Education:
Bachelor of Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University (1995-1999)
Zhengzhou University Department of Chemistry (Tsinghua University Department of Chemistry joint training) Master of Science (1999-2002)
Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Department of Biochemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (2002-2005)
Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University (2005-2007)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University (2007-)

Principal Research Interests:
1) organic phosphorus chemistry; 2) bio-organic mass spectrometry; 3) interaction of organic small molecules with biological macromolecules.

Selected Recent Publications:

1. [1]. Jianxi Ying, Rongcan Lin, Pengxiang Xu, Yile Wu, Yan Liu*, Yufen Zhao*, Prebiotic formation of cyclic dipeptides under potentially early Earth conditions, Scientific Reports, 2018, 8(936).

2. [2]. Hang Yuan, Xu Yang, Peng Chen, Yan Liu*, Guo Tang, Yufen Zhao*, Appraisal of an oligomerization behavior of unprotected carbohydrates induced by phosphorus reagent, SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry, 2018, 61: 243.

3. [3]. Yan Liu#, Yinbo Li#, Xiang Gao, Yongfei Yu, Xiaoxia Liu, Zhiliang Ji*, Yuan Ma, Yanmei Li, Yufen Zhao*, Evolutionary relationships between seryl histidine dipeptide and modern serine proteases from the analysis based on mass spectrometry and bioinformatics, Amino Acids, 2018, 50: 69.

4. [4]. Zhiqing Liu, Caihua Huang, Yan Liu*, Donghai Lin*, Yufen Zhao, NMR-based metabolomic analysis of the effects of alanyl-glutamine supplementation on C2C12 myoblasts injured by energy deprivation, RSC Adv., 2018, 8:16114.

5. [5]. Xu Yang, Jiepeng Gan, Hang Yuan, Peng Chen, Yan Liu*, Yuyang Jiang, Hongxia Liu, Yufen Zhao, MALDI MS-based analysis of oligosaccharides using 4-(diphenylphosphinyl) benzenamine as non-reductive amination derivatization reagent, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2017, 417: 76.

6. [6]. Hang Yuan, Yile Wu, Wu Liu, Yan Liu*, Xiang Gao, Jinming Lin, Yufen Zhao, Mass spectrometry- based method to investigate the natural selectivity of sucrose as the sugar transport form for plants, Carbohydrate. Research, 2015, 407, 5.

7. [7]. Hang Yuan, Liu Liu, Jinping Gu, Yan Liu*, Meijuan Fang, Yufen Zhao*, Distinguishing of Isomeric Aldohexose-Ketohexose Disaccharides by Electrospray Mass Spcectrometry in Positive Mode, Rapid communication in Mass Spectrometry, 2015, 29, 2167.

8. [8]. Hang Yuan, Jianxi Ying, Peiran Deng, Peng Chen, Jinwen Shi, Yan Liu*, Xiang Gao*, Yufen Zhao, Specific interactions of leucine with disaccharides by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: Application for rapid differentiation of disaccharide isomers combined with statistical analysis, Analyst, 2015, 140, 7965.

9. [9]. Chen Peiyan, Du Xiujuan, Liu Yan*, Yufen Zhao, N-Terminal Acetylation of Phosphopeptides to Enhance the Interaction with SH2 Domain by Electrosprary Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry, International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2015，21，73.

10. [10].Yulei Wang, Jiepeng Gan, Liu Liu, Hang Yuan, Yuxing Gao, * Yan Liu,* Yufen Zhao, Cs2CO3-Promoted One-Pot Synthesis of Alkynylphosphonates, -phosphinates, and -phosphine Oxides，Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 79 (8):3678.