Wei Liu, PhD

Dr. Wei Liu is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and in the Department of Genetics in Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He earned his Ph.D. degree in the Institute of Biophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences, and he received his postdoctoral training in St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Liu's research interests are molecular mechanisms of retinal cell differentiation and related retinal diseases, aiming at bringing the field closer to stem-cell-based regenerative medicine in treating retinal diseases.