2019    University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering    Ph.D.

2015    University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering    M.S.

2014    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Mechanical Engineering    B.S.

2022 - Pres.    UM-SJTU Joint Institute,  SJTU    Assistant Professor

2019 - 2021    Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic-Rocheste    Postdoc

2018 - 2019    Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan    Postdoc

• Biomedical manufacturing

• Interventional medical devices

• Brain-computer interface

• Liu Y, Gebrezgiabhier D, Zheng Y, Shih AJ, Chaudhary N, Pandey AS, et al. (2022) Arterial collapse during thrombectomy for stroke: clinical evidence and experimental findings in human brains and in vivo models. American Journal of Neuroradiology 43(2): 251-257. Editor’s choice

• Liu Y, Brinjikji W, Abbasi M, Dai D, Arturo Larco JL, Madhani SI, et al. (2021) Quantification of Clot Spatial Heterogeneity and Its Impact on Thrombectomy. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. (Ahead of print)
  

• Liu Y, Arturo Larco JL, Madhani SI, Shahid AH, Quinton RA, Kadirvel R, et al. (2021) A thrombectomy model based on ex vivo whole human brains. American Journal of Neuroradiology 42 (11):1968-1972. Editor’s choice and featured on the journal cover

• Liu Y*, Gebrezgiabhier D*, Reddy AS, Davis E, Zheng Y, Arturo Larco JL, et al. (2021) Failure Modes and Effects Analysis of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Stroke Discovered in Human Brains. Journal of Neurosurgery136(1):197-204.

• Liu Y, Abbasi M, Arturo Larco JL, Kadirvel R, Kallmes DF, Brinjikji W, et al. (2021) Preclinical testing platforms for mechanical thrombectomy in stroke: a review on phantoms, in-vivo animal, and cadaveric models. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery 13(9): 816-822. Featured on the journal cover

• Ding YH*, Fitzgerald S*, Liu Y*, Dai D, Jakaitis D, Doyle KM, et al. (2021) A Novel Rabbit Thromboembolic Occlusion Model. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery13(11): 1040-1043.

• Gebrezgiabhier D*, Liu Y*, Reddy AS, Davis E, Zheng Y, Shih AJ, et al. (2021) A human brain test bed for research in large vessel occlusion stroke. Journal of Neurosurgery 135(4):1072–1080.

• Liu Y, Zheng Y, Reddy A, Shih AJ, Chaudhary N, Gemmete J, et al. (2020) Analysis of human emboli and thrombectomy forces in large vessel occlusion stroke. Journal of Neurosurgery 134(3):893-901.

• Liu Y, Reddy A, Cockrum J, Ajulufoh M, Zheng Y, Shih AJ, et al. (2020) Standardized fabrication method of human-derived emboli with histologic and mechanical quantification for stroke research. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases 29(11):105205.

• Liu Y, Zheng Y, Li ADR, Liu Y, Savastano LE, Shih AJ (2019) Cutting of blood clots – experiment and smooth particle Galerkin modelling. CIRP Annals 68(1):97-100.