参与中国科学院C类战略性先导科技专项“高端轴承自主可控制造”，担任高速高精密机床轴承总师，担任“精密机床轴承评价与应用”课题负责人。参与中国科学院C类战略性先导科技专项“高性能主轴技术”，担任 “精密加工与残余应力控制”项目负责人，担任“精密磨削技术研究与关键元件制造”课题负责人。主持国家自然科学基金、多项省市基金与课题项目，包括：国家自然科学基金青年基金、国家自然科学基金重大研发项目课题、兴辽英才青年拔尖人才项目、中国科学院科技服务网络计划（STS计划）区域重点项目、辽宁省重大科技专项、内蒙古重大科技专项课题、宁波市“科创甬江2035”重点研发计划、辽宁省博士科研启动计划基金、沈阳市揭榜挂帅项目、中国科学院金属研究所创新基金、沈阳材料科学国家研究中心青年人才项目等。

高品质特殊钢中非金属夹杂物控制
高端轴承加工与评价应用
高性能主轴研制

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(5) Yang Liu, Lifeng Zhang*, Haojian Duan, Ying Zhang, Yan Luo. Extraction, Thermodynamic Analysis, and Precipitation Mechanism of MnS-TiN Complex Inclusions in Low-Sulfur Steels[J]. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2016, 47(6), 3015-3025.
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(8) Yang Liu, Lifeng Zhang*. Relationship Between Dissolved Calcium and Total Calcium in Al-Killed Steels After Calcium Treatment[J]. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2018. 49(4),1624-1631
(9) Lifeng Zhang*, Yang Liu, Ying Zhang, Wen Yang and Wei Chen. Transient Evolution of Nonmetallic Inclusions During Calcium Treatment of Molten Steel[J]. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2018. 49(4),1841-1859
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(12) Dianzhong Li , Pei Wang, Xing-Qiu Chen , Paixian Fu, Yikun Luan, Xiaoqiang Hu, Hongwei Liu, Mingyue Sun, Yun Chen, Yanfei Cao, Leigang Zheng, Jinzhu Gao, Yangtao Zhou, Lei Zhang , Xiuliang Ma , Chunli Dai, Chaoyun Yang, Zhonghua Jiang   , Yang Liu and Yiyi Li. Low-oxygen Rare Earth Steels. Nature Materials, 2022, 21，1137-1143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01352-9.
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兴辽英才青年拔尖人才
沈阳市高层次人才C类-领军人才
沈抚示范区高层次人才-领军人才
中国科学院特聘研究岗位
中国科学院金属研究所首届青年学者论坛二等奖

材料物理与化学┋材料学┋材料加工工程

博士研究生国家奖学金
中国科大化材学院英文学术年会口头汇报二等奖
金属所学业一等奖奖学金
金属所学业二等奖奖学金