刘保忠，男， 1965年4月生，博士。中国科学院海洋研究所研究员，博士生导师。1987年毕业于山东海洋学院（现中国海洋大学）海洋生物系，后在中国科学院海洋研究所获得硕士和博士学位。曾在澳大利亚南澳洲水生科学中心 (South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre, SARDI )、香港科技大学等进行访问研究。现为中国贝类学会理事，《水产学报》、《海洋科学》等期刊编委。
l 研究领域
长期从事贝类发育遗传学研究，主要研究方向（1）贝类遗传育种；（2）海洋动物幼体发育的分子调控机制。先后主持国家863重大项目课题、国家自然科学基金、国家支撑项目等多项课题的研究。发表SCI论文60余篇，获国家发明专利授权21项，主持制定国家和行业标准2项，获国家水产新品种授权2项。获得国家和省部级科技奖励6项。
l 招生专业及方向
海洋生物学专业：（1）遗传学与遗传工程；（2）繁殖、发育与调控技术。
l 联系方式
实验海洋生物学重点实验室，邮箱：bzliu@qdio.ac.cn; 电话：
l 承担的主要科研项目
1. 国家863计划课题：主要养殖双壳贝类良种培育（2012AA10A410）。
2. 国家自然科学基金：TGF-β信号通路在长牡蛎早期胚胎背部化决定及贝壳发生中的功能研究（**）。
l 近期代表性论文及著作
1. Xin Yue, Qing Nie, Guoqiang Xiao, Baozhong Liu*, 2015. Transcriptome analysis of shell-color related genes in the clam Meretrix meretrix. Marine biotechnology. 17:364-374.
2. Linhu Zou, Baozhong Liu*, 2015. Identification of a Serum amyloid A gene and the association of SNPs with Vibrio-resistance and growth traits in the clam Meretrix meretrix. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 43 (2): 301-309.
3. Pin Huan, Gang Liu, Hongxia Wang, Baozhong Liu*, 2014. Multiple ferritin subunit genes of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and their distinct expression patterns during early development，Gene, 546:80-88.
4. Xia Lu, Hongxia Wang, Baozhong Liu*, Jianhai Xiang, 2013. Three EST-SSR markers associated with QTL for the growth of the clam Meretrix meretrix revealed by selective genotyping.Marine biotechnology. 15:16–25.
5. Pin Huan, Gang Liu, Hongxia Wang, Baozhong Liu*, 2013. Identification of a tyrosinase gene potentially involved in early larval shell biogenesis of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Development Genes and Evolution, 223, (6): 389-394.
6. Xin Yue, Pin Huan, Guoqiang Xiao, Baozhong Liu*, 2013. Expression patterns of an i-type lysozyme in the clam Meretrix meretrix along with larval development. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 41：27–32.
7. Pin Huan, Hongxia Wang, Bo Dong, Baozhong Liu*, 2012. Identification of differentially expressed proteins involved in the early larval development of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Journal of Proteomics. 75（13）：3855-2865.
8. Pin Huan, Hongxia Wang, Baozhong Liu*, 2012. Transcriptomic analysis of the clam Meretrix meretrix on different larval stages. Marine Biotechnology, 14(1): 69-78.
9. Xia Lu, Hongxia Wang, Baozhong Liu*, Jianhai Xiang, 2011. An effective method for parentage determination of clam (Meretrix meretrix) based on SSR and COI markers Aquaculture, 318: 223–228.
10. Xiaomei Wang, Baozhong Liu*, Baojun Tang, Jianhai Xiang, 2011.Potential role of cathepsin B in the embryonic and larval development of clam Meretrix meretrix. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 316: 306–312.