2022-　　　　Professor Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2020–2022　　Youth Distinguished Professor　　Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2011–2020　　Associate Professor　　　　　　　Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2011–2013　　Visiting Associate Professor　　 　Stanford University

2007–2011　　Assistant Professor　　　　　　　Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2002–2007　　Ph.D. student　　　　　　　　　　Peking University

Committee Member, Professional Academic Committee of Physiological Psychology of Chinese Psychological Society, Since 2022
Committee Member and Secretary, Youth Committee of Beijing Society for Neuroscience, China, Since 2021

Science & Technology Award for Young-aged Talents, Chinese Medical Association, 2021
Third Prize of Beijing Science & Technology Award, China, 2016

Dai, Z.H., Liu, Y., Nie, L.N., Chen, W.Q., Xu, X., Li, Y.H., Zhang, J.J., Shen, F., Sui, N., Liang, J.* (2022). Locus coeruleus input-modulated reactivation of dentate gyrus opioid-withdrawal engrams promotes extinction. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 Oct 27.
Alizamini, M.M., Fattahi, M., Sayehmiri, F., Haghparast, A.*, Liang, J.* (2022). Regulatory role of PFC corticotropin-releasing factor system in stress-associated depression disorders: A systematic review. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 2022 Oct 13.
Alizamini, M.M.#, Chen, X.#, Nie, L.N., Dai, Z.H., Liu, Y., Haghparast, A., Wu, N., