David currently holds an appointment as a postdoc in the laboratory of Dr. Thea Tlsty at the University of California, San Francisco, where he is part of the National Cancer Institute physical sciences oncology network.
Illustration is an important part of how David communicates science. His scientific illustrations have been published in the journals Science, Physical Review Letters, Molecular Pharmaceutics, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He also designed the logo of the Princeton Physical Sciences Oncology Center.
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
PhD, Physics, 2010
Advisor: Robert H. Austin
MA, Physics, 2007
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
BS, Physics, 2005
Advisor: Robert J. Cave
David has been the recipient of graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation and Department of Defense.
David Liao also has a personal page.