1978年12月出生于甘肃瓜州，生态学博士，中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院研究员，博士生导师。中国科学院特聘研究“基础原创类骨干岗位”入选者，中国科学院区域发展青年学者，内蒙古自治区防沙治沙科技创新重大示范工程“揭榜挂帅”项目首席科学家，甘肃省第一层次领军人才。现任内蒙古奈曼农田生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站副站长，主要从事半干旱沙区生态水文学与恢复生态学研究。先后主持国家自然科学基金、中国科学院科技帮扶项目、内蒙古自治区防沙治沙科技创新重大示范工程“揭榜挂帅”项目、内蒙古科技重大专项课题、国家重点研发计划项目专题、中国科学院A类战略性先导科技专项子子课题等10余项。研究了半干旱沙地固沙植物水分利用效率及其环境适应性，厘清了固沙植被稳定维持对水环境变化的响应策略，揭示了沙地降水-地表水-土壤水-地下水循环与转化过程及机理，已在Catena、Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment、Journal of Plant Ecology、Science of the Total Environment、International Journal of Climatology、Journal of Environmental Management、Journal of Arid Environments、生态学报、植物生态学报、中国沙漠等国内外主流学术期刊上发表学术论文100余篇，其中SCI论文36篇，主编专著1部，参编4部，授权国家专利15项。获中国科学院科技促进发展奖1项、甘肃省科技进步一等奖1项、内蒙古自治区脱贫攻坚先进集体1项。担任中国地理学会沙漠分会委员，甘肃省生态学学会理事，甘肃省水利厅科学技术委员会委员。

1. 2023年获中国科学院科技促进发展奖；

2. 2021年获内蒙古自治区脱贫攻坚先进集体；

3. 2016年获甘肃省科技进步一等奖。

1. He Yuhui, Liu Xinping*, Hu Hongjiao, Xu Yuanzhi, Jing Jiaqi, Yao Zhang. 2026. Precipitation variability modulates grazing effects on seedling bank and its similarity to aboveground vegetation in semi-arid grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 396: 110007.

2. Hu Hongjiao, Liu Xinping*, He Yuhui, Jing Jiaqi, Zhang Yao. 2026. Precipitation legacies reduce vegetation productivity and species diversity in semi-arid sandy grassland. Journal of Plant Ecology, DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtag002.

3. Hu Hongjiao, Liu Xinping*, He Yuhui, Jing Jiaqi, Yao Zhang. 2026. Increased root-shoot ratio amplified functional group response to precipitation changes in sandy grassland vegetation. Journal of Arid Environments, 236: 105645.

4. Hu Hongjiao, Liu Xinping*, He Yuhui, Feng Jie, Xu Yuanzhi, Jing Jiaqi. 2025. Legacy effects of precipitation change: Theories, dynamics, and applications. Journal of Environmental Management, 373: 123729.

5. Hongjiao Hu, Xinping Liu*, Yuhui He*, Yuqiang Li, Tonghui Zhang, Yuanzhi Xu, Jiaqi Jing. 2023. Asymmetric pre-growing season warming may jeopardize seed reproduction of the sand-stabilizing shrub Caragana microphylla. Science of the Total Environment, 903:166387.

6. Hu Hongjiao, Liu Xinping*, He Yuhui, Zhang Tonghui, Xu Yuanzhi, Wang Lilong. 2023. Higher atmospheric evapotranspiration demand intensified drought in semi-arid sandy lands, northern China. International Journal of Climatology, 43:3298-3311.

7. Sun Shanshan, Liu Xinping*, Eduardo Medina-Rold, He Yuhui, Lv Peng, Xu Yuanzhi. 2023. Precipitation regime changes alter allometry and plasticity of meristem allocation in annual herbaceous plants in a semiarid sandy grassland, northern China. Ecological Research, 38:628-638.

8. Liu Xinping, He Yuhui, Sun Shanshan, Zhang Tonghui, Luo Yongqing, Zhang Lamei, Wang Mingming, Cheng Li, Hu Hongjiao, Xu Yuanzhi. 2022. Restoration of sand-stabilizing vegetation reduces deep percolation of precipitation in semi-arid sandy lands, northern China. Catena, 208:105728.

9. Liu Xinping, Luo Yongqing, Cheng Li, Hu Hongjiao, Wang Youhan, Du Zhong. 2021. Effect of root and mycelia on fine root decomposition and release of carbon and nitrogen under Artemisia halodendron in a semi-arid sandy grassland in China. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12: 698054.

10. Sun Shanshan, Liu Xinping*, He Yuhui, Wei Shuilian, Zhang Lamei, Lv Peng, Bao Chelmeg, Wang Mingming, Cheng Li. 2019. Responses of annual herb plant community characteristics to increased precipitation and reduced wind velocity in semiarid sandy grassland. Ecology and Evolution, 9: 10654-10664.

11. Liu Xinping, He Yuhui, Zhao Xueyong, Zhang Tonghui, Li Yulin, Yun Jianying, Wei Shuilian, Yue Xiangfei. 2016. The response of soil water and deep percolation under Caragana microphylla to rainfall in the Horqin Sand Land, northern China. Catena, 139: 82-91.

12. Liu Xinping, He Yuhui, Zhang Tonghui, Zhao Xueyong, Li Yuqiang, Zhang Lamei. Wei Shuilian, Yun Jianying. 2015. The response of infiltration depth, evaporation, and soil water replenishment to rainfall in mobile dunes in the Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 73: 8699-8708.

13. Liu Xinping, He Yuhui, Zhao Xueyong, Zhang Tonghui, Zhang Lamei, Ma Yunhua, Yao Shuxia, Wang Shaokun, Wei Shuilian. 2015. Characteristics of the growing season’s deep drainage and soil water in mobile sandy land of Inner Mongolia, northern China. Journal of Arid Land, 7(2): 238-250.

1. 2024.6-2027.5，内蒙古自治区防沙治沙科技创新重大示范工程“揭榜挂帅”项目：科尔沁坨甸相间地区乡土植被配位修复及稳定适宜技术集成与示范，600万元；

2. 2020.11-2025.10，中国科学院A类战略性先导科技专项子专题：呼伦贝尔沙地植被过程与土壤固持改良技术，160万元；

3. 2021.1-2023.12，中国科学院科技扶贫项目：内蒙古库伦旗乡村振兴关键技术示范与推广，500万元；

4. 2018.7-2020.12，中国科学院科技扶贫项目：库伦旗草牧业-肉牛养殖一体化脱贫与产业发展模式试验示范，350万元；

5. 2017.7-2020.12，国家重点研发计划项目专题：沙地固沙灌草植被青贮加工利用产业化及示范，45万元；

6. 2016.1-2020.12，国家重点研发计划项目专题：沙化土地快速稳定恢复技术集成和研发，100万元；

7. 2016.1-2019.12，内蒙古自治区科技重大专项课题：内蒙古沙地治理技术及生态演变分析评估，50万元；

8. 2014.1-2017.12，国家自然科学基金面上项目：半干旱沙地植物生长对降雨增减变化的响应及适应机制，80万元；

9. 2009.1-2011.12，国家自然科学基金青年项目：半干旱沙地降雨在土壤-植被系统中的分配与水量转化研究，25万元。