Fan Liu

Prof. Dr. Fan Liu

Department of Forensic Sciences, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Riyadh, Ar Riyāḑ, Saudi Arabia
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Biography

Fan Liu, Ph.D., is a Full Professor and Director of the Bioinformatics Center at Naif Arab University for Security Sciences. He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Genetic Epidemiology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he also served as postdoctoral researcher and Assistant Professor. In 2015, he was selected for China Thousand Talents Plan for Young Scholars and later held professorships at the Beijing Institute of Genomics and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Prof. Liu has published over 100 SCI papers, including more than 50 as first or corresponding author, in leading journals such as Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, Current Biology, and American Journal of Human Genetics. His work has received over 4,000 citations (H-index >40) and has been featured in international media. Recognized among the Stanford–Elsevier 2023 World Top 2% Scientists, his research focuses on forensic DNA phenotyping, appearance omics, and multi-ancestry human genomics. He also serves as Executive Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Bioinformatics.

Affiliations

Naif Arab University for Security Sciences

Riyadh, Ar Riyāḑ, Saudi Arabia

Department of Forensic Sciences

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