主要承担了本科《基础化学实验II》、《无机及分析实验》课程的实验准备工作及《红外光谱实验》、《ICP-OES发射光谱实验》的教学。
主要从事电化学生物传感器的研究，目前省级科研项目3项。公开发表学术论文8篇，均被SCI收录。
[1] Lingyan Zhang,Yan Liu, Tao Chen. Label-free amperometric immunosensor based on antibody immobilized on a positively charged gold nanoparticle/L-cysteine-modified gold electrode. Microchim Acta (2009) 164:161–166.
[2]Yan Liu. Electrochemical detection of prostate-specific antigen based on gold colloids/alumina derived sol-gel film. Thin Solid Films 516 (2008) 1803–1808.
[3]Yan Liu, Li Mei Hu, Shu Qiong Yang. Amplification of bioelectrocatalytic signalling based on silver nanoparticles and DNA-derived horseradish peroxidase biosensors. Microchim Acta (2008) 160: 357–365.
[4]Yan Liu, Tongmou Geng, Jie Gao. Layer-by-layer immobilization of horseradish peroxidase on a gold electrode modified with colloidal gold nanoparticles. Microchim Acta (2008) 161: 241–248.
[5] HUANG Kun-Lin, CHEN Xin,LIU Yan, LIU Xi, YANG Yong. A Photoluminescent Bimetallic Zinc-pyridinedicarboxylate: Diverse Supramolecular Motifs from Distinct Hydrogen Bonds. Chinese J. Struct. Chem. (2008), 27: 570~574.
[6] Xichun Pan, Min Chen,Yan Liu, Qiang Wang, Lingjiang Zeng, Lianqiang Li, Zhihua Liao. A new isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase gene from Camptotheca acuminata: Cloning, characterization and functional expression in Escherichia coli. DNA Sequence, (2008), 19: 98–105.
[7] Lingyan Zhang,Yan Liu, Tao Chen. A mediatorless and label-free amperometric immunosensor for detection of h-IgG. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2008), 43: 165–169.
[8]Yan Liu, Ruo Yuan, Yaqin Chai, Dianping Tang, Jianyuan Dai, Xia Zhong. Direct electrochemistry of horseradish peroxidase immobilized on gold colloid/cysteine/nafion-modified platinum disk electrode. Sensors and Actuators B (2006) 115: 109–115.