Arren Liu

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland, Baltimore
EBRC SPA VP of Engagement

Arren Liu is a postdoctoral fellow in the Özçam Lab at the Center for Advanced Microbiome Research and Innovation (CAMRI) Center at UMB. He received a B.S. in Genetics at Purdue University and then completed a Ph.D. in Biological Design at Arizona State University, where he worked with Dr. Arul Varman and Dr. David Nielsen on metabolic engineering of microbes to biomanufacture chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. Before joining the Özçam Lab, he completed a postdoc in the Lynch Lab at Johns Hopkins University, where he worked on developing genetic tools for microbiota. Arren is also a part of the Opportunity and Belonging committee for the Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, board games, and Improv.