近年来，主持国家自然科学基金4项；协助主持科技部试点专项项目、国家973计划、科技部重大基础研究前期研究专项（973预研）、自然基金重点项目、上海市科委重点项目等多项重大项目。共发表SCI（EI）论文30余篇，已培养研究生15名。
代表性论文专著1.He K, Jia SG, Lou Y,  Liu, P *, Xu, L.X. “Cryo-thermal Therapy Induces Macrophage Polarization for Durable Anti-tumour Immunity”, Cell Death & Disease, 2019， 10.
2.Liu P*, Jia SG, Lou Y, He K, Xu L.X. “Cryo-thermal therapy inducing M1 macrophage polarization created CXCL10 and IL-6-rich pro-inflammatory environment for CD4+ T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity”. International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2019.
3. Rongchang Chen, Ping Liu* (*Co-first author), Tiqiao Xiao, and Lisa X Xu, 2014, “ X-Ray Imaging for a Nondestructive Microstructure Analysis at SSRF”, Adv. Mater., vol. 26, pp.7688-91.
4.17.Kun He, Ping Liu*, Lisa X. Xu*，“The cryo-thermal therapy eradicated melanoma in mice by eliciting CD4+ T cells-mediated anti-tumor memory immune response”， Cell Death & Disease，2017, 8:(3) e2703
5.. Kun Liu, Kun He, Ting Xue, Ping Liu*, and Lisa X. Xu，“The cryo-thermal therapy-induced IL-6-rich acute pro-inflammatory response promoted DCs phenotypic maturation as the prerequisite to CD4+ T cell differentiation”， International Journal of Hyperthermia ，2017,34(3):261-272.
6.Liu P*,He K, Song H, Ma Z, Yin W, Xu LX, 2016, “Deferoxamine-induced increase in the intracellular iron levels in highly aggressive breast cancer cells leads toincreased cell migration by enhancing  TNF-α-dependent NF-κB signaling and TGF-β signaling”, J Inorg Biochem. vol. 160, pp.40-8.