主持国家重点研发计划、中科院院重点部署和国家自然科学基金项目等课题，国家重点研发计划：低累积作物品种筛选与超富集植物间套作修复技术研发

中科院装备研制项目：土壤痕量有机污染物的双脉宽激光解析光谱仪研制

北京市科技计划重大项目：京津冀钢铁行业污染场地修复共性技术与设备研发及集成示范

中科院重点部署项目：京津冀典型工业场地复合污染修复关键技术研发与示范

中国科学院重点部署：复合有机污染场地的原位化学氧化修复技术

国家863计划重大项目：污染土壤快速淋洗装备研制

国家863计划课题：砷污染农田的超富集植物-微生物联合修复技术

中科院院装备研制项目：车载式污染场地原位化学氧化修复装备

国家自然科学基金：植物-微生物联合修复砷-多环芳烃复合污染土壤的方法及机理

国家自然科学基金：砷超富集植物根际对土壤中砷的活化效应与调控

在《Environmental Science & Technology》、《Journal of Hazardous Materials》、《Environment Pollution》等环境刊物发表SCI、EI收录论文40余篇著/译作3篇Sun L, Zhu G H, Liao X Y（通讯作者）. Enhanced arsenic uptake and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-dissipation using Pteris vittata L. and a PAH-degrading bacterium. Science of The Total Environment .2018，624, 683-690.

Liao X Y（通讯作者），Wu Z Y，Ma X，Gong X G ,Yan X L. Interactive effects of PAHs with different rings and As on their uptake, transportation, and localization in As hyperaccumulator. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017

Yan X, Liu Q, Wang J, Liao XY（通讯作者）. A combined process coupling phytoremediation and in situ flushing for removal of arsenic in contaminated soil[J]. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2017, 57(7):104.

Xiaoyong Liao（通讯作者）， Zeying Wu ， Xu Ma ， Xuegang Gong ， Xiulan Yan. Interactive effects of PAHs with different rings and As on their uptake, transportation, and localization in As hyperaccumulator. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017

Sun L, Zhu G, Liao X（通讯作者）, Xiulan Yan. Interactions between Pteris vittata L. genotypes and a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading bacterium (Alcaligenes sp.) in arsenic uptake and PAH-dissipation[J]. Environmental Pollution, 2017, 230:862-870

Liao X Y（通讯作者）, Ma X, Yan X , Lin L Y, Shi P L, Wu Z Y. Transportation and localization of phenanthrene and its interaction with different species of arsenic in Pteris vittata L.[J]. Chemosphere, 2016, 153:307-314.

Liao X Y（通讯作者），Li Y，Yan X L. Removal of heavy metals and arsenic from a co-contaminated soil by sieving combined with washing process. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2016, 41(3):202-210.

Sun L, Liao X Y(通讯作者), Yan X L, Zhu G H, Ma D. Evaluation of heavy metal and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons accumulation in plants from typical industrial sites: potential candidate in phytoremediation for co-contamination. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014, 21（21）：12494-12504

Liao X Y(通讯作者), Zhao D, Yan X L, Huling L S G. Identification of persulfate oxidation products of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon during remediation of contaminated soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2014, 276（9）:26-34.

Chong Z Y, Liao X Y(通讯作者), Yan X L, Sun L, Zhao D, Liang T. Enhanced Desorption of PAHs from Manufactured Gas Plant Soils Using Different Types of Surfactants. Pedosphere,2014, 24(2):209-219

Li P, Liao X Y(通讯作者), Yan X L, Ma D, Cui X Y, Tao H. Mass transfer model of soil vapor extraction under thermal treatment for removing a volatile contaminant. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2014

Zhao D, Liao X Y(通讯作者), Yan X L, Huling S G, Chai T Y, Tao Y. Effect and mechanism of persulfate activated by different methods for PAHs removal in soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2013, 254（12）:228-235.

Liao X Y (通讯作者), Zhao D, Yan X L. Determination of potassium permanganate demand variation with depth for oxidation-remediation of soils from a PAHs-contaminated coking plant. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011, 193（20）: 164-170.

Xie Q E, Yan X L, Liao X Y(通讯作者), Li X. The Arsenic Hyperaccumulator Fern Pteris vittata L. Environmental Science & technology, 2009, 43(22): 8488-8495.

Liao X Y, Chen T B, Xie H, Liu Y R. Soil As contamination and its risk assessment in areas near the industrial districts of Chenzhou City, Southern China. Environment International, 2005, 31(6): 791-798.

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