Maria Liu is a world-renowned clinical researcher in the field of myopia and her focus is on the impact of complex multifocal environment on emmetropization and myopia development, as well as novel optical and pharmaceutical treatments in myopia retardation. Maria Liu is an associate professor at UC Berkeley School of Optometry, and the founder of the Myopia Control Clinic of UC Berkeley Eye Center. She received her Bachelor of Clinical Medicine from Peking University, her Doctor of Optometry from Pacific University, her Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Public Health from University of California, Berkeley.