1968年出生于湖南省茶陵县，1985年9月考入北京大学地理系自然地理专业，1989年获北京大学理学学士学位，1992年获北京大学环境地学专业理学硕士学位，1998年获德国汉诺威大学自然科学博士学位。2000年10月至2001年3月获中加学术交流计划支持在加拿大卡尔加里大学访问。2005年10月-2008年2月为德国波茨坦气候影响研究所（PIK）洪堡学者。 1992年开始在北京大学城市与环境学系（环境学院、城市与环境学院）任教，历任助教、讲师、副教授，2004年晋升为教授。2007年开始担任城市与环境学院副院长。 目前担任国际植被科学学会Ecoinformatics工作组成员、中国古生物学会孢粉分会理事（2005-）、中国生物地理研究会理事（2000-）、国际景观生态学协会中国分会理事（1996-），以及中国地理学会环境演变专业委员会、中国植物学会植物生态学专业委员会和中国生态学会景观生态学专业委员会委员等学术职务。

研究方向

植被生态学与生态遥感，第四纪生态学与全球变化

所在机构

名称：北京大学城市与环境学院 邮编：100871 地址：北京市海淀区颐和园路5号逸夫二楼3764室

主要成就

已主持和参与完成科研课题共24项，共发表学术论文90余篇，其中SCI论文55篇。SCI论文他引400余次。近年来获得的奖励包括高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖（教育部自然科学奖）二等奖（排名第一，2010）、第七届全国青年地理科技奖（2003）、第五届第四纪青年科学家奖（2005）、北京市教学成果一等奖（排名第三，2013）、北京大学教学成果一等奖（2004）。获得国家自然科学基金委杰出青年基金资助（2013）。 在研项目： 1）华北地区自然植物群落综合考察（科技部基础性工作专项，2011-2016，总负责人） 2）地形影响下森林草原交错带关键地段全新世植被格局对气候变化的响应（国家自然科学基金项目，2011-2013，主持人） 3）中国陆地生态系统碳汇特征及其全球意义（科技部气候变化专项课题，2011-2015，项目骨干） 4）中国陆地植被的时空格局与生态功能（国家自然科学基金创新团队项目，2011-2015，项目成员） 5）亚洲内陆针叶林的生长衰退：空间格局及其与土壤水分的关系（国家自然科学基金中俄双边合作项目，2013-2014，主持人） 6）灌丛生态系统固碳现状、速率与机制（中科院科技战略性先导科技专项，2011-2015，项目骨干） 主要论文： 1. Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y.*, Piao, S.-L., Zhao, F.-J., Engels, M., Ciais, P., 2013. Disappearing lakes in semiarid northern China: drivers and environmental impact. Environmental Science and Technology, 47: 12107-12114 2. Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, He, L.-B., Qi, Z.-H., Anenkhonov, O. A., Korolyuk, A. Yu., Yu, Y., Guo, D.-L., 2013. Stand-total tree-ring measurements and forest inventory documented climate-induced forest dynamics in the semi-arid Altai Mountains. Ecological Indicators, 34: 231-241 3. Liu, G., Yin, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Hao, Q., 2013. Quantifying regional vegetation cover variability in North China during the Holocene: implications for climate feedback. PLOS ONE, 8: e71681, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071681 4. Song, Z.-L.*, Liu, H.-Y.*, Li, B.-B., Yang, X.-M., 2013. The production of phytolith-occluded carbon in China’s forests: implications to biogeochemical carbon sequestration. Global Change Biology, 19: 2907-2915 5. Liu, H.-Y.*, Williams, A.P., Allen, C.D.*, Guo, D.-L., Wu, X.-C., Anenkhonov, O.A., Liang, E.-Y., Sandanov, D.V., Yin, Y., Qi, Z.-H., Badmaeva, N.K., 2013. Rapid warming accelerates tree growth decline in semi-arid forests of Inner Asia. Global Change Biology, 19: 2500-2510 6. Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., 2013. Response of forest distribution to past climate change: An insight into future predictions. Chinese Science Bulletin, 58: 4426-4436. 7. Liu, H.-Y.*, Liu, K., Wei, F.-L., 2013. Aretemisia pollen-indicated steppe distribution in southern China during the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Palaeogeography, 2: 297-305 8. Liu, H.-Y.*, Piao, S.-L., 2013. Drought threatened semi-arid ecosystems in the Inner Asia. Agricultural and Forestry Meteorology, 178-179: 1-2 9. Liu, G, Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., 2013. Global patterns of NDVI-indicated vegetation extremes and their sensitivity to climate extremes. Environmental Research Letters, 025009, doi:10.1088/ 1748-9326/8/2/025009 10. Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, Y.-F., Deng, M.-H., 2013. Prolonged limitation of tree growth due to warmer spring in semi-arid mountain forests of Tianshan, northwest China. Environmental Research Letters, 024016, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024016 11. Hu, G.-Z., Liu, H.-Y.*, Anenkhonov, O., Korolyuk, A., Sandanov, D., Guo, D.-L.,2013. Forest buffers soil temperature and postpones soil thaw as indicated by a three-year large-scale soil temperature monitoring in the forest-steppe ecotone in Inner Asia. Global and Planetary Change, 104: 1-6 12. Poulter, B*, Pedersen, N, Liu, H.