2011.01-至今中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所，研究员；

2011.10-2012.10：澳大利亚墨尔本大学访问学者;  

2006.11-2010.12：中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所，项目研究员；

2005.4-2006.4：日本理化学研究所，客员研究员；  

2002.10-2006.11：中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所，副研究员；

2000.3-2000.9：意大利都灵大学，合作研究；

1999.9-2002.10：中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所，助理研究员；

1997.11-1999.8：中国科学院兰州沙漠研究所，助理研究员；

1992.6-1997.11：中国科学院兰州沙漠研究所从事研究，研究实习员。

生态学（荒漠生态学）

1. Liu Lichao, Song Yaoxuan, Chen Yingwu, GaoYanhong, Wang Tao, Li Xinrong. Effects of microbiotic crusts on evaporation during the succession of restored vegetation on the southeast fringe of the Tengger Desert, North China. Australian Journal of Soil Research 2007, 45: 422-427. 2. Liu Li-chao, LiShou-zhong, DuanZheng-hu, Wang Tao, ZhangZhi-shanLiXin-rong. Effects of microbiotic crusts on dew deposition in the artificial vegetation area at Shapotou, northwest China. Journal of Hydrology, 2006, 328: 331-337.

3. RongHui*, Ruiming Zhao, Lichao Liu, Ruiqing Zhu, Gang Li, Yongping Wei, Effects of UV-B, water deficit and their combination on Bryumargenteum plants, Russian Journal of Plant Physiology, 63: 231-238 2016.

4. GaoYanhong, Li Xinrong, Liu Lichao, et al. Evapotranspiration over artificially planted shrub communities in the shifting sand dune area of the TenggerDesert, north central China. Ecohydrology, DOI: 10.1002/eco.1635, 2015, 9(2).

5. Haotian Yang, Lichao Liu*, Xinrong Li, Yongping Wei, Xiaojun Li, RongliangJia , YanhongGao, Gang Li. Water repellency of biological soil crusts and influencing factors on the southeast fringe of the Tengger Desert, north-central China. Soil Science, 2014, DOI: 10.1097/SS.0000000000000084，179(9): 424-432.

6. YanhongGao, Xinrong Li*, Lichao Liu, RongliangJia, Haotian Yang, Gang Li, Yongping Wei, Seasonal variation of carbon exchange from a revegetation area in a Chinese desert, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2012, 156: 134-142.

7. Jia RL, Li XR, Liu LC, Gao YH, Zhang XiT. Differential wind tolerance of soil crust mosses explains their micro-distribution in nature. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2012, 45:31-39.

8. Lichao Liu, Jixiazhou. Dust Storms Characteristics in Southeast of the Tengger Desert, north China. 2010 Second IITA International Conference on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. IEEE, 2010: 205-208.

9. Lichao Liu, Toshikazu Itabe, Motoaki Yasui, Jixia Zhou, KoheiMizutani. The vertical dust behaviors over a Chinese desert under clear weatherobserved by Laser Ceilometer. 2010 Second IITA International Conference on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. IEEE, 2010: 201-204.

10. Zhi-shan Zhang, Li-chao Liu*, Xinrong Li, et al. Evaporation properties of a revegetated area of the Tengger Desert, North China. Journal of Arid Environments, Journal of Arid Environments 2008, 72: 964-973.

11. Liu Y*, Li X, Chen G, Li M, Liu M, Liu D (2015) Epidermal micromorphology and mesophyll structure of Populus euphratica heteromorphic leaves at different development stages. PLoS One 10(9): e0137701. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137701.

12. Li M, Liu Y*, Liu M, Liu D (2015) Comparative studies on leaf epidermal micromorphology and mesophyll structure of Elaeagnus angustifolia L. in two different regions of desert habitat. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 7(3): 0229–0237.

1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“冬季降雪对荒漠地区生物土壤结皮碳固存的影响研究”（41371100）；

2. 国家重点基础研究发展规划（973）“植物固沙的生态-水文过程、机理及调控”专题“沙区土壤水分的组成及来源量化研究”（2013CB429901-2）；

3. 中科院重点部署项目“西部典型县域特色高值生态农业”课题“盐池县生态草业发展的水土资源承载力评价”；

4. 2016年宁夏农业综合开发科技推广项目“人工饲草最佳需水灌溉模式示范”（NTKJ2016-17-01）；

5. 2015-2017宁夏农业综合开发宁夏枸杞产业科技合作项目“枸杞绿色栽培技术集成示范”（znnfkj2015-07）；

6.主持并完成国家自然科学基金“红砂黄酮类代谢途径响应环境胁迫的调控”。