About
Dr Gang Liu obtained his PhD in Prof Phil Hansbro’s lab at Hunter Medical Research Institute and the University of Newcastle (UoN) in 2016. His PhD study is on extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins regulate tissue remodelling and fibrosis in lung disorders, in particular idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) using experimental in vivo and ex vivo models.
He received Lung Foundation Australia/Lizotte Family Research Award for IPF 2016 on ECM in IPF study during his PhD. He did his first postdoctoral training at the same group on mast cells regulate inflammation and airway/lung remodelling in lung fibrosis. He then started his postdoctoral research fellow position from 2017-2019 on tissue remodelling during gut-lung axis at UoN.
Dr Liu started his lecturer position at UTS in late 2019 and joined the Centre for Inflammation at UTS/Centenary Institute as a postdoctoral research fellow to lead the fibrosis research program. He is currently holding the CREATE Hope Fellowship (Scientific) to study lung fibrosis. His current research is to understand the mechanism of lung fibrosis development in IPF and identify novel therapeutic options for this disease.