He received his Ph.D. degree in Biochemical Engineering from the Tianjin University in 2008. Liu's research interests include rational design of affinity ligand, molecular dynamics simulations of the conformational transition of protein and the stability of biomolecules affected by small organic molecules, and molecular simulation of misfolding and aggregation of amyloid protein and multiscale modeling of biological and material systems. He has more than 20 publications of his research in biochemistry and biophysical journals including the Journal of Physical Chemistry B, the Journal of Chemical Physics, the Biochemical Engineering Journal, and the Journal of Chromatography A.