![Yi-an Liao](/ImportedImages/Schools/IoP/PONS/people/liao-1.x535b401c.jpg?w=160&h=228&crop=160,160,0,17&f=webp)
Mr Yi-an Liao
Visiting PhD student
Biography
Yi-An is a Ph.D. student at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, International Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry (IMPRS-TP) and an exchange PhD student at the SGDP Centre and PONS Centre.
He holds an MSc degree in neuroscience from University of Göttingen, Germany; and an M.D. degree from National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan.
His major research at PONS Centre involves identification of environmental factors and geographic signatures which affect mental health and brain structure.
Research
![migrant child health_promo](/image-library/Press-Photos/migrant-child-health-promo.xe1cb7cd4.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Developmental Psychopathology Lab
The Developmental Psychopathology Lab is an interdisciplinary group, investigating how stressful environments exacerbate underlying genetic vulnerabilities to affect children’s development.
Research
![migrant child health_promo](/image-library/Press-Photos/migrant-child-health-promo.xe1cb7cd4.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Developmental Psychopathology Lab
The Developmental Psychopathology Lab is an interdisciplinary group, investigating how stressful environments exacerbate underlying genetic vulnerabilities to affect children’s development.