Dr. Pai Liu is based in our Atlanta office and has experience assisting legal counsel in managing patent protection and other patent prosecution activities. She has experience in evaluating and developing IP protection strategies. Her experience spans a diverse portfolio, including vaccines, therapeutics, and research tools.  Pai also brings experience in marketing IP assets and negotiating IP-related contract of various kinds.

Pai Liu also works as a Licensing Associate at Georgia State University’s Office of Technology Transfer & Commercialization. Her work there includes reviewing, researching, and evaluating new discoveries for commercial value, patentability, and technical understanding. Pai earned her Doctorate Degree from Emory University in Neuroscience. During the research for her thesis, she focused on the molecular mechanism underlying coupling Type 2 Diabetes to Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. Pai also has studied neuroinflammation, aging, and neurodegenerative diseases. She studied neuroscience and behavioral biology during studies culminating in her bachelor’s degree at Emory University, where she was awarded the Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Scholarship and helped optimize rapid purification and detection of enzymes involved in the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

When not working, Pai enjoys baking, oil painting, and going to the gym.