Qing Liu is anAssociate Investigator, PhD Supervisor, and Shenzhen Municipal Talent. She received her master's degree from Wuhan University in 2005 and her doctoral degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2014.From 2017 to 2018, she conducted visiting research at the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, USA.

Her research focuses on the neural circuit mechanisms underlying normal sensory system function, as well as its dysfunction and association with neuropsychiatric disorders

1.Ma L#, Liu Q#, Liu X, Chang H, Jin S, Ma W, Xu F*, Liu H*. Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus Upregulates Intraocular Pressure Via Glutamatergic Neurons. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023;64(12):43. (co-first author)

2.Guo M#, Wang J#, Yuan Y, Chen L, He J, Wei W, Xu F, Liu Q*, Peng M*. Role of adenosine A2A receptors in the loss of consciousness induced by propofol anesthesia. J Neurochem. 2023;164(5):684-699. (co-corresponding author)

3.Wang L, Li X, Chen F, Liu Q*, Xu F*. Organizational Principles of the Centrifugal Projections to the Olfactory Bulb. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24(5):4579. (co-corresponding author)

4.Mohammad H#*, Senol E#, Graf M, Lee CY, Li Q, Liu Q, Yeo XY, Wang M, Laskaratos A, Xu F, Luo SX, Jung S, Augustine GJ, Fu Y*. A neural circuit for excessive feeding driven by environmental context in mice. Nat Neurosci. 2021;24(8):1132-1141.

5.Zhang Z#, Liu Q#, Wen P, Zhang J, Rao X, Zhou Z, Zhang H, He X, Li J, Zhou Z, Xu X, Zhang X, Luo R, Lv G, Li H, Cao P, Wang L, Xu F*. Activation of the dopaminergic pathway from VTA to the medial olfactory tubercle generates odor-preference and reward. Elife. 2017; 6. pii: e25423.

She has published more than 20 SCI papers in journals including *Nature Neuroscience*, *Nature Communications*, *PNAS*, *eLife*, *Cell Reports*, *The Journal of Neuroscience*, and *Pain*.

She has been the principal investigator of one **Young Scientists Fund project** from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and one **Basic Research General Program** from the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission.
As a core member, she has participated in several major projects, including the **National Key R&D Program of China — Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence (2030)**, the Key Program, International Cooperation and Exchange Program, and General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.