-Y., Zhu, Z.-C., D’Arrigo R., Ciais, P., Davi, N., Frank, D., Myneni, R., Piao, S.-L., Wang, T. 2013. Recent trends in Inner Asian forest dynamics to temperature and precipitation indicate high sensitivity to climate change. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 178-179: 31-45 13. Yin, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Liu, G., Hao, Q., Wang, H.-Y., 2013. Vegetation responses to mid-Holocene extreme drought events and subsequent long-term drought on the southeastern Inner Mongolian Plateau, China. Agricultural and Forestry Meteorology, 178-179: 3-9 14. Wu X.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, 2013. Consistent shifts in spring vegetation green-up date across temperate biomes in China, 1982–2006. Global Change Biology, 19: 870-880 15. Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, Guo, D.-L., Anenkhonov, O., Badmaeva, N., Sandanov, D., 2012. Growth Decline Linked to Warming-Induced Water Limitation in Hemi-Boreal Forests. PLOS ONE, 7(8): e42619. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0042619 16. Song, Z.-L.*, Liu, H.-Y., Si, Y., Yin, Y., 2012. The Production of Phytoliths in China's Grasslands: Implications to the Biogeochemical Sequestration of Atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biology, 18: 3647-3653 17. Liu, H.-Y.*, He, S.-Y., Anenkhonov, O, Hu, G.-Z., Sandanov, D., Badmaeva, N., 2012. Topography-controlled soil water content and the coexistence of forest and steppe in northern china. Physical Geography, 33: 561-573 18. Zhao, Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Li, F.-R., Huang, X.-Z., Sun, J.-H., Zhao, W.-W., Herzschuh, U., Tang, Y., 2012. Application and limitations of the Artemisia/Chenopodiaceae pollen ratio in arid and semi-arid China. The Holocene, 22: 1385-1392 19. Wang, H.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Zhao, F.-J., Yin, Y., Zhu, J.-L., Snowball, I., 2012. Early- and mid-Holocene palaeoenvironments as revealed by mineral magnetic, geochemical and palynological data of sediments from Bai Nuur and Ulan Nuur, southeastern inner Mongolia Plateau, China. Quaternary International, 250: 100-118 20. Yin, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, He, S.-Y., Zhao, F.-J., Zhu, J.-L., Wang, H.-Y., Liu, G., Wu, X.-C., 2011. Patterns of local and regional grain size distribution and their application to Holocene climate reconstruction in semi-arid Inner Mongolia, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 307: 168–176 21. Zhao F.-J., Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., Hu, G.Z., Wu, X.C., 2011. Vegetation succession prevents dry lake beds from becoming dust sources in the semiarid steppe region of China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36: 864-871 22. Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., Zhu, J.-L., Zhao, F.-J., Wang, H.-Y., 2010. How did forest respond to Holocene climate drying at the forest-steppe ecotone in northern China? Quaternary International,227: 46-52 23. Zhang, Y.-K., Liu, H.-Y.*, 2010. How did climate drying reduce ecosystem carbon storage in the forest–steppe ecotone? A case study in Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Plant Research, 123: 543-549 24. Wang, H.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Zhu, J.-L., Yin, Y., 2010. Holocene environmental changes as recorded by mineral magnetism of sediments from Anguli-nuur Lake, southeastern Inner Mongolia Plateau, China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 285(1-2): 30-49 25. Wang, H.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Liu, Y.-H., Cui, H.-T., Abrahamsen, N., 2010. Mineral magnetism and other characteristics of sediments from an alpine lake (3,410 m a.s.l.) in central China and implications for late Holocene climate and environment. Journal of Paleolimnology, 43(2): 345-367 26. Herzschuh, U.