Dr. Qinfeng "Sarah" Liu
Room 107-E
Buies Creek, NC 27506
Biography
Dr. Qinfeng “Sarah” Liu joined the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2008. Dr. Liu obtained her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in 2005 from University of Toledo, Ohio, and had postdoctoral training in Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she collaborated with clinicians investigating human proteomic markers for type 2 diabetes and lung cancer.
Dr. Liu serves as course director or co-instructor for PHSC220/220L Quantitative Laboratory Techniques, PHSC410 Analytical Instrumentation, PHSC438/439L Pharmaceutical Methodology & Bioprocessing, PSCI512 Protein Properties and HPLC Theory, PSCI541 Intermediate Biotechnology, PSCI543 Protein Analysis Lab Techniques, PSCI650 Advanced Chromatography, CLNR331 Introduction to Genetic Medicine, and CLNR539 Medical Genomics in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Sciences. In addition, Dr. Liu advises MS students to conduct PSCI610 Research Proposal, PSCI690 Research Project, and PSCI604 Independent Research.
Besides enthusiasm for teaching, Dr. Liu is conducting research in areas of molecular biomarker discovery for disease diagnosis and intervention, drug formulation and delivery, pharmacology and toxicology using a combination of analytical methodology. Her expertise includes bioanalysis, mass spectrometry proteomics, drug and protein/nucleic acid analysis, chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and recombinant protein expression.