1996年9月－1999年7月 中国科学院水利部水土保持研究所硕士研究生，1999年获理学硕士学位。

1992年9月－1996年7月 西北农林科技大学资源环境学院学习，1996年获农学学士学位。

2003年6月－2005年3月 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所，博士后。

2005年4月－2010年12月 中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所，副研究员。

2011年7月－2012年7月 美国亚利桑那大学树轮实验室访问学者。

2011年1月－今 中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所，研究员，博士生导师。 

2) Xiaohong Liu, Wenling An, K Treydte et al., 2012. Regional Cloud Cover and SST Variations Recorded in Tree-ring δ18O of a Temperate Forest in Southwestern China. Chemical Geology, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.10.001.

3) Xiaohong Liu, Liangju Zhao, Tuo Chen, et al., 2011. Combined tree-ring width and δ13C to reconstruct snowpack depth: a pilot study in the Gongga Mountain, west China. Theor Appl Climatol 103, 133-144.

4) Xiaohong Liu, Xuemei Shao, Eryuan Liang et al., 2009. Climatic significance of tree-ring δ18O in the Qilian Mountains, northwestern China and its relationship to atmospheric circulation patterns. Chemical Geology 268, 147-154

5) Xiaohong Liu, Xuemei Shao, Wang Lily, et al., 2008. Response and dendroclimatic implications of δ13C in tree rings to increasing drought on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research 113, G03015, doi: 10.1029/2007JG000610

6) Xiaohong Liu, Xuemei Shao, Liangju Zhao, et al., 2007. Dendroclimatic temperature record derived from tree-ring width and stable carbon isotope chronologies in the middle Qilian Mountains, China. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research 39(3), 651-657

7) Xiaohong Liu, Xuemei Shao, Eryuan Liang et al., 2007. Species-dependent responses of juniper and spruce to increasing CO2 concentration and to climate in semi-arid and arid areas of northwestern China. Plant Ecology, 193: 195-209

8) Xiaohong Liu, Xuemei Shao, Lily Wang, et al., 2007. Climatic significance of the stable carbon isotope composition of tree-ring cellulose: comparison of Chinese hemlock (Tsuga chinensis Pritz) and alpine pine (Pinus densata Mast) in a temperate-moist region of China. Science in China series D- Earth sciences 50(7): 1076-1085.

9) Xiaohong Liu, Liangju Zhao, Menassie G, et al., 2007. Foliar δ13C and δ15N values of C3 plants in the Ethiopia Rift Valley and their environmental controls. Chinese Science Bulletin 52(9): 1265-1273

10) Xiaohong Liu, Dahe Qin, Xuemei Shao, et al., 2005. Temperature Variations Recorded in Tree-rings of Middle Qilian Mountains during the Last Millennium. Science in China, series D- Earth sciences 2005, 8: 521-529

11) Xiaohong Liu, Dahe Qin, Xuemei Shao, et al., 2003. Climatic significance of stable carbon isotope in tree-rings of Abies spectabibis in south-eastern Tibet. Chinese Science Bulletin 48(18): 2000-2004

12) Xiaohong Liu, Wenling An, Eryuan Liang, et al., 2011. Spatiotemporal variability in tree ring’s δ13C of Picea crassifolia in the Qilian Mountains: climatic significance and responses to rising CO2. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions 3(2), 93-102

13) Wenling An, Xiaohong Liu *, Steven W. Leavitt, et al., 2012. Specific climatic signals recorded in earlywood and latewood δ18O of tree rings in southwestern China. Tellus B 64, 18703

14) Wenzhi Wang, Xiaohong Liu*, Wenling An., Guobao Xu., Xiaomin Zeng. 2012. Increased intrinsic water-use efficiency against the persisting decreased tree-radial growth in eastern part of northwestern China: causes and implications. Forest Ecology and Management, 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.02.027

15) Xu Guobao, Chen Tuo*, Liu Xiaohong*, Jin Liya, An Wenling, Wang Wenzhi. 2011. Summer temperature variations recorded in tree-ring δ13C values in the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau. Theory Appl Climatol 105, 51-63

16) Guobao Xu, Tuo Chen, Xiaohong Liu*, Wenling An, Wenzhi Wang, Hanbo Yun. 2011. The Possible Linkages between the Moisture Variability on the northeastern Qaidam Basin, China Since 1800AD and the East Asian Summer Monsoon Reflected by Tree-ring δ18O. Journal of Geophysical Research 116, D09111, doi: 10.1029/2010JD015053

17) Wenzhi Wang, Xiaohong Liu*, Xuemei Shao, et al. 2011. A 200-yr temperature record from tree-ring δ13C at the Qaidam Basin of the Tibetan Plateau after identifying the optimum method to correct for changing atmospheric CO2 and δ13C. Journal of Geophysical Research 116, G04022, doi:10.1029/2011JG001665

18) Guobao Xu, Xiaohong Liu*, Dahe Qin, et al. 2013. Climate warming and increasing atmospheric CO2 have contributed to increased intrinsic water-use efficiency on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau since 1850. Trees - Structure and Function, DOI 10.1007/s00468-013-0855-3.

