Professor
Jia LIU

Professor Liu received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University in 2014 and completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford University in 2018. He joined the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as an Assistant Professor in 2019 and joined the University of Hong Kong as a Full Professor in 2026.

 

His laboratory develops tissue-integrated intelligent bioelectronic systems that merge flexible and soft electronics with living tissues and combine multimodal, in situ characterization with deep learning and agentic AI to decode and control biological processes. His research spans tissue-like bioelectronics, flexible brain–computer interfaces, cyborg organoids, AI-driven multimodal analysis, and tissue functional control, with applications in understanding neural dynamics, organ function, and disease mechanisms.

 

Professor Liu has pioneered new paradigms in bioelectronics, establishing foundational advances in soft electronic materials, tissue-like electronic architectures, flexible brain–computer interfaces, and AI-integrated bioelectronic systems.

 

Selected Honors and Awards

• NIH/NIDDK Catalyst Award (DP1, NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program) (2026)

• NSF CAREER 2026

• Inventor Under 35 (Global List) by MIT Technology Review (2022)

• AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award (2022) 

• NIH/NIDDK Catalyst Award (DP1, NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program) (2021)

• Aramont Fellowship (2019)

• Most Notable Chemistry Research Advances by C&EN (2015)

• Top 10 World Changing Ideas by Scientific American (2015)

• Harvard Fieser Lectureship Award (2012)

• Hui-Chun Chin and Tsung-Dao Lee Fellowship (2007-2008)