现任职务：光学天文与技术应用研究室副主任、中国科学院“青促会”成员

主要研究内容：长期从事光学天文方面的研究。主要研究方向为引力波源的理论研究及相关天体的触发搜寻、双星演化中特殊天体的实测、双星演化、演化星族合成等。

主持、参与科研项目：

获奖情况：

1.2015年入选自治区青年科技创新人才培养工程—青年博士科技人才 

代表性科研成果（著作、论文、专利等）：

1. Gravitational-wave radiation from double compact objects with eLISA in the Galaxy, Liu Jinzhong, Zhang Yu, PASP, 2014 

2. Determining gravitational wave radiation from close galaxy pairs using a binary population synthesis approach, Liu Jinzhong, Zhang Yu, Zhang Hailong, Sun, Yutao, Wang Na, AA, 2012 

3. Contribution of close double white dwarfs to the Galactic gravitational wave foreground, Liu Jinzhong, Zhang Yu, Han Zhanwen, Zhang Fenghui, Ap&SS, 2010 

4. A Comprehensive Study of Close Double White Dwarfs as Gravitational Wave Sources: Evolutionary Channels, Birth Rates, and Physical Properties, Liu Jinzhong, Han Zhanwen, Zhang Fenghui, Zhang Yu, ApJ, 2010 

5. Gravitational wave radiation from close double white dwarfs in the Galaxy, Liu Jinzhong, MNRAS, 2009 

6. The First Photometric Investigation of the Neglected Contact Binary LP Comae，Liu Jinzhong，Zhang Yu，Song Fangfang, Yang Taozhi, PASP, 2017