Prof. Liu graduated from the School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center in 2005. He received a Ph.D degree from Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and had the postdoctoral training at Yale School of Medicine. He has published more than 160 papers in leading journals such as Nature, Immunity, PNAS, Nat Commun, EID, CID, JID, J Virol (×9) and J Immunol (×9), etc. He is the deputy Editor-in-Chief of Biosafety and Health, and editor for Infectious Dieases & Immunity, Global Transitions, and invited guest editor of Frontiers in Immunology, Viruses, and Science China Life Sciences. He has worked as Chinese Public Health Team leader in Africa during the Ebola epidemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he worked onsite in difference outbreaks for the emergency responses.

The main research focus of his group is the T-cell immunity and molecular epidemiology of emerging and re-emerging viruses, i.e. SARS-CoV-2, influenza viruses etc.

Professor, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention (IVDC), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC); Deputy Director, Chinese National Influenza Center, IVDC, China CDC