2013.09-2019.06 中国科学院大学/中科院宁波材料所，获工学博士学位，其间受“中科院-德意志学术交流中心”项目资助在德国达姆施塔特工业大学交流一年；2009.09-2013.07 西安交通大学材料物理系，辅修金融，获得理学/经济学学士学位。
(1) 国家自然科学基金委，青年基金，52001167，2021-01至2013-12，24万元，在研，主持
(2) 江苏省基础研究计划(自然科学基金)，青年基金，SBK2020041285，2020-07至2023-06，20万元，在研，主持
(1) Shao Yanyan; Liu Yanfeng; Wang Kun; Zhang Mingxiao; Liu Jian*; Impact of interface structure on functionality in hot-pressed La-Fe-Si/Fe magnetocaloric composites, Acta Materialia, 2020, 195: 163-171.
(2) Shao Yanyan; Lu Binfeng; Zhang Mingxiao; Liu Jian*; An X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of La-Fe-Si-(H) magnetocaloric alloys, Acta Materialia, 2018, 150: 206-212.
(3) Shao Yanyan; Liu Jian*; Zhang Mingxiao; Yan Aru; Skokov Konstantin P; Karpenkov Dmitriy Yu; Gutfleisch Oliver; High-performance solid-state cooling materials: Balancing magnetocaloric and non-magnetic properties in dual phase La-Fe-Si, Acta Materialia, 2017, 125: 506-512.
(4) Shao Yanyan; Zhang Mingxiao; Luo Hubin; Yan Aru; Liu Jian*; Enhanced thermal conductivity in off-stoichiometric La-(Fe,Co)-Si magnetocaloric alloys , Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 107(15): 152403.
(5) Shao Yanyan; Zhang Mingxiao; Zhang Yu; Yan Aru; Liu Jian*; Effect of annealing on the structure and magnetic entropy change of Mn1.1Fe0.9P0.8Ge0.2 ribbons, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2014, 362: 90-92.
邵艳艳，张明晓，刘剑，闫阿儒，高导热的室温磁制冷内生复合材料、其制备方法及应用，2017.07.07，中国，ZL 201410346147.6