Maria Liu is an associate professor at UC Berkeley School of Optometry and the founder of the Myopia Control Clinic of UC Berkeley Eye Center. She received her Bachelor of Clinical <edicine from Peking University, her OD from Pacific University, her PhD and MPH from UC Berkeley. She is a world-renowned clinical researcher in the field of myopia and her expertise focus on the impact of complex multifocal environment on emmetropization and myopia development, as well as novel optical and pharmaceutical treatments in myopia retardation.