Chao Liu
Senior Principal Scientist at Freelance
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolChao Liu is a Senior Principal Scientist with 11 years of experience leading development of advanced optical imaging technologies across neuroscience, cancer, and oral health. He holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota and completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Martinos Center (MGH/Harvard) and the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, contributing to NIH programs including the BRAIN Initiative. Chao has pioneered systems such as large-scale polarization-sensitive OCT, three-photon microscopy, and dynamic OCT, translating lab prototypes into clinical and product-focused programs at Elephas and Colgate-Palmolive. He has a track record of publishing first-authored papers, securing grants, mentoring junior researchers, and filing provisional patents while managing interdisciplinary teams. Now based in the New York City area, he combines academic collaborations with industry R&D to push label-free imaging toward practical assessments of gingival and cancer tissue health. Outside his optics work he also pursues interests in population genetics and bioinformatics, reflecting a quantitative curiosity that informs his imaging analytics.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering at University of MinnesotaBachelor of Engineering - BE, Laser and Optical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Laser and Optical Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
English, French, Chinese
Github Skills (24)
next-generation-sequencing10
crossword9
pipeline9
sequencing9
sequence9
genomics9
bioinformatics8
genetics7
python7
automation6
evolutionary6
shell5
stable5
biology5
bash4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
NCBI-Hackathons/FlowBio
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:88 commits, 70 pushes in 29 days
ChaochihL/Linux-NGS_Tutorial
Apr 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:24 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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