2012年6月毕业于中国农业大学

华中农业大学任教

国家重点研发计划（No.2017YFD0200400），2017-2020，参加

国家自然科学基金（No.31301906），2014-2016，主持

教育部新教师基金（No.2013014612），2014-2016，主持

湖北省自然科学基金（No.2013CFB205），2014-2015，主持

校科研启动基金（No.2012BQ052），2012-2014，主持

表期刊论文26篇，其中SCI论文22篇1. Xiaoyan Liu*, Nartshuk E. P, Ding Yang. 2017. Chromatopterum (Diptera, Chloropidae), a newly recorded genus from China, and description of two new species. Zootaxa. 4306(2): 279-286.
2. Xiaoyan Liu*, Nartshuk E. P, Ding Yang. 2017. Three new species and one new record of the genus Siphunculina from China (Diptera, Chloropidae). ZooKeys. 687: 73-88.

3. Xiaoyan Liu, E. P. Nartshuk*, Ding. Yang. 2017. First report of wingless grass flies from China (Diptera: Chloropidae) with a key to the Chinese and Oriental species of Elachiptera. Zoosystematica Rossica. 26(2): 329-336.

4. Xin Li, Shuangmei Ding, Peng Hou, Xiaoyan Liu*, Chuntian Zhang*, Ding Yang. 2017. Mitochondrial genome analysis of Ectophasia rotundiventris (Diptera, Tachinidae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 2(2): 457-458.

5. Xiaoyan Liu*, Ding Yang. 2016. Two new species of genus Lasiosina Becker from China (Diptera, Chloropidae). Zootaxa. 4168(2): 382-388.

6. Xiaoyan Liu*, E. P. Nartshuk, Ding Yang. 2015. A new species of Merochlorops Howlett (Diptera: Chloropidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia. 37(4): 285-290.

7. Xiaoyan Liu*, Ding Yang. 2015. Speccafrons (Diptera: Chloropidae: Oscinellinae) newly found in mainland China with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist. 98(2): 563-566.

8. Xiaoyan Liu*, Ding Yang*. 2015. Three new species of genus Apotropina Hendel from China (Diptera, Chloropidae). Zootaxa. 3947(1): 122-130.

9. Xiaoyan Liu, Ding Yang*. 2014. Species of the genus Aragara Walker (Diptera: Chloropidae: Chloropinae: Mindini) from China with key to species of the world. Zootaxa. 3895: 127-136.

10. Xiaoyan Liu, Ding Yang*. 2014. Five new species of Centorisoma Becker from China, with an updated key to world species (Diptera, Chloropidae). Zootaxa. 3821(1): 101-115.