1999年在中国药科大学获得生药学博士学位

曾先后在南京大学，香港中文大学，上海外国语大学和美国加州大学欧文分校进行博士后研究、进修或作为访问学者

先后主持国家自然科学基金面上项目2项，“十一五”国家“重大新药创制”科技重大专项—创新药物研究项目1项；参加国家科技攻关计划，“十二五”国家“重大新药创制”科技重大专项—创新药物研究项目，国家自然科学基金项目、江苏省高技术项目等9项，主持横向科研项目7项

1. Xiao-Lin Zhang, Li-Fang Liu(Co- first author), Ling-Ying Zhu, Ying-Jia Bai, Qian Mao, Song-Lin Li*, Shi-Lin Chen, Hong-Xi Xu**, A high performance liquid chromatography fingerprinting and UPLC-QTOF mass spectrometry chemical profiling approach to rapidly find characteristic chemical markers for quality evaluation of dispensing granules, a case study on Chuanxiong Rhizoma, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 88 ,391, 2014.
2. Ying-Jia Bai, Ming Kong, Jin-Di Xu, Xiao-Lin Zhang, Shan-Shan Zhou, Xiao-Ning Wang, Li-Fang Liu**,Song-Lin Li*, Effect of different drying methods on the quality of Angelicae Sinensis Radix evaluated through simultaneously determining four types of major bioactive components by high performance liquid chromatography photodiode array detector and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 94, 77, 2014.
3. Lin-Xiu Guo, Rui Li, Ke Liu, Jie Yang, Li Hui-Jun, Song-Lin Li, Jian-Qun Liu, Li-Fang Liu*, Gui-Zhong Xin*. Structural characterization and discrimination of Chinese medicinal materials with multiple botanical origins based on metabolite profiling and chemometrics analysis: Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma as a case study. Journal of Chromatography A, 11425, 129, 2015.
4. Ying-Jia Bai#, Jin-Di Xu#, Ming Kong, Qiong Gao, Li-Fang Liu*, Song-Lin Li*，Discovery of characteristic chemical markers for inspecting sulfur-fumigated Radix Angelicae Sinensis by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography–quadrupole/time-of-flight mass spectrometry based metabolomics and chemical profiling approach, Food Research International, 76, 387, 2015.
5. Sumin Duan#, Jun Xu#, Ying-Jia Bai, Yan Ding, Ming Kong, Huan-Huan Liu, Xiu-Yang Li, Qing-Shan Zhang, Hu-Biao Chen, Li-Fang Liu*, Song-Lin Li*, Sulfur dioxide residue in sulfur-fumigated edible herbs: The fewer, the safer? Food Chemistry, 192,119, 2016.
6. Gui-Zhong Xin#, Bin Hu#, Zi-Qi Shi, Jia-Yi Zheng, Li Wang, Wen-Qi Chang, Ping Li, Zhong-Ping Yao*, Li-Fang Liu*. A direct ionization mass spectrometry-based approach for differentiation of medicinal Ephedra species. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 117, 492, 2016.
7. Li Wang, Zhong-Ping Yao, Ping Li, Si-Bao Chen, Pui-Kin So, Zi-Qi Shi, Bin Hu, Li-Fang Liu*, Gui-Zhong Xin*. Global detection and semi-quantification of Fritillaria alkaloids in Fritillariae Ussuriensis Bulbus by a non-targeted multiple reaction monitoring approach. Journal of separation science, 39, 287, 2016