{"id":225,"date":"2026-04-08T10:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:09:30","slug":"join-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/join-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"stacks_in_369_page6\"><strong>Graduate Students (PhD and MS)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The prospective students interested in joining the Liu Lab are encouraged to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:lhx@uga.edu\">email Dr. Liu<\/a>&nbsp;directly before applying to a specific graduate program at UGA (<a href=\"https:\/\/ads.caes.uga.edu\/graduate\/programs-of-study.html\">Animal and Dairy Science graduate program<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ils.uga.edu\/\">Integrated Life Sciences<\/a>). Please include a statement of research interest, your CV, transcript, and contact information for three references. Students interested in rotating in the Liu Lab should&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:lhx@uga.edu\">email Dr. Liu<\/a>&nbsp;to arrange a meeting to discuss the lab and our current research interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A new student is joining to the lab in May 2026.No\u00a0openings at the moment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>Undergraduate\/High School<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We strongly encourage students interested in scientific research or related fields to join a lab and get involved in research projects as early as possible. It will not only improve your lab skills and scientific thinking but also help shape your career path.&nbsp;Priority will be given to students who can commit to at least 2 semesters, with a minimum of 12 hours per week. Highly motivated students should <a href=\"mailto:lhx@uga.edu\">email Dr. Liu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"caes-personnel\"><div class=\"personnel-columns personnel-items personnel\"><div class=\"personnel-column\"><div class=\"personnel-item\"><figure class=\"personnel-item-img-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.caes.uga.edu\/personnel\/photos\/2019_HongxiangLiu.jpg\" alt=\"Hongxiang Liu\" class=\"wp-image-980\">\n\t\t\t<\/figure><div class=\"personnel-item-grid-info\"><div class=\" \"><div class=\"personnel-item-grid-info-box\"><h2 class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caes.uga.edu\/about\/personnel\/person\/14915\/hongxiang-liu\">Hongxiang Liu<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"title\"><strong>Professor<\/strong><\/p><\/div><div class=\"personnel-item-grid-info-box\"><p class=\"dept\"><em>Animal &amp; Dairy Science<\/em><br><em><\/em><br><\/p><\/div><div class=\"personnel-item-grid-info-box\"><p class=\"num-phone\"><a href=\"tel:706-542-7048\">O: 706-542-7048<\/a><\/p><p class=\"num-cell\"><a href=\"tel:\">C: <\/a><\/p><p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:lhx@uga.edu\">lhx@uga.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"personnel-item-grid-info-box\"><p class=\"mailingAddress\">E.L. Rhodes Center<br>425 River Road<br>Athens, GA 30602<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"personnel-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Students (PhD and MS) The prospective students interested in joining the Liu Lab are encouraged to&nbsp;email Dr. Liu&nbsp;directly before applying to a specific graduate program at UGA (Animal and Dairy Science graduate program;&nbsp;Integrated Life Sciences). Please include a statement of research interest, your CV, transcript, and contact information for three references. Students interested in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1027,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-sidebar","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-225","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1027"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}