PhD student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Yi-En (Ian) Liao is a Ph.D. student in pharmaceutical science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently working on drug discovery, especially glycan therapeutics, in Dr. Jian Liu's lab. Her research focuses on using synthetic carbohydrates in inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis and ischemia-reperfusion injury. In addition to the work on drug discovery, Yi-En also had experiences as a pharmacist and in clinical trial development.