2006.9-2010.6  西南林业大学农学（药用植物方向）学士

2011.9-2016.6  中国海洋大学生药学博士

2016.7−2023.9  中国科学院天津工业生物技术研究所助理研究员

2023.9-至今    中国科学院天津工业生物技术研究所副研究员

致力于开发和优化自动化合成生物基因编辑和调控工具以及高通量筛选技术，以期建立枯草芽孢杆菌工程菌种自动化铸造平台，提升菌种设计创制研究的通量与效率；以生物活性分子为目标，从基因和蛋白水平揭示其生物合成途径及其调控机制；在此基础上，采用代谢工程方法与策略提高目标化合物的产量，并理性设计和创造出“非天然”的化合物。

2023年 作为“工程菌种铸造科学设施团队”的一员，获得中国科学院第四届“科苑名匠”荣誉称号；

2016年 山东省研究生优秀科技创新成果二等奖；

2016年 中国海洋大学第十七届优秀博士论文奖

2016年 中国海洋大学2016届优秀毕业生

1. Wang, Y. ^#*, Cheng, H. ^#, Liu, Y. ^#, Liu, Y., Wen, X., Zhang, K., Ni, X., Gao, N., Fan, L., Zhang, Z., Liu, J., Chen, J., Wang, L., Guo, Y., Zheng, P.^*, Wang, M.^*, Sun, J., & Ma, Y. (2021). In-situ generation of large numbers of genetic combinations for metabolic reprogramming via CRISPR-guided base editing. Nature communications, 12(1), 678.
2. Liu, Y., Cheng, H., Li, H., Zhang, Y., &Wang, M.^* (2023). A Programmable CRISPR/Cas9 Toolkit Improves Lycopene Production in Bacillus subtilis. Applied and environmental microbiology, 89(6), e0023023.
3. Liu, Y., Liu, Y., & Wang, M.^* (2017). Design, Optimization and Application of Small Molecule Biosensor in Metabolic Engineering. Frontiers in microbiology, 8, 2012.
4. Liu, Y. ^#, Liu, Y. ^#, Zheng, P., Wang, Y., & Wang, M.^* (2023). Cytosine Base Editing in Bacteria. Methods in molecular biology, 2606, 219-231.
5. Xiao, F., Dong, S., Liu, Y., Feng, Y., Li, H., Yun, C. H., Cui, Q., & Li, W. ^* (2020). Structural Basis of Specificity for Carboxyl-Terminated Acyl Donors in a Bacterial Acyltransferase. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(37), 16031-16038.
6. Liu, Y., Qin, W., Liu, Q., Zhang, J., Li, H., Xu, S., Ren, P., Tian, L., & Li, W. (2016). Genome-wide identification and characterization of macrolide glycosyltransferases from a marine-derived Bacillus strain and their phylogenetic distribution. Environmental microbiology, 18(12), 4770-4781.
7. Qin, W.^#, Liu, Y.^#, Ren, P., Zhang, J., Li, H., Tian, L., & Li, W. (2014). Uncovering a glycosyltransferase provides insights into the glycosylation step during macrolactin and bacillaene biosynthesis. Chembiochem, 15(18), 2747-2753.
8. Liu, Y., Zheng, H., Zhan, G., Qin, W., Tian, L., & Li, W. (2014). Establishment of an efficient transformation protocol and its application in marine-derived Bacillus strain. Science China. Life sciences, 57(6), 627–635.
9. Yu, S. ^#, Price, M. A. ^#, Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Guo, Y., Ni, X., Rosser, S. J., Bi, C., & Wang, M. (2020). CRISPR-dCas9 Mediated Cytosine Deaminase Base Editing in Bacillus subtilis. ACS synthetic biology, 9(7), 1781–1789.
10. Liu, Q. ^#, Ren, P. ^#, Liu, Y., Qin, W., Li, H., & Li, W. (2018). Exploration of the Glycosyltransferase BmmGT1 from a Marine-Derived Bacillus Strain as a Potential Enzyme Tool for Compound Glycol-Diversification. Journal of microbiology and biotechnology, 28(6), 931–937.