Mengliang completed his Bachelor of Medicine and MPhil in Ophthalmology and Optometry in China, before undertaking his PhD at the University of Melbourne, which he completed in 2022. His doctoral research focused on neuroimmune interactions in the cornea and the therapeutic potential of Decorin in corneal nerve regeneration. He then worked as a post-doctoral research fellow under the join supervision of Prof Laura Downie (Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences) and Prof Scott Mueller (Doherty Institute) at the University of Melbourne, on a project that redefined understanding of the immune landscape of the human cornea.

Mengliang is currently a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow in Prof Laura Downie’s laboratory, where his primary focus is on research in ocular immunology, with a particular focus on corneal T cell formation and function. He also contributes his expertise in image analysis and biostatistics across multiple clinical and pre-clinical studies within the research Unit.