{"id":32,"date":"2026-03-06T11:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:09:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:09:38","slug":"current","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/lab-members\/current\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Principal Investigator<\/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\">706-542-7048<\/a><\/p><p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:lhx@uga.edu\">lhx@uga.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"personnel-item-grid-info-box\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"personnel-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table caes-extended-core-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><tbody><tr><td>Dr. Hong-Xiang Liu received her MD and MSc in Neurophysiology from Zhengzhou University and a PhD in Neuroscience from Peking University. Her early research investigated the roles of neuropeptides in spinal modulation of inflammatory and neuropathic nociception using rodent models. Over the past 25 years, her work has focused on developmental and regenerative bioscience, particularly the development and maintenance of taste papillae and taste buds using transgenic mouse models and cell, organ, and organoid-based culture systems.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded caes-fac-headshot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1195\" height=\"1209\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/03\/Md-Mamunur-Rashid.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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has-text-align-center\">Tasnim Afroz Hoque Rifat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"mailto:tr39774@uga.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded caes-fac-headshot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/05\/Meckenna-headshot-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/05\/Meckenna-headshot-1.jpeg 1800w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/05\/Meckenna-headshot-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/05\/Meckenna-headshot-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/05\/Meckenna-headshot-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/05\/Meckenna-headshot-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-92b9201d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Mckenna Travis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"McKenna.Travis@uga.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded caes-fac-headshot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1213\" height=\"1260\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/04\/Maddie-e1775768373379.jpg\" alt=\"female student\" class=\"wp-image-236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/04\/Maddie-e1775768373379.jpg 1213w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/04\/Maddie-e1775768373379-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/04\/Maddie-e1775768373379-986x1024.jpg 986w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/04\/Maddie-e1775768373379-768x798.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1213px) 100vw, 1213px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-92b9201d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Madeline O&#8217;Brien<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"mailto:madelinerobrien@gmail.com\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded caes-fac-headshot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1072\" height=\"1430\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/04\/Sahiti.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/04\/Sahiti.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/04\/Sahiti-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/liulab\/files\/2026\/04\/Sahiti-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-92b9201d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Sridurga Ganji<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"mailto:ssg70476@uga.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query caes-fac-query-loop-one is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-473 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-469 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-271 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div 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Her early research investigated the roles of neuropeptides in spinal modulation of inflammatory and neuropathic nociception using rodent models. 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