# Shizhao Lawrence Liu

> Designer/Researcher | HCI PhD Student @ Santa Clara University

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shizhao

## Work Experience
### Research Assistant @ Human-Computer Interaction Lab at Santa Clara University
Jan 2024 – Present | Santa Clara, California, United States
Advised by Professor Kai Lukoff

### Teaching Assistant @ Santa Clara University School of Engineering
Jan 2025 – Present | Santa Clara, CA
TA for CSEN 129 - Human-Computer Interaction (W25, W26)
TA for CSEN 60 - Introduction to Web Technologies (F25)
TA for CSEN 161 - Web Development (F25)

### Grader @ Santa Clara University School of Engineering
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Santa Clara, California, United States
Grader for CSEN 277 - Human-Computer Interaction (Graduate Level)

### Research Assistant @ Syracuse University School of Information Studies
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Advised by Professor EunJeong Cheon

### Product Design Intern @ Cohart
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States

### UX/UI Design Intern @ Arena, a PTC Business
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Foster City, California, United States
Extended Internship Through Fall Semester

### UX/UI Design Intern @ Arena, a PTC Business
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Foster City, California, United States
PTC Summer Internship Program

### Research Assistant @ Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Assistance for Ph.D. Student Sam Goree
Advised by Professor Norman Makoto Su and Professor David Crandall

### Student Artist | Japan-IU Study Abroad Program @ Kyoto University of Art & Design
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Kyoto, Japan
Program Led by Professor Osamu James Nakagawa and Professor David Ondrik


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Human Computer Interaction
Santa Clara University

### Master of Science - MS in Information Science/Studies
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
Indiana University Bloomington

### Oversea Studies in Film/Video and Photographic Arts
Kyoto University of Art & Design

### High School Diploma
Hampton Roads Academy


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shizhaolawrenceliu

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Source: https://flows.cv/shizhao
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/shizhao/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-13