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Education:

2015 (anticipated)

B.S.E. Chemical Engineering, Pre-Medicine. Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. B.A. Economics - Quantitative Track. College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

Current Research:

Comparison of Xylella fastidiosa gene expression when cultured in microfluidic chambers and flasks.

Awards and Fellowships:

• Summer 2014 - Spring 2015 - AU Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• 2013 - 1st Place Undergraduate Oral Presentation, 99^th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology
• Summer 2013 - AU-CMB Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship
• Spring 2013 - Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Pumphrey Award
• Spring 2012 - Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Most Outstanding First Year Award
• Fall 2012 - Phi Kappa Phi Most Outstanding First Year Award
• Fall 2011-present - Auburn University Honors College
• Fall 2011-present - Auburn National Scholars Presidential Scholarship
• Fall 2011-Fall 2012 - Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Dean's List

Selected Abstracts:

• 2014 - Liu, L.Y., J.K. Parker, and L. De La Fuente. Optimization of bacterial RNA yields from microfluidic chambers. Oral Presentation: Auburn University Research Week 2014, Auburn, AL, April 14-17.
• 2013 - Liu, L.Y., J.K. Parker, and L. De La Fuente. Designing microfluidic chambers with increased surface area for analysis of bacterial transcriptomes. Oral Presentation: 99^th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Auburn, AL, Nov. 7-9.