Zhiyi Liu got his Bachelor degree from Minzu University of China in 2007, and his Doctor degree from Tsinghua University in 2013. Then he became a post-doctor at Tufts University and Massechusetts General Hospital, Harvard University until 2018. Zhiyi Liu is currently a ZJU100 Young Professor at College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University. He works on the biomedical imaging of tissues relying on endogenous contrast. By exploring the quantitative characteristics of both cells and extracellular matrix, he is trying to gain a better understanding of cell-matrix interactions during the progression of diseases.