*, Birks, H.J.B., Ni, J., Zhao, Y., Liu, H.-Y., Liu, X.-Q., Gross, G., 2010. Holocene land-cover changes on the Tibetan Plateau. Holocene, 20 (1): 91-104 27. Li, A., Guo, D.-L.*, Wang, Z.-Q., Liu, H.-Y., 2010. Nitrogen and phosphorus allocation in leaves, twigs, and fine roots across 49 temperate, subtropical and tropical tree species: a hierarchical pattern. Functional Ecology, 24(1): 224-232 28. Piao, S.-L.*, Ciais, P., Lomas, M., Beer, C., Liu, H.-Y., Fang, J.-Y., Friedlingstein, F., Huang, Y., Muraoka, H., Son, Y., Woodward, I., 2010. Contribution of climate change and rising CO2 to terrestrial carbon balance in East Asia: A multimodel analysis. Global and Planetary Change, 75(3-4): 133-142. 29. Piao, S.-L.*, Cias, P., Huang, Y., Shen, Z.-H., Peng, S.-S., Li, J.-S., Zhou, L.-P., Liu, H.-Y., Ma, Y.-C., Ding, Y.-H., Friedlingstein, P., Liu, C.-Z., Tan, K., Yu, Y.-Q., Zhang, T.-Y., Fang, J.-Y., 2010. The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China. Nature, 467, 43-51 30. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., 2009. Patterns of plant biodiversity in the woodland-steppe ecotone in southeastern Inner Mongolia. Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2(4): 322-329 31. Liang, E.-Y.*, Eckstein, D., Liu, H.-Y., 2009. Assessing the recent grassland greening trend in a long-term context based on tree-ring analysis: A case study in North China Ecological Indicators, 9:1280–1283 32. Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y., Ren, J., He, S.-Y., Zhang, Y.-K., 2009.Water-dominated vegetation activity across biomes in mid-latitudinal eastern China. Geophysical Research Letters,36, L04402, doi:10.1029/2008GL036940 33. Liu, H.-Y.*, Ji, Z.-K. and Tian, J., 2008. Reconstruction of former halophilous desert vegetation at the present cropland sites using soil conditions analogy. Folia Geobotanica, 43(1): 35-47 34. Liu, H.-Y.*, Wei, F.-L., Liu, K. and Zhu, J.-L., 2008. Determinants of pollen dispersal in the East Asian steppe at different spatial scales. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 149(3-4): 219-228 35. Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., Ren, J., Tian, Y.-H. and Wang, H.-Y., 2008. Climatic and anthropogenic controls of topsoil features in the semi-arid East Asian steppe. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(4): L04401, doi:10.1029/2007GL032980 36. Liang, E.-Y.*, Eckstein, D. and Liu, H.-Y., 2008. Climate-growth relationships of relict Pinus tabulaeformis at the northern limit of its natural distribution in northern China. Journal of Vegetation Science 19: 393-406 37. Liang, E.-Y.*, Shao, X.-M., Liu, H.-Y. and Eckstein, D., 2007, Tree-ring based PDSI reconstruction since AD 1842 in the Ortindag sand land, east Inner Mongolia. Chinese Science Bulletin, 52 (19): 2715-2721 38. Ren, J., Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y. and He, S.-Y., 2007. Drivers of greening trend across vertically distributed biomes in temperate arid Asia. Geophysical Research Letters, 34: L07707, doi:10.1029/2007GL029435 39. Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, Y. and Tian, Y.-H., 2006. Climatic and anthropogenic controls of surface pollen in East Asian steppes. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 138(3-4): 281-289 40. Xu, L.-H., Liu, H.-Y.*, Chu, X.-Z. and Su, K., 2006, Desert vegetation patterns at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountains: The role of soil conditions. Flora, 206(1): 44-50 41. Piao, S.-L.*, Fang, J.-Y., Liu, H.-Y. and Zhu, B., 2005. Dynamics of desertification in China over the past two decades from satellite data. Geophysical Research Letter, 32, L06402, doi:10.1029/2004 GL021764 42. Wang, H.