主要研究方向：

  石笋古气候，全新世气候突变，极端气候事件

主要担任课程：

  本科生课程：《地球科学概论》

主要科研项目：

中国科学院地球环境研究所黄土与第四纪地质国家重点实验室开放基金，新疆石笋多指标记录的13~14世纪气候水文异常及其与社会变迁的联系，2024.01-2025.12，主持项目，在研

兰州大学西部环境教育部重点实验室开放基金，石笋微量元素记录的MIS5b/5a转型期新疆干旱区水文气候变化，2022.01-2023.12，主持项目，在研

国家自然科学基金青年基金项目，新疆石笋记录的近千年来特征时期内短尺度快速气候变化研究，2020.01-2022.12，主持项目，结题

中国博士后科学基金第14批特别资助（站中），基于洞穴石笋钙同位素的新疆天山地区小冰期以来降水变率半定量估算，2021.07-2023.06，主持项目，结题

主要学术论文：

Wang, Z., Liu, X.*, Xie, H., Chen, S., Chen,     J., Wang, H., Ma, M., Chen, F., 2024. Time-transgressive onset of Holocene     Climate Optimum in arid central Asia and its association with cultural     exchanges. Land, 13(3): 356.

Wang, S., Yang, G., Bershaw, J., Liu, X.,     Yoshimura, K., Xiao, Y., Zhang, M., 2024. Interannual variations in stable     isotopes of atmospheric water in arid Central Asia due to changes in     atmospheric circulation. Global and Planetary Change, 234, 104367.

Liu, X.*, Chen, J., Chen, S., Wang, H.,     Huang, W., Feng, S., Chen, F., 2023. Abrupt climate change in arid central     Asia during the Holocene: A review. Earth-Science Reviews, 242, 104450.

Chen, S., Chen, J., Lv, F., Liu, X., Huang, W.,     Wang, T., Liu, J., Hou, J., Chen, F., 2022. Holocene moisture variations in     arid Central Asia: Reassessment and reconciliation. Quaternary Science     Reviews, 297, 107821.

Zhang, Z., Liu, J., Chen, J., Chen, S., Shen, Z.,     Chen, J., Liu, X., Wu, D., Sheng, Y., Chen, F., 2021. Holocene     climatic optimum in the East Asian monsoon region of China defined by     climatic stability. Earth-Science Reviews, 212, 103450.

Liu, X., Liu, J., Chen, S., Chen, J.,     Zhang, X., Yan, J., Chen, F., 2020. New insights on Chinese cave δ18O     records and their paleoclimatic significance. Earth-Science Reviews, 207,     103216.

Liu, X., Liu, J., Shen, C.-C., Yang, Y.,     Chen, J., Chen, S., Wang, X., Wu, C.-C., Chen, F., 2020. Inconsistency     between records of δ18O and trace element ratios from stalagmites: Evidence     for increasing mid-late Holocene moisture in arid central Asia. The     Holocene, 30(3): 369-379.

Zhang, X., Liu, X., Zhang, W., 2020.     Synchronicity of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period (in     Chinese). Chinese Science Bulletin, 65: 3853.

Li, Y., Rao, Z., Xu, Q., Zhang, S., Liu, X.,     Wang, Z., Cheng, H., Edwards, R. L., Chen, F., 2020. Inter-relationship and     environmental significance of stalagmite δ13C and δ18O records from Zhenzhu     Cave, north China, over the last 130 ka. Earth and Planetary Science     Letters, 536, 116149.

Liu, X., Rao, Z., Shen, C.-C., Liu, J.,     Chen, J., Chen, S., Wang, X., Chen, F., 2019. Holocene solar activity     imprint on centennial- to multidecadal-scale hydroclimatic oscillations in     arid central Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124 (5):     2562-2573.

Li, Y., Zhang, S., Liu, X., Gao, Y., Rao, Z.,     2019. Variations of the stable isotopic composition of precipitation and     cave drip water at Zhenzhu cave, north China: a two-year monitoring study.     Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 81: 123-135.

Zhang, Z., Liu, J., Liu, X., Chen, S., Yu, A.,     Zhang, X., Chen, J., Shen, Z., Chen, J., Zhang, S., Xia, H., Chen, F.,     2019. Seasonal variations in the lake-water oxygen isotope composition of     four lakes in the East Asian summer monsoon region: Implications for the     interpretation of paleo-isotope records. Progress in Physical Geography:     Earth and Environment, 44(4): 572-588.

Chiang, H.-W., Lu, Y., Wang, X., Lin, K., Liu, X.,     2018. Optimizing MC-ICP-MS with SEM protocols for determination of U and Th     isotope ratios and 230Th ages in carbonates. Quaternary Geochronology, 50:     75-90.

Liu, X., Chiang, H.-W., Rigaud, S.,     Leclerc, F., Herdhiyanti, T., Johnny, J., Djamil, Y.S., Meilano, I.,     Bijaksana, S., Abidin, H.Z., Tapponnier, P., Wang, X., 2016. U/Th dating of     uplifted coral terraces in Sumba Island (Indonesia). Goldschmidt Conference     Abstracts, 1862.

Liu, X., Rao, Z., Zhang, X., Huang, W.,     Chen, J., Chen, F., 2015. Variations in the oxygen isotopic composition of     precipitation in the Tianshan Mountains region and their significance for     the Westerly circulation. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 25(7): 801-816.

Rao, Z., Liu, X., Hua, H., Gao, Y., Chen, F.,     2015. Evolving history of the East Asian summer monsoon intensity during     the MIS5: inconsistent records from Chinese stalagmites and loess deposits.     Environmental Earth Sciences, 73(7): 3937-3950.

Li, Y., Rao, Z., Liu, X., Jin, M., Chen, F.,     2015. Interannual correlations between modern precipitation δ18O and     precipitation amount recorded by GNIP stations in China and India (in     Chinese). Chinese Science Bulletin, 60: 741-743.

Rao, Z., Guo, W., Xie, L., Huang, C., Liu, X.,     Hua, H., Chen, F., 2015. High resolution δ13CTOC and magnetic     susceptibility data from the late Early Pleistocene southern margins of the     Chinese Loess Plateau. Organic Geochemistry, 87: 78-85.

Li, G., Jin, M., Chen, X., Wen, L., Zhang, J., Madsen,     D., Zhao, H., Wang, X., Fan, T., Duan, Y., Liu, X., Wu, D., Li, F.,     Chen, F., 2015. Environmental changes in the Ulan Buh Desert, southern     Inner Mongolia, China since the middle Pleistocene based on sedimentology,     chronology and proxy indexes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 128: 69-80.

Li, G., Jin, M., Wen, L., Zhao, H., Madsen, D., Liu,     X., Wu, D., Chen, F., 2014. Quartz and K-feldspar optical dating     chronology of eolian sand and lacustrine sequence from the southern Ulan     Buh Desert, NW China: Implications for reconstructing late Pleistocene     environmental evolution. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,     393: 111-121.

Chen, F., Li, G., Zhao, H., Jin, M., Chen, X., Fan,     Y., Liu, X., Wu, D., Madsen, D., 2014. Landscape evolution of the     Ulan Buh Desert in northern China during the late Quaternary. Quaternary     Research, 3: 476-487.

Rao, Z., Zhang, X., Xue, Q., Xu, Y., Liu, X.,     2012. Primary organic carbon isotopic study result of Xifeng Loess/Red clay     profile (in Chinese). Quaternary Sciences, 32 (4): 825-527.