Dr Liu is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences. Before joining The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in August 2022, she was a Post-doctoral Fellow in the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Psychology at The University of Hong Kong.

Dr Liu’s research interest mainly focuses on the dynamic neural processes supporting memory encoding, consolidation (during both wake and sleep states), and retrieval in young and older adults. She is also interested in enhancing memory via brain stimulation (e.g., tDCS, tACS, and deep brain stimulation), target memory reactivation during sleep, and cognitive training. She adopts several neural imaging techniques, including scalp EEG, intracranial EEG, MEG, and fMRI in her research. 

Her work appeared in renowned international journals, including but not limited to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Science advances, Nature Communications, and Journal of Neuroscience.

• Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience, Beijing Normal University
• Visiting graduate student, Ruhr University Bochum
• BSc in Psychology, South China Normal University
• Visiting Undergraduate student, Kansas State University