主持国家自然科学基金、山东省高等学校“青创团队计划”团队、山东省自然科学基金面上项目、中国博士后科学基金特别资助、山东大学一流课程建设教研项目等；已在Acta Mater.、J. Mater. Sci. Technol.、Mater. Des.、Mater. Sci. Eng. A等有影响力的凝固和材料领域期刊发表SCI论文92篇，其中第一/通讯作者论文49篇（Q1区论文24篇）；获授权国家发明专利8项（实现转化2项）；参与制定国家/团体标准2项。2021年获得中国·山东（青岛）博士后创新创业成果大赛新能源新材料产业特别奖。 曾指导研究生获得山东省优秀硕士学位论文、山东大学优秀硕士学位论文、山东大学校长奖；指导本科生获得山东大学优秀本科毕业论文（设计）。 代表性论文与专利： 1)Tong Gao*, Lingyu Liu, Mengyu Li, Yue Sun, Yuying Wu, Xiangfa Liu*, Design of Al based composites reinforced with in–situ Al2O3, AlB2 and Al13Fe4 particles, Composites Communications, 2023, 40: 101629. 2)Tong Gao, Chunxiao Li, Mengyu Li, Kai Zhao, Yuying Wu, Xiangfa Liu*, Influence of heterogeneous microstructure on the tensile properties of (Al2O3+AlB2)/Al composites, Composites Communications, 2022, 36: 101401. 3)Tong Gao, Lingyu Liu, Guiliang Liu, Sida Liu, Chunxiao Li, Mengyu Li, Kai Zhao, Mengxia Han, Yuying Wu, Xiangfa Liu, In–situ synthesis of an Al–based composite reinforced with nanometric γ–Al2O3 and submicron AlB2 particles, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022, 920: 165985. 4)Tong Gao, Lingyu Liu, Kai Zhao, Shushuai Liu, Mengxia Han, Guiliang Liu, Xiangfa Liu*, Design and fabrication of a (6.4γ–Al2O3+18Al13Fe4)/Al (wt.%) composite utilizing fine grain strengthening and dispersion strengthening at elevated temperatures, Materials & Design, 2022, 215: 110432. 5)Tong Gao, Shuya Zhang, Guiliang Liu, Qianqian Sun, Jiangwei Liu, Qidong Sun, Jie Sun, Zuocheng Wang, Xiangfa Liu*, Xiebin Wang*, A high strength AlSi10Mg alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion with addition of Al–Ti–C–B master alloy powders, Materialia, 2021, 16: 101103. 6)Tong Gao, Lingyu Liu, Jinpeng Song, Guiliang Liu, Xiangfa Liu*, Synthesis and characterization of an in–situ Al2O3/Al–Cu composite with a heterogeneous structure, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021, 868: 159283. 7)Tong Gao, Zengqiang Li, Yihan Bian, Qingfei Xu, Kaiqi Hu, Mengxia Han, Xiangfa Liu*, Dispersing nano–AlN particles cluster by designing Al–Si–AlN/Mg diffusion couples and the preparation of AlN/Mg–Al composite, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2019, 766: 138347. 8)Tong Gao, Yihan Bian, Zengqiang Li, Qingfei Xu, Huabing Yang, Kai Zhao, Xiangfa Liu*, Synthesis of a (ZrAl3+AlN)/Al composite and the influence of particles content and element Cu on the microstructure and mechanical properties, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019, 791: 730–738. 9)Tong Gao*, Zengqiang Li, Yaoxian Zhang, Jingyu Qin, Xiangfa Liu*, Evolution of Fe–rich phases in Mg melt and a novel method for separating Al and Fe from Al–Si–Fe alloys, Materials & Design, 2017, 134: 71–80. 10)Tong Gao*, Zengqiang Li, Yaoxian Zhang, Mengxia Han, Xiangfa Liu, Role of Si in the evolution process of Zr–rich intermetallics in Mg melt, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 710: 331–337. 11)Tong Gao, Dong Wang, Xiaofan Du, Dakui Li, Xiangfa Liu*, Phase transformation mechanism of Al4C3 by the diffusion of Si and a novel method for in situ synthesis of SiC particles in Al melt, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016, 685: 91–96. 12)Tong Gao, Anna Ceguerra, Andrew Breen, Xiangfa Liu, Yuying Wu, Simon Ringer*, Precipitation behaviors of cubic and tetragonal Zr–rich phase in Al–(Si–)Zr alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016, 674: 125–130. 13)Tong Gao, Guiliang Liu, Xiangfa Liu*, Compositions and morphologies of TiAlSi intermetallics in different diffusion couples, Materials Characterization, 2014, 95: 285–290. 14)Tong Gao, Xiangzhen Zhu, Huan Qiao, Xiangfa Liu*, A new Al–Fe–P master alloy designed for application in low pressure casting and its refinement performance on primary Si in A390 alloy at low temperature, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2014, 607: 11–15. 15)Tong Gao, Yongrui Zhang, Xiangfa Liu*, Influence of trace Ti on the microstructure, age hardening behavior and mechanical properties of an Al–Zn–Mg–Cu–Zr alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2014, 598: 293–298. 16)Yihan Bian, Tong Gao*, Lingyu Liu, Guiliang Liu, Xiangfa Liu, Liquid–solid reaction mechanism in Al–ZrO2(–B2O3) system and the preparation of (α–Al2O3+ZrB2/ZrAl3)/Al composites, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020, 842: 155926. 17)Yihan Bian, Tong Gao*, Guiliang Liu, Xia Ma, Yingying Ren, Xiangfa Liu, Design of an in–situ multi–scale particles reinforced (Al2O3+ZrB2+AlN)/Al composite with high strength, elasticity modulus and thermal stability, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2020, 775: 138983. 18)Yihan Bian, Tong Gao*, Zengqiang Li, Qianqian Sun, Xia Ma, Xiangfa Liu, In–situ synthesis of an Al composite reinforced with multi–scale Al12Mo, (Al,Zr,Si) and Al2O3 particles through a multi–stage reaction, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2019, 762: 138069. 19)Huabing Yang, Tong Gao*, Huaning Zhang, Jinfeng Nie, Xiangfa Liu, Enhanced age–hardening behavior in Al–Cu alloys induced by in–situ synthesized TiC nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2019, 35: 374–382. 20)Qingfei Xu, Kaiqi Hu, Xia Ma, Tong Gao*, Xiangfa Liu, The response of room temperature and high temperature tensile properties to the microstructure variation of an AlN+Si3N4/Al composite by heat treatment, Materials 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