Summary
Pin Liu is a drug discovery neurobiologist with 12+ years of hands-on experience developing assays, instrumentation, and delivery platforms for oligonucleotide and small-molecule therapeutics targeting pain and CNS disorders. As PI on multiple NIH SBIRs and a leader across startups and industry (now at AbbVie), he has translated all-optical electrophysiology and Optopatch-based high-throughput screening from academic proof-of-concept into industrialized drug-discovery platforms. He pairs deep electrophysiology and pharmacology expertise with practical lab-building, CRO management, grant writing, and quantitative data analysis/programming skills. Notably, he has advanced ASO/siRNA delivery and in vivo intrathecal dosing assays while steering teams through assay validation, PK/PD, and toxicity workflows. Comfortable briefing senior management and scientific advisory boards, he thrives in matrix teams and brings a track record of turning complex neurobiological measurement challenges into deployable screening solutions.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Biology, Ph.D. Biology at Utah State University
Bachelor's degree Biological Sciences, Bachelor's degree Biological Sciences at Nankai University
Postdoc Neuroscience, Postdoc Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School
English, Chinese