19) Wenzhi Wang, Xiaohong Liu*, Guobao Xu, et al., 2013. Moisture variations during last millennium reflected by tree-ring δ18O in the Qaidam Basin. Chinese science bulletin (Accepted)

20) Eryuan Liang, Xuemei Shao, Xiaohong Liu. 2009. Annual precipitation variation inferred from tree rings since AD 1770 for the western Qilian Mountains, northern Tibetan Plateau. Tree-ring Research 65(2)：95-103

21) Eryuan Liang, Xiaohong Liu, Yujiang Yuan, et al. 2006. The 1920s drought recorded by tree rings and historical documents in the semi-arid and arid areas of northern China. Climatic Change 70: 403-432,

22) Eryuan Liang, Xuemei Shao, D Eckstein, Xiaohong Liu. 2006. Topography- and species-dependent growth responses of Sabina przewalskii and Picea crassifolia to climate on the northeast Tibetan Plateau. Forest Ecology and management 26: 268-277

23) Eryuan Liang, Xuemei Shao, D Eckstein, Xiaohong Liu. 2010. Spatial variability of tree growth along a latitudinal transect in the Qilian Mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Can J For Research 40: 200-211

24) Liangju Zhao, Honglang Xiao, Xiaohong Liu, et al., 2010. Correlations between δ13C and δ15N in C4 and C3 plants of natural and artificial sandbinding microhabitats in the Tengger Desert of China. Ecological Informatics 5, 177-186, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.08.004.

25) Liangju Zhao, Honglang Xiao, Xiaohong Liu, et al. 2007. Correlations of foliar Delta with K concentration and ash content in sand-fixing plants in the Tengger Desert of China: patterns and implications. Environmental Geology 51(6): 1049-1056

26) 刘晓宏, 刘禹, 徐国保, 等 (2010) 树木年轮稳定同位素分析样品前处理方法探讨. 冰川冻土, 32(6): 1242-1250.

27) 刘晓宏, 安文玲, 梁尔源, 等 (2010) 祁连山青海云杉树轮δ13C的时空变化及其气候意义. 冰川冻土, 32(04): 666-676.

28) 王文志, 刘晓宏*, 陈拓, 等 (2010). 基于祁连山树轮宽度指数的区域NDVI重建. 植物生态学报, 2010，34(9): 1033-1044.

29) 徐国保, 刘晓宏*, 陈拓, 等（2009）新疆哈密八大石森林上限树轮记录的温度变化信息. 山地学报，04: 402-410.

30) 安文玲, 刘晓宏*, 陈拓,等（2009）云南丽江树轮δ18O记录的大气环流变化信息。地理学报64(09): 1103-1112.

31) 贠汉伯, 陈拓, 刘晓宏, 等 (2010) 祁连山青海云杉叶片δ13C特征及其与生理指标关系. 冰川冻土, 32(1): 152-156.

32) 刘晓宏, 邵雪梅, 王丽丽, 等 (2007) 温暖湿润区铁杉和高山松树轮δ 13C 的气候意义. 中国科学 D 辑: 地球科学, 37(4): 544-552.

33) 刘晓宏，赵良菊，Menassie Gasaw，等 (2007) 东非大裂谷埃塞俄比亚段内C3植物叶片的δ13C和δ15N及其环境指示意义。科学通报，52(2): 199-206

34) 刘晓宏，秦大河，邵雪梅，等 (2004) 祁连山中部近千年温度变化的树轮记录。中国科学（D）：2004，34(1)：89－95

35) 刘晓宏，秦大河，邵雪梅，等 (2003) 西藏喜马拉雅冷杉年轮δ13C气候意义。科学通报, 2003, 48(11): 1209-1213

36) 刘晓宏，秦大河，邵雪梅，等 (2002) 西藏林芝冷杉树轮稳定碳同位素对气候的响应。冰川冻土，24（5）：574－57

37) 刘晓宏，秦大河，邵雪梅，等。(2003) 西藏喜马拉雅冷杉年轮δ13C气候意义。科学通报, 48(11): 1209-1213

38) 刘晓宏，秦大河，邵雪梅，等。(2003) 西藏林芝地区自公元1650年来降水变化及突变分析。冰川冻土, 25(4): 448-452

2.中国科学院知识创新工程方向性项目(青年人才类)：横断山区树轮稳定碳氧氢同位素比率气候意义。2010年1月－2012年12月，负责人。

3.全球变化研究国家重大科学研究计划项目子课题：欧亚大陆典型地区树轮气候学研究。2010年1月－2014年12月，负责人。

4.国家重点基础研究发展计划（973计划）专题：西部树轮气候记录与典型冰川资料及环境要素对比。2007年8月－2011年8月，负责人。

5.国家自然科学基金：祁连山青海云杉树轮碳同位素空间变化。2005年1月－2008年12月，负责人。

6.国家自然科学基金：黑河流域树轮同位素记录的树木长期水分利用效率和水分来源变化。2012年1月－2015年12月， 负责人。

7.中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所人才引进项目“祁连山树轮同位素气候意义（2005-2008）”，负责人。

另外，作为专题负责人或研究骨干参与其它项目，如基金委优秀创新群体项目，国家重点实验室自主课题等十多项。