Xuanyao Liu is an assistant professor at the section of genetic medicine and in the department of human genetics. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Computational Biology from the National University of Singapore (NUS). She later earned a PhD degree in population genetics from NUS and trained as a postdoctoral fellow in Alkes Price’s group at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on solving problems in complex trait genetics with statistical methods and genomics data. Outside the lab and classroom, she enjoys traveling, climbing, cooking and being a mom of human and fur kiddos.