I am a motivated and passionate data scientist with a strong background in both life sciences and research computing. Experienced in working with various technologies and platforms, I aim to leverage my skills and expertise to contribute to innovative health and biotechnology projects.

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Harvard Medical School | Department of Biomedical Informatics

Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics
March 2024

• Thesis: cobraGEMM: A Genome-scale Metabolic Model Assembly and Optimization Pipeline for Analysis of Personalized, Multi-Species Metabolic Models
• Select Coursework: Advanced Data Science, Systems Development for Computational Science, Data Science for Medical Decision Making, Biological Data Analysis

Boston University | College of Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
May 2020

• Certification: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Degree Certification

• MATLAB
• Cytoscape
• IGV
• QIIME2

Data Scientist
September 2022 – Current

• Conceptualized and optimized study designs for ASD biomarker discovery.
• Led NGS-based bioinformatics analyses and contributed to manuscript preparations.
• Mentored student interns and managed IRB documentation processes.

Graduate Student Researcher
January 2023 – December 2023

• Utilized constraint-based reconstruction to predict host-microbiota interactions using Python, R, and Bash.

Data Scientist
June 2020 – September 2022

• Conducted bioinformatics and statistical analyses for probiotic clinical trials.
• Collaborated on a genetic reporting framework for ASD whole genome sequencing data.

October 2018 – June 2020

• Assisted in data entry, statistical analysis, and manuscript development for ASD studies.
• Engineered a Python-based pipeline for microbiome reports.

(For brevity, select a few key publications here; full list available upon request)

• Sherman HT†, Liu K†, et al. (2022). "Carbon monoxide (CO) correlates with symptom severity, autoimmunity, and responses to probiotics treatment in a cohort of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): a post-hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial." BMC Psychiatry. doi:10.1186/s12888-022-04151-3
• Liu K, Kong X-J. (2022). "Altered salivary microbiota and associations with anthropometric growth and behavioral severity in individuals with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) receiving oral supplementation with probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis: a post hoc analysis of a double-blinded, randomized clinical trial." Probiotics & Antimicro. Prot. doi:10.1007/s12602-022-09938-0
• Huang M†, Liu K†, et al. (2021). "Serum Oxytocin Level Correlates With Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder." Front Neurosci-switz. doi:10.3389/fnins.2021.721884

• Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, Coursera, January 2022
• Biomedical Research Investigators and Key Personnel Course, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), October 2021 - October 2024