Social Title：
Member of Biological Resources Committee of Chinese Society of Biological Engineering、Member, Industrial Microbiology Committee, Chinese Society of Microbiology、Academic consultant of key university laboratories in Sichuan province for the Development and Utilization of spice plant resources
Biographical notes：
2018.4-now：Associate professor, School of chemical and biological engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
2012.7-2018.3：Senior engineer, China Food Fermentation Industry Research Institute/China Industrial Microbial Culture Preservation and Management Center
2015.1-2016.12：Postdoctoral Fellow of Maize Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
2009.9-2012.7：Doctor of science in botany, School of Life Science, Capital Normal University
2003.9-2007.7：Bachelor of science degree, School of Biological Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University

1、Studies on the community structure and diversity of endophytic bacteria from the seeds of wild noni in xisha islands with national natural science foundation of China
2、Research on endophytic flora of Beijing high-quality hybrid maize seed and its correlation with host
3、Beijing science and technology new star plan (2014) "study on the endophytic bacterial community structure and diversity of commercial maize seeds in Beijing"
4、Beijing science and technology new star plan 2015 interdisciplinary cooperation project "Beijing high-quality hybrid corn jingke 968 seed physiological ecology and its correlation with endophytic bacteria";
5、Beijing natural science foundation "research on endogenous bacterial diversity of maize seeds and its correlation with host genotype and disease resistance";
6、The project funded by Beijing postdoctoral research fund: screening of biocontrol bacteria and mechanism of disease resistance of maize variety jingke 968.
7、The project funded by Beijing postdoctoral research fund: screening of biocontrol bacteria and mechanism of diseases, hold of maize variety jingke 968.
8、The open project of state key laboratory of hybrid rice is "screening of biocontrol and promoting bacteria and research on disease resistance mechanism of super hybrid rice provenances".

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1. Yang Liu, Nannan Li, Mi Kyung Eom, Peter Schumann, Xin Zhang, Yanhua Cao, Yuanyuan Ge, Ming Xiao, Jiuran Zhao, Chi Cheng, Song-Gun Kim. Bacillus ciccensis sp. nov., isolated from maize (Zea mays L.) seeds. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2017, 67:4606–4611.
2. Yang Liu, Feirong Bai, Ni Li, Weiping Wang, Chi Cheng. Identiication of endophytic bacterial strain RSE1 from seeds of super hybrid rice Shenliangyou 5814 (Oryza sativa L.,) and evaluation of its antagonistic activity. Plant Growth Regulation, 2017, 82:403–408.
3. Yang Liu, Ronghuan Wang, Yinhu Li, Yanhua Cao, Chuanyong Chen, Chuangzhao Qiu, Feirong Bai, Tianjun Xu, Xin Zhang, Wenkui Dai, Jiuran Zhao and Chi Cheng. High-throughput sequencing-based analysis of the composition and diversity of endophytic bacterial community in seeds of hybrid maize planted in China. Plant Growth Regulation, 2017, 81:317–324.
4. Yang Liu, Ronghuan Wang, Yanhua Cao, Chuanyong Chen, Feirong Bai, Tianjun Xu, Ran Zhao, Xin Zhang, Jiuran Zhao and Chi Cheng. Identification and antagonistic activity of endophytic bacterial strain Paenibacillus sp. 5L8 isolated from the seeds of maize (Zea mays L., Jingke 968). Annals of Microbiology, 2016, 66:653–660.
5. Yang Liu, Ran Zhao, Ronghuan Wang, Su Yao, Lei Zhai, Xin Zhang, Chuanyong Chen, Yanhua Cao, Tianjun Xu,  Yuanyuan Ge, Jiuran Zhao and Chi Cheng. Paenibacillus chinensis sp. nov., isolated from maize (Zea mays L.) seeds. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2016, 109: 207–213.
6. Yang Liu, Su Yao, Yong-Jae Lee, Yanhua Cao, Lei Zhai, Xin Zhang, Jiaojiao Su, Yuanyuan Ge, Song-Gun Kim and Chi Cheng. Sphigomonas morindae sp. nov., isolated from Noni (Morinda citrifolia L.) branch. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2015, 65: 2817–2823.
7. Yang Liu, Lei Zhai, Su Yao, Yanhua Cao, Yu Cao, Xin Zhang, Jiaojiao Su, Yuanyuan Ge, Ran Zhao and Chi Cheng. Brachybacterium hainanensis sp. nov., isolated from Noni (Morinda citrifolia L.) branch. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2015, 65: 4196-4201.
8. Yang Liu, Lei Zhai, Ronghuan Wang, Ran Zhao, Xin Zhang, Chuanyong Chen, Yu Cao, Yanhua Cao, Tianjun Xu,  Yuanyuan Ge, Jiuran Zhaoand Chi Cheng. Paenibacillus zeae sp. nov., isolated from maize (Zea mays L.) seeds. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2015, 65: 4533–4538.
9. Yang Liu, Shan Zuo, Yuanyuan Zou, Jianhua Wang, Wei Song. Investigation on diversity and population succession dynamics of endophytic bacteria from seeds of maize (Zea mays L., Nongda108) at different growth stages. Annals of Microbiology, 2013, 63: 71-79.
10. Feirong Bai, Yang Liu*, Ni Li, Su Yao, Jiaojiao Su, Nannan Li, Weiping Wang and Chi Cheng.   Microsporomyces hainanensis sp. nov., isolated from hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) seeds. Current Microbiology, 2016, 73:569–573.

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