Zhihao Liu
Laurel,MD
Summary
- Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Adept at working effectively in various environments and quickly mastering new skills.
- Have gained valuable experience in assessing metabolite profile changes and identifying biomarkers in biological samples through nutritional interventions.
- Experienced in the development of robust metabolomic platforms for analyzing dietary supplements and botanicals.
- Have played a pivotal role in validating food and botanical phytochemical identification methods using advanced chemometric approaches.
- Strong publication records in the field of food chemistry.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Postdoctoral Associate
USDA-ARS
Beltsville, USA
07.2019 - Current
- Assessment of metabolite profile changing and biomarkers of biological samples with dietary intervention
- Development of metabolomic platform for analysis of dietary supplements and botanicals
- Development of methodologies for validation of food and botanical identification methods based on chemometric methods,
- Development of methodologies for non-targeted methods for dietary supplements fraud adulteration
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, USA
03.2018 - 07.2019
- Development of LC-MS methods for the new drug candidates
- Preclinical ADME/T evaluation of new drug candidates (Anti-HIV, Anti-TB compounds)
- Gut bacteria in determining drug candidates’ efficacy and toxicity
Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University
Dalian, China
11.2017 - 05.2019
- LC/MS applications in new drug development
- Transporter/CYP450 mediated drug/herb-drug interactions
- Role of drug transporters in drug resistance
- Hepatic protection and anti-cancer mechanism of natural products
- Lecturer in the filed of pharmacokinetics
- Supervisor of undergraduate and graduate students on academic matters
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University
Dalian, China
10.2014 - 11.2017
- LC/MS applications in new drug development
- Evaluation of drug-herb/drug interaction using mass spectrometry
- Lecturer in the filed of pharmacokinetics
- Supervisor of undergraduate and graduate students on academic matters
Education
Ph.D. - Pharmacology
Peking Union Medical College
Beijing, China07-2014
Master of Medical Science - Pharmacology
Dalian Medical University
Dalian, China07-2011
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacology
Dalian Medical University
Dalian, China07-2008
Skills
- Food & Nutrition
- Analytical Biochemistry
- Gas Chromatography/Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
- Analytical Method Development
- Analytical Instruments
- Chemometrics
- Metabolomics
- Multivariate statistical analysis
- Dietary intervention biomarkers
- Pharmacology
Accomplishments
2023 The research article was widely reported by the medias (ACS Food Science & Technology 2 (1), 101-113)
2022 Front cover art for Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 70 (36), 11138-11153)
2022 “Top 10 reviewers ” of British Journal of Pharmacology in 2021
2019 Top 1% reviewers in Pharmacology and Toxicology - (Powered by Publons)
2017 Third prize (International Symposium on Pharmacokinetics at Beijing, China)
2017 Youth Science and Technology Star of Dalian City, China
2016 Editor choice article of the issue (Current drug metabolism 17 (5), 456- 468)
2010 Chinese Young Scientist Travel Award (18th International Symposium on Microsomes and Drug Oxidations).
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Postdoctoral Associate
USDA-ARS
07.2019 - Current
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago
03.2018 - 07.2019
Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University
11.2017 - 05.2019
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University
10.2014 - 11.2017
Ph.D. - Pharmacology
Peking Union Medical College
Master of Medical Science - Pharmacology
Dalian Medical University
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacology
Dalian Medical University
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