Sophia Liu

Sophia Liu, Ph.D., currently serves as Core Faculty and Early Independence Fellow at the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard since August 2023. Prior to this role, Sophia was a Graduate Research Student at Harvard University from February 2018 to August 2023, where contributions included co-developing a continuous base editor for mammalian cells and measuring RNA transcription dynamics in Dr. Fei Chen's Lab. Additional experience includes working as a Biomedical Data Scientist at nference, analyzing clinical data for drug targets, and serving as a Teaching Assistant at MIT's Educator Program. Earlier roles involved research at the Broad Institute, Genentech, and SQZ Biotech, with a focus on immunology and microfluidic technologies. Sophia holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Sciences in Chemical-Biological Engineering with a minor in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.