主要从事环境水体中有机污染物的检测及催化降解研究。Applied catalysis B: Environmental(SCI一区Top, IF = 14.229)，Small(SCI一区Top, IF = 10.856),Chemical Engineering Journal(SCI一区Top，IF = 8.355)，ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering(SCI二区Top期刊, IF = 6.970)，Food chemistry(SCI二区Top期刊, IF = 5.399)，Journal of Colloid and Interface Science(SCI二区,IF = 6.361)等SCI期刊上发表学术论文近20篇;主持国家自然科学基金1项，中华环保基金会“123”项目2项；省级项目1项目；申请发明专利2项；获得辽宁省自然科学学术成果奖2项，沈阳市自然学学术成果奖3项。
教育背景
2002/09 — 2006/07，辽宁大学，化学系，学士。
2006/09 — 2009/07，辽宁大学，化学院，硕士。
2012/09 — 2016/06，辽宁大学，化学院，博士。
工作背景
2009/09 — 2017/12，辽宁大学化学院，实验师。
2017/12 —至今，辽宁大学化学院，讲师。
2018/10—至今，辽宁大学化学院，硕士生导师。
科研项目：
1.3D多孔碳笼封装过渡金属(M@GCCs)催化材料的可控构筑及其催化降解有机污染物机理研究；国家自然科学基金委员会；青年项目；25万元；2018/01—2022/12；主持。
2.磁性3D钴基双金属氧化物处理废水中有机污染物的应用研究;中华环保基金“123”工程项目; 3万元；2015/12-2017/02；主持。
3.磁性铁氧体材料的制备及在染料废水处理中的应用；中华环保基金“123”工程项目; 3万元；2014/12-2016/02；主持。
4.多孔石墨化碳/过渡金属磁性复合材料的构建及其在环境有机污染物检测/降解中的应用；辽宁省科技厅；3万元；2018/09-2020/09；主持。
代表性论文：
(1)Liu Xueyan, Xu Dan, Zhang Danfeng,et al.,Superior performance of 3 D Co-Ni bimetallic oxides for catalytic degradation of organic dye: Investigation on the effect of catalyst morphology and catalytic mechanism,Applied Catalysis B:Environmental, 2016, 186:193~203.
(2)Liu Xueyan,Xu Dan,WangQiong,et al.,Fabrication of 3D hierarchical byttneria aspera-like Ni@graphitic carbon yolk–shell microspheres as bifunctional catalysts for ultraefficientoxidation/reduction of organic contaminants,Small,2018, 14:**.
(3)Liu Xueyan, An Shuai, Wang Yuejiao,et al.,Rapid selective separation and recovery of a specific target dye from mixture consisted of different dyes by magnetic Ca-ferrites nanoparticles,Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015, 262: 517~526.
(4)Liu Xueyan, Xu Dan, Zhang Lei*, Fabrication of octahedral Cu@graphitic carbon cage complex porous structures and their microwave-driven catalytic activity,ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,2017,5: 7800–7811.
(5)Liu Xueyan, Qi Xinyu, Zhang Lei*,3D hierarchical magnetic hollow sphere-like CuFe₂O₄combined with HPLCfor the simultaneous determination of Sudan I–IV dyes in preserved beancurd,Food Chemistry,2018, 241:268–274.
(6)LiuXueyan, Liu Mingyang, Zhang Lei*, Co-adsorption and sequential adsorption of the co-existence four heavy metal ions and three fluoroquinolones on the functionalized ferromagnetic 3D NiFe₂O₄porous hollow microsphere,Journal of Colloid and Interface Science,2018, 511: 135–144.