主要工作经历：2005-2007年，北京师范大学，博士后；2007-2009年，讲师；2009-2015年，副教授；期间于2015.01-2015-08公派赴加拿大多伦多大学作访问学者；2015年至今，教授。
主要讲授课程：普通生物学I，分子生态学，分子生物学综合实验，生物学野外实习，生命科学导论
主要研究内容：1.植物繁殖生态学：植物性系统和交配系统的进化、克隆植物的进化、花生物学。 2.分子生态学：利用分子手段研究分子系统发育、分子系统地理和种群遗传学。 3.生物入侵：从快速适应进化的角度研究入侵植物的种群快速建成和爆发机制。 4.物种共存：利用榕树-榕小蜂系统研究协同进化和物种共存的性比率选择机制。
近五年发表的主要论文：

1.Yang LY, Machado, CA, Dang XD, Peng YQ, Yang DR, Zhang DY, Liao WJ*. 2015. The incidence and pattern of copollinator diversification in dioecious and monoecious figs. Evolution, 69: 294-304.
2.Li XM, She DY, Zhang DY, Liao WJ*. 2015. Life history trait differentiation and local adaptation in invasive populations of Ambrosia artemisiifolia in China. Oecologia, 177: 669-677.
3.Li XM, Zhang DY, Liao WJ*. 2015. The rhythmic expression of genes controlling flowering time in southern and northern populations of invasive Ambrosia artemisiifolia. Journal of Plant Ecology, 8: 207-212.
4.Wei L, Li YF, Zhang H, Liao WJ*. 2015. Variation in morphological traits in a recent hybrid zone between closely related Quercus liaotungensis and Q. mongolica (Fagaceae). Journal of Plant Ecology, 8: 224-229.
5.Liao WJ, Harder LD. 2014. Consequences of multiple inflorescences and clonality for pollinator behavior and plant mating. American Naturalist, 184: 580 -592.
6.Hao YQ, Zhao XF, She DY, Xu B, Zhang DY, Liao WJ*. 2012. The role of late-acting self-incompatibility and early-acting inbreeding depression in governing female fertility in Monkshood, Aconitum kusnezoffii. PLoS ONE, 7:e47034.
7.Li XM, Liao WJ*, Wolfe LM, Zhang DY. 2012. No evolutionary shift in the mating system of North American Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Asteraceae) following its introduction to China. PLoS ONE, 7:e31935.
8.Zeng YF, Liao WJ, Petit RJ, Zhang DY. 2011. Geographic variation in the structure of oak hybrid zones provides insights into the dynamics of speciation. Molecular Ecology, 20:4995-5011.
9.Zeng YF, Liao WJ, Petit RJ, Zhang DY. 2010. Exploring species limits in two closely related Chinese oaks. PloS ONE, 5: e15529.
10.Bai WN, Liao WJ, Zhang DY. 2010. Nuclear and chloroplast DNA phylogeography reveal two refuge areas with asymmetrical gene flow in a temperate walnut tree from East Asia. New Phytologist, 188: 892-901.
11.LiaoWJ, Hu Y, Zhu BR, Zhao XQ, Zeng YF, Zhang DY*. 2009. Female reproductive success decreases with display size in monkshood, Aconitum kusnezoffii (Ranunculaceae). Annals of Botany, 104:1405-1412.