女，副教授，硕士生导师。
主要从事微磁学和自旋电子学领域的研究，在斯格明子拓扑态、磁涡旋结构、自旋转矩效应、自旋阀和隧道结磁电阻存储材料及其器件机理和优化设计等方面取得了一些有意义的研究成果。共承担和参与国家级级科研课题3项，省部级课题2项。发表SCI检索论文30余篇。
主要经历
1999-2010年东北大学本科，硕士，博士
2006-2010年东北大学助教
2010-2013年东北大学讲师
2013-现在东北大学副教授
2016年香港大学访问学者
联系方式：
E-mail:liuyanphys@mail.neu.edu.cn
办公电话：
基金项目
国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，垂直各向异性多层膜中边界控制的单个磁skyrmion的产生、移动及湮灭2015.01-2017.12,负责人
国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，基于修正蒙特卡洛方法的交换偏置锻炼效应微观弛豫过程研究”2013.01-2015.12,主要参与人
国家自然科学基金理论物理专款博士研究人员启动项目，点接触系统中自旋极化电流作用下磁涡旋的动力学行为研究”2012.01-2012.12,负责人
教育部中央高校基本科研业务费青年教师科研创新基金项目，磁斯格明子的动力学操控2017.01-2018.12,负责人
教育部中央高校基本科研业务费青年教师科研创新基金项目，强自旋-轨道耦合系统中磁涡旋的动力学行为研究2014.01-2015.12,负责人
教育部中央高校基本科研业务费青年教师科研创新基金项目，自旋极化电流作用下磁涡旋核的移动及反转2012.01-2013.12,负责人
科研奖励
辽宁省自然科学学术成果奖一等奖，Vortex core switching by coherent excitation controlled by defect in nanodisk 2010
代表论文：
1.Yan Liu, Haifeng Du, Min Jia, and An Du, Switching of a target skyrmion by a spin-polarized current, Physical Review B, 91, 094425, 2015.
2.Yan Liu, Huan Yan, Min Jia, Haifeng Du, An Du, Topological analysis of spin-torque driven magnetic skyrmion formation, Applied Physics Letters, 109, 102402, 2016.
3.Min Jia, Huan Yan, Yan Liu, Effect of anisotropy on the evolution of magnetic configuration in a helimagnet nanodisk,Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 426, 155, 2017.
4.Yan Liu, Min Jia, Huanan Li, and An Du,Energy analysis of a gyrating vortex with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 401, 806, 2016.
5.Yan Liu, Min Jia, Huanan Li, Yong Hu, and An Du, Arrangement effects of nanocontacts on the magnetic vortex gyration in a confined multi-nanocontacts structure, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 401, 124, 2016.
6.Yan Liu, Huanan Li, Yong Hu, and An Du, Steady vortex gyrotropic motion driven by an out-of-plane spin-polarized current in a confined nanocontact structure, Solid State Communications, 201, 40, 2015.
7.Huanan Li, Yan Liu, Min Jia, and An Du, Reduced switching current density with an off-centered nanocontact in a confined structure, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 386, 8, 2015.
8.Yan Liu, Huanan Li, Yong Hu, and An Du, Magnetic vortex gyration in a confined double-nanocontacts structure, Solid State Communications, 193, 61, 2014.
9.Yan Liu, Huanan Li, Yong Hu, and An Du, Spin-transfer force acting on vortex induced by current gradient in a planar polarizer geometry, Journal of Applied Physics, 114, 113911, 2013.
10.Yan Liu, Huanan Li, Yong Hu, and An Du, Dynamics of a magnetic vortex driven by an out-of-plane spin-polarized current in a point-contact geometry with lateral confinement, Physica Status Solidi B, 250, 1578, 2013.
11.Huanan Li, Yan Liu, and An Du, Magnetic vortex configuration control in a Permalloy dot in multi-nanocontact using spin-polarized current, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 341, 45, 2013.
12.Yan Liu, Huanan Li, Yong Hu, and An Du, Oscillation frequency of magnetic vortex induced by spin-polarized current in a confined nanocontact structure, Journal of Applied Physics, 112, 093905, 2012.
13.Yan Liu, Yong Hu, and An Du, Vortex dynamics mediated by exchange coupling in permalloy double disks, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 324, 792, 2012.
14.Yan Liu and An Du, Arrangement effects of triangular defects on magnetization reversal process in a permalloy dot, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 323, 461, 2011.
15.Yan Liu, and An Du. Vortex core switching by coherent excitation controlled by defect in nanodisk, Journal of Applied Physics, 107, 013906, 2010.
16.Yan Liu, and An Du. Influence of the asymmetry on reversal process and vortex motion in egg-shaped Permalloy plates, Physica Status Solidi B, 247, 449, 2010.
17.Yan Liu, and An Du. Hysteresis loops and reversal modes of two-phase nanoparticle, Physica Status Solidi B, 246, 2182, 2009.
18.Yan Liu, andAn Du. Effects of damping constant on gyrotropic motion and switching of vortex core in Permalloy disk, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 321, 3493 2009.