 2023, Nature Reviews Chemistry (2024 and 2025), Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2025, Advanced Materials, Chemical Society Reviews, Nano Letters, and Angewandte Chemie, etc.”