Yue Liu

Dr. Yue Liu is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Director at the Aquatic Germplasm and Genetic Resources Center (AGGRC) of the School of Renewable Natural Resources in Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is an expert in development of interdisciplinary technologies to support preservation and management of genetic resources. These technologies include open hardware, cryopreservation approaches, high-throughput processing, microfluidic systems, assisted reproduction techniques, sperm physiology, gamete biology, machine learning, and electrical-cryobiology. He has participated in dozens of projects for germplasm repository technology development for support of conservation, biomedical research, aquaculture, and fisheries management. He coordinates multiple projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has worked with aquatic species in various user and research communities, such as biomedical research (e.g., zebrafish, Xiphophorus, Ambystoma, Xenopus, Aplysia, Hydractinia), conservation (e.g., goodeidae), aquaculture (blue catfish, channel catfish, and oysters), and algae (e.g., microalgae and macroalgae).

June 2022