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Liu, Y.-H. and.Cui, H.-T., 2004. Mineral magnetism of lacustrine sediments and Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes in Dali Nor area, southeast Inner Mongolia Plateau, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 208(3-4):173-190 43. Liu, H.-Y.* Xing, Q.-R., Ji, Z.-K., Xu, L.-H., and Tian, Y.-H., 2003. An outline of Quaternary development of Fagus forest in China: palynological and ecological perspectives. Flora, 198(4): 249-259 44. Liu, H.-Y.*, Tian, Y.-H. and Ding, D., 2003. Contribution of different land cover types to the material source of dust stormy weather in Beijing. Chinese Science Bulletin, 48(17):1853-1856 45. Liu, H.-Y.*, Xu, L.-H. and Cui, H.-T., 2002, Holocene history of desertification along the woodland-steppe border in northern China. Quaternary Research, 57: 259-270 46. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., Yu, P.-T., and Huang, Y.-M., 2002, The origin of remnant forest stands of Pinus tabulaeformis in southeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Plant Ecology, 158(3): 139-151 47. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., Tang, Z.-Y., Dai, J.-H. and Tang, Y.-X., 2002, Larch timberline and its development in temperate China. Mountain Research and Development, 22(4): 359-367 48. Liu, H.-Y.*, Xu, L.-H., Cui, H.-T., Chen C.-D. and Xu, X.-Y., 2002, Vegetation pattern and conservation strategy of the extremely-arid desert of Anxi region, NW China. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 14(3): 380-387 49. Fang, J.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y. and Piao, S.-L., 2002，Vegetation-climate relationship and its application in vegetation regionalization in China. Acta Botanica Sinica, 44(9): 1105-1122 50. Liu, H.-Y.*, Xu, L.-H., Tian, Y.-H. and Cui, H.-T., 2002, Tempo-spatial variances of Holocene precipitation at the marginal area of the eastern Asia monsoon influences from pollen evidence. Acta Botanica Sinica, 44(7): 864-871 51. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T. and Huang, Y.-M., 2001, Detecting Holocene movements of the woodland-steppe ecotone in northern China using discriminant analysis. Journal of Quaternary Science, 16(3): 237-244 52. Wang, H.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Cui, H.-T. and Abrahamsen, H., 2001, Terminal Pleistocene/Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes revealed by mineral-magnetism measurements of lake sediments for Dali Nor area, southeastern Inner Mongolia Plateau, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 170: 115-132 53. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., Pott, R. and Speier, M., 2000, Vegetation of the woodland-steppe ecotone in southeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Vegetation Science, 11(4): 525-532 54. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., Pott, R. and Speier, M., 1999, Surface pollen of the woodland-steppe ecotone in southeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 105(3-4): 237-250 55. Cui, H.-T.*, Liu, H.-Y. and Yao, X.-S., 1997, The finding of the paleo-spruce timber in the Hunshandak sandy land and its paleoecological significance. Science in China (Series D), 40(6): 599-604 56.刘鸿雁，2002，《第四纪生态学与全球变化》，科学出版社 57.崔海亭、刘鸿雁、戴君虎，2005，《山地生态学与高山林线研究》，科学出版社 1993年-2013年，共指导39人的本科毕业论文，其中： 黄永梅（1991级）的论文“围场－好鲁库生态过渡带植被空间分布格局研究”曾被北大教务部收录为北大环境科学专业本科毕业论文范文； 杜泉滢（2003级）科研论文在《生物多样性》发表； 王怡（2000级）论文修改后在SCI刊物“Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology”发表； 任佶（2001级）论文修改后在SCI刊物“Geophysical Research Letter”发表； 韦芳玲（2002级）论文修改后在SCI刊物“Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology”发表。 刘果（2008级）论文修改后在SCI刊物“Environmental Research Letters”和"PLOS ONE"发表。

教育背景

德国汉诺威大学自然科