Liu Xin carried out his Ph.D. studies in mammalian embryonic development at the Northwest A&F University, and post-doctoral studies at the Huazhong Agricultural University.
He became associate researcher and master's supervisor at the Huazhong Agricultural University in 2021, and became doctoral supervisor in 2022.
He is still focusing on the early embryonic development of mammals via multi-omics, and establishing techniques to conquer the development barriers of nuclear transfer embryos.