Chun-Peng Liao

Chun-Peng Liao received the B.S. degree in microbiology from Soochow University, Taiwan, in 1996, the M.S. degree in biological science and technology from the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, in 1999, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. While serving as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Department of Pathology, USC, from 2008 to 2011, his studies were focused on the functions of cancer stem cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts in tumorigenesis, and developing cancer animal models as well as three-dimensional organoid/spheroid cultures. From 2011 to 2012, he was a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher with the Department of Urology, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center and developed methods to isolate and culture circulating tumor cells. Since 2012, he has been serving as a Research Scientist and then a Stuff Scientist with Lawrence Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, USC. His current research interests include cancer-specific biomarkers in liquid biopsy and develops new therapy strategies targeting drug-resistant cancer.