1、粮食与油脂增值产品研发，重点关注食用油脂的品质控制与低碳绿色生产技术

2、非食用油脂高值化为脂肪醇、生物航油

3、以纳米催化为主线，开展农业生物质催化转化、C1小分子的催化转化

4、农业生物质焦油高值化为绿氢新能源

近五年一作/通讯代表作

(1) Minghang Jiang, Mengfei Zhu, Junjie Ding, Huaizhu Wang, Qianchuan Yu, Xi Chen, Yi He, Mengjun Wang , Xiaojun Luo , Caijun Wu, Liyun Zhang, Xinghui Yao, Huizhen Wang, Xuemei Liao*, Zhenju Jiang*, Zhong Jin* . Nanocluster-agminated amorphous cobalt nanofflms for highly selective electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia. J. Hazard. Mater., 2024, 476, 134909. 中科院SCI一区

(2) Minghang Jiang,Huaizhu Wang, Mengfei Zhu, Xiaojun Luo, Yi He, Mengjun Wang, Caijun Wu, Liyun Zhang, Xuemei Liao,*Zhenju Jiang*and Zhong Jin*. Review on strategies for improving the added value and expanding the scope of CO₂ electroreduction products. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53, 5149. 中科院SCI一区

(3) Yunye Wang, Mengdie Guo, Ya Wang, Xiaopeng Li, Cuong Pham-Huu, Xuemei Liao*. Synergistic catalysis on atomic Ru-doped manganese oxide for aerobic oxidation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Appl. Catal. A, 2023, 661, 119235. 中科院SCI二区

(4)Xuemei Liao, Mengdie Guo, Wei Tang, Changwen Liu, Wei Luo, Lei Tan, Tomohiro G. Noguchi, Miho Yamauchi, Yonghui Zhao,Xiaopeng Li*. Bimetallic single atom promoted α-MnO₂ for enhanced catalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Green Chem.2022, 24, 8424-8433. 中科院SCI一区

(5) Yao Xiao, Yanmin Liu, Xiong Zhang, Jindou Hou, Xinjie Liu, Yongjun Yuan*,Xuemei Liao*. Highly effective CoO_x for catalytic transfer hydrogenation of plant oil to fatty alcohols.Catal. Commun., 2022, 165, 106448-106453. 中科院SCI三区

(6) Xiong Zhang, Lai Truong-Phuoc, Xuemei Liao*, Vasiliki Papaefthimiou, Matteo Pugliesi, Giulia Tuci, Giuliano Giambastiani,* Sergey Pronkin*, Cuong Pham-Huu*. Inducing atomically dispersed Cl–FeN₄ sites for ORRs in the SiO₂-mediated synthesis of highly mesoporous N-enriched C-networks.J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 6153-6164. 中科院SCI一区

(7) Ya Wang, Changwen Liu, Xuemei Liao*, Yanmin Liu, Jindou Hou, Cuong Pham-Huu*. Enhancing oxygen activation on high surface area Pd-SnO₂ solid solution with isolated metal site catalysts for catalytic CH₄ combustion. Appl. Surf. Sci., 2021, 564, 150368-160381. 中科院SCI一区

(8) Xuemei Liao, Yonghui Zhao, Changwen Liu, Xiaopeng Li*, Yu Sun, Kenichi Kato, Miho Yamauchi, Zheng Jiang*. Low temperature surface oxygen activation in crystalline MnO₂ triggered by lattice confined Pd single atoms.J. Energy Chem.,2021, 62, 136-144. 中科院SCI一区

(9) Xuemei Liao, Yanmin Liu, Wei Chu, Secou Sall, Corine Petit, Veronique Pitchon, Valerie Caps*. Promoting effect of AuCu alloying on Au-Cu/CeO₂-catalyzed CO oxidation: A combined kinetic and in situ DRIFTS study. J. Catal., 2020, 382, 329-338. 中科院SCI一区

(10) Xuemei Liao, Jindou Hou,  Ya Wang,  Hao Zhang,  Yu Sun,  Xiaopeng Li*, Siyang Tang, Kenichi Kato, Miho Yamauchih  and  Zheng Jiang*. An active, selective, and stable manganese oxide-supported atomic Pd catalyst for aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Green Chem., 2019, 21, 4194-4203. 中科院SCI一区

专利：

1．廖雪梅、侯金豆、王娅、刘长炆、袁永俊、包清彬。单原子钯催化剂及制备方法以及催化氧化5-HMF制备2,5-FDCA的方法  专利号： CN201810864499.9

2．廖雪梅，刘琰敏，胡林，邓志勇，侯金豆，王娅，刘长炆. 催化天然油脂加氢生产脂肪醇的装置.  专利号：ZL202021316535.7，已转让

3  廖雪梅，刘琰敏，胡林，邓志勇，侯金豆，王娅，刘长炆. 制备脂肪醇的反应器. 专利号：ZL202021318938.5，已转让

1、 承担仪器分析、制药工艺学、化工原理（1）和（2）、 化工原理课程设计、化工原理实验等教学工作。

2、 带生产实习、毕业实习和毕业设计等实践教学。

1、2018年获四川省科技进步三等奖。

2、2020年获四川省海外高层次人才称号。

3、2021年获四川省学术与技术带头人后备人才称号。