Meet Our Team: Yunshi Liao

Yunshi is a Post-Doctoral Fellow working with Tommy Lam for the Mosquito-borne Viruses: Epidemiology, pathogenesis and interventions program.

• What is your background?

After completing my MPhil in Biology degree at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, I pursued my PhD at the School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, focusing on epidemiology and evolution of mosquito vectors and their arboviruses.

• What is your research interest?

My research interest is on the evolution and ecology of emerging infectious pathogens, especially mosquito-borne viruses, and population genetics of mosquito vectors. I am also engaged in the study of the application of novel technology in mosquito control and virus identification.

• Working at C2i

Currently, I am a Post-Doctoral Fellow working with Dr. Tommy Lam for the Mosquito-borne Viruses: Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and interventions program. My research mainly focuses on diversity and prevalence of arboviruses in Hong Kong, genomics of mosquito vectors and vector-virus interaction.