2005年北京师范大学获得理学博士学位。为本科生和研究生开设《普通生物学》、《植物繁殖生态学》、《生物学野外实习》、《分子生态学》等课程

■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。

■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。

■协同进化：利用榕树-榕小蜂系统研究物种种间关系的协同演化格局。

■Wang AY, Peng YQ, Harder LD, Huang JF, Yang DR, Zhang DY, Liao WJ*. 2019. The nature of interspecific interactions and co-diversification patterns, as illustrated by the fig microcosm. New Phytologist, 224: 1304-1315.

■Liao WJ*, Zhu BR, Li YF, Li XM, Zeng YF, Zhang DY*. 2019. A comparison of reproductive isolation between two closely related oak species in zones of recent and ancient secondary contact. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19: 70.

■Zhu BR, Barrett SCH, Zhang DY, Liao WJ*. 2017. Invasion genetics of Senecio vulgaris: loss of genetic diversity characterizes the invasion of a selfing annual, despite multiple introductions. Biological Invasions, 19: 255-267.

■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.

■Liao WJ, Harder LD. 2014. Consequences of multiple inflorescences and clonality for pollinator behavior and plant mating. American Naturalist, 184: 580 -592.