Mingnan Liu

Mingnan Liu, Ph.D., is a Research and Data Science Manager and Quantitative Researcher with extensive experience across technology and academia. They served as the Head of Research for E-commerce at TikTok from 2024 to 2025 and previously managed user research teams at Facebook from 2016 to 2023. Mingnan also worked as a Survey Scientist at SurveyMonkey and has held various research and teaching positions at institutions such as the University of Michigan and Purdue University. Currently, they are a Senior Manager of User Research at LinkedIn and are pursuing a Master's in Sociology at Purdue University.