刘学端，男，1964年生，湖南省湘乡市人，博士，教授。1986年毕业于湖南农业大学获农学学士学位，1989于北京农业大学获农学硕士学位，随后分配到湖南农业大学从事植物病理教学与科研工作，分别于1992年晋升为讲师，1997年晋升为副教授，2000年5月考取美国橡树岭国家实验室与湖南农业大学联合培养博士生，8月赴美师从著名的美籍华裔微生物学家周集中博士，从事微生物基因芯片与功能基因组学的研究，2003年12月完成学业回国，获博士学位，2004年晋升为教授。
出国前主要从事植物病理学，特别是植物病毒学的教学与科研工作，是湖南省重点学科和重点课程---植物病理学学科建设的主要实施者，植物病理学被评为湖南省优秀重点课程，教改课题获湖南省教学成果2等奖（排名第4），科研获湖南省科技进步1等奖（主要研究人员）和3等奖（排名第2）各1项。在美国橡树岭国家实验室的3年多时间里，先后承担了与微生物分子生态和功能基因组学有关的5项课题，特别是开创性地发展和应用基因芯片技术进行环境微生物群落分析和基因功能解析，已发表SCI论文20余篇，被SCI引用200多次；主编和参编待出版的专著各1部，在各类国际会议上发表论文和摘要15篇。
代表性论文如下：
1. Liu X, Tiquia SM, Holguin G, Wu L, Nold SC, Devol AH, Luo K, Palumbo AV, Tiedje JM, Zhou J. Molecular diversity of denitrifying genes in continental margin sediments within the oxygen-deficient zone off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Jun;69(6):3549-60. SCI IF=3.86，引用29次。收录批号(ISI Document Delivery No) 752HZ.
2. Liu X, Bagwell CE, Wu L, Devol AH, Zhou J. Molecular diversity of sulfate-reducing bacteria from two different continental margin habitats. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Oct;69(10):6073-81. SCI IF=3.86，引用10次。731JV.
3. Bagwell CE, Liu X（co-first author）, Wu L, Zhou J. Effects of legacy nuclear waste on the compositional diversity and distributions of sulfate-reducing bacteria in a terrestrial subsurface aquifer. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2006 Mar;55(3):424-31. SCI IF=2.78，引用3次。 010EJ.
4. Rhee SK, Liu X, Wu L, Chong SC, Wan X, Zhou J. Detection of genes involved in biodegradation and biotransformation in microbial communities by using 50-mer oligonucleotide microarrays. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Jul;70(7):4303-17. SCI IF=3.86，引用65次。839BP.
5. Gao H, Wang Y, Liu X, Yan T, Wu L, Alm E, Arkin A, Thompson DK, Zhou J. Global transcriptome analysis of the heat shock response of Shewanella oneidensis. J Bacteriol. 2004 Nov;186(22):7796-803. SCI IF=4.22，引用44次。869HH.
6. Wu L, Thompson DK, Liu X, Fields MW, Bagwell CE, Tiedje JM, Zhou J. Development and evaluation of microarray-based whole-genome hybridization for detection of microorganisms within the context of environmental applications. Environ Sci Technol. 2004 Dec 15;38(24):6775-82. SCI IF=3.65，引用24次。880AX.
7. Liu Y, Gao W, Wang Y, Wu L, Liu X, Yan T, Alm E, Arkin A, Thompson DK, Fields MW, Zhou J. Transcriptome analysis of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 in response to elevated salt conditions.J Bacteriol. 2005 Apr;187(7):2501-7. SCI IF=4.22，引用14次。907VJ.
8. Wei X, Yan T, Hommes NG, Liu X, Wu L, McAlvin C, Klotz MG, Sayavedra-Soto LA, Zhou J & Arp DJ. Transcript pro￠les of Nitrosomonas europaeaduring growth and upon deprivation of ammonia and carbonate. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 2006, 257:76–83. SCI，IF＝1.89。引用3次。020UN.
9. Peng H, Yu Y, Qiu GZ, Liu X, Huang J, Hua H. Sturcture analysis of 16S rRNA sequences of strains from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. J Biochem Mol Biol, 2006，39（2）：178-182. SCI，IF=1.52。
10. Oda Y, Samanta SK, Rey FE, Wu L, Liu X, Yan T, Zhou J, Harwood CS. Functional genomic analysis of three nitrogenase isozymes in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris. J Bacteriol. 2005 Nov;187(22):7784-94. SCI IF=4.22，引用8次。985TA.
11. Leaphart AB, Thompson DK, Huang K, Alm E, Wan XF, Arkin A, Brown SD, Wu L, Yan T, Liu X, Wickham GS, Zhou J. Transcriptome Profiling of Shewanella oneidensis Gene Expression following Exposure to Acidic and Alkaline pH. J Bacteriol. 2006 Feb;188(4):1633-42. SCI IF=4.22，引用6次。013KJ.
12. Brown SD, Martin M, Deshpande S, Seal S, Huang K, Alm E, Yang Y, Wu L, Yan T, Liu X, Arkin A, Chourey K, Zhou J, Thompson DK. Cellular response of Shewanella oneidensis to strontium stress. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Jan;72(1):890-900. SCI IF=3.86。引用3次。003DW.
13. Wan XF, Verberkmoes NC, McCue LA, Stanek D, Connelly H, Hauser LJ, Wu L, Liu X, Yan T, Leaphart A, Hettich RL, Zhou J, Thompson DK. Transcriptomic and proteomic characterization of the Fur modulon in the metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis. J Bacteriol. 2004 Dec;186(24):8385-400. SCI IF=4.22，引用25次。878TQ.
14. Palumbo AV, Schryver JC, Fields MW, Bagwell CE, Zhou JZ, Yan T, Liu X, Brandt CC., Coupling of functional gene diversity and geochemical data from environmental samples. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Nov;70(11):6525-34. SCI IF=3.86，引用12次。870RR.
15. Fields, MW; Bagwell, CE; Carroll, SL; Yan, T; Liu, X; Watson, DB; Jardine, PM; Criddle, CS; Hazen, TC; Zhou, J. Phylogenetic and functional biomakers as indicators of bacterial community responses to mixed-waste contamination. Environmental Science & Technology, 2006 Apr 40 (8): 2601-2607. SCI IF=3.65，引用1次035HX.
16. Zhang Y, Li D, Wang H, Xiao Q, Liu X. The diversity of denitrifying bacteria in the alpine meadow soil of Sanjiangyuan natural reserve in Tibet Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin. 2006, 51(10): 1245-1254. SCI IF=0.35.
17. Cho CMH, Yan TF, Liu XD, Wu LY, Zhou JZ, Stein LY. Transcriptome of a Nitrosomonas europaea mutant with a disrupted nitrite reductase gene (nirK) Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2006, 72 (6): 4450-4454.
18. Wu L, Liu X, Schadt CW, Zhou J. Microarray-Based Analysis of Subnanogram Quantities of Microbial Community DNAs by Using Whole-Community Genome Amplification. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006, 72(7):4931-41. SCI IF=3.86，引用8次。
19. Zhang Y, Li D, Wang H, Xiao Q, Liu X. Molecular diversity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria from the Tibetan Plateau, China. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2006, 260(2):134-42.
20. Yuguang Zhang, Xiaoquan Zhang, Xueduan Liu, Ye Xiao, Liangjian Qu, Liyou Wu & Jizhong Zhou, Microarray-based analysis of changes in diversity of microbial genes involved in organic carbon decomposition following land use/cover changes. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2007, 266(2):144-51.