Curriculum Vitae

Feng Liu-Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
B200 Sprague Hall, Irvine, CA 92697
949-824-2778
liufe@uci.edu

Education

Graduate 2002 Ph.D (Genetics), Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1992 M.S. (Biology), Peking University, Beijing, China; 2016 (expected) M.S. (Epidemiology), UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
Undergraduate 1989 B.S. (Biology), Peking University, Beijing, China

Academic Appointments

2013-Present   Assistant Professional Researcher, Department of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
2009-2013    Assistant Professional Researcher, Department of Medicine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine School of Medicine.
2007–2009    Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Medicine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine School of Medicine.
2006-2007   Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine/Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine Medical School.
2003-2006    Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California
2002-2003    Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Medicine/Institute of Biotechnology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
1995-2002    Research Assistant, Interdepartmental Genetics Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1992-1995    Instructor of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

Professional Activity

Honors and Awards

1993                Presidential Research Award, 1993, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China.
1994                Excellent Youth Award, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China.
1997                Stadler Fellowship, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
2002                Research Excellence Award, 2002, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
2003-2006    Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Award, 2003-2006, The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
2004                Scholar-in-Training Award, American Association of Cancer Research, Radiation Biology and Cancer: from Molecular Responses to the Clinic, Dana Point, CA
 
2005                Scholar-in-Training Award, American Association of Cancer Research, 96th Annual Meeting of American Association of Cancer Research, Los Angeles, CA.
2007               Travel Award, Pan-American Society of Pigment Cell Research, September, 2007, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2007             Travel Award, Society for Melanoma Research, November, 2007, New York, New York.
2008             Travel Award, International Pigment Cell and Melanoma Conference, May, 2008, Sapporo, Japan.
2011               Faculty Research Award, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, 2011.
2014               Travel Award, International Pigment Cell and Melanoma Conference, September, 2014, Singapore, Singapore

Memberships

 2003-present              American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
2006-present               Pan-American Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR)
2007-present               Society for Melanoma Research (SMR)
2010-present                Society of Free Radical Biology and Medicine (SFRBM)
2011-present                American Chemical Society (ACS)
2012-present               American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO)
2015                           American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
 

Invited Presentations

May 2013   ROS in melanoma etiology and drug resistance. The Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
Sept 2014   A novel combination therapy for melanoma, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China
 

Professional Conferences: Presentation and Attendance

  1. Basis for Emergence of Phenotypic (?) Cellular Resistance after Successful  Treatment  of Melanoma: a Proposed Model(s). Feng Liu and Frank Meyskens. Oral Presentation, PASPCR annual meeting, Sept 2013, Madison, Wisconsin
  2. A Crucial Role for NADPH Oxidase 1 Downstream of NRAS for UV-induced Melanocytes Transformation?       Feng Liu, Tcharles Fagundes and Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. Poster Presentation, PASPCR annual meeting, 9/8-9/11 2013, Madison, Wisconsin
  3. SFRBM 20th, San Antonio, TX. 11/18-11/11/2013. Participant.
  4. Hypoxia Confers drug resistance to melanoma cells. Feng Liu, Tcharles Fagundes, Bobbye Misner, David Aghaian, and Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. Poster Presentation. Keystone Symposium, Sensing and Signaling of Hypoxia: Interfaces with Biology and Medicine (A1).       Brekenridge, Colorado, 1/7-1/12/2014
  5. The NOX enzymes in melanoma development and drug resistance. Feng Liu-Smith, Frank L. Meyskens, The 2014 World Congress on OXIDANTS AND ANTIOXIDANTS IN BIOLOGY-NUTRITION AND REDOX BIOLOGY IN DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH, Davis, California, May 7-10, 2014.
  6. Workshop (selected participants): GMaP Region 6:  Community-based Participatory Research and Career Development Workshop on July 11th 2014, in Seattle, WA
  7. The Nrf2 and Nox1 Mediated Redox Balance In UV-Induced Melanoma Development. Feng Liu-Smith, Frank L. Meyskens International Pigment Cell Conference 2014, 9/4-7, 2014.       Singapore, oral presentation (selected speaker)

Professional Services

2011-2015       Science Fair Judge of approximately 20+ students from 10-20 Middle and High Schools within the Irvine Unified School District.
2014               Ad hoc reviewer for Broad Foundation
2015               Ad hoc reviewer for Hungary National Institute of Health