Ying Liu earned her BS degree from Nanjing University in 2004, master's degree from Nanjing University in 2007, and PhD degree from the University of California, Riverside, in 2012. She is now a professor in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University. Her work in the analytical chemistry field has resulted in 65 papers and 4 patents. She was awarded with a National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars in 2020 and National Research Foundation for Thousand Youth Talents Plan of China in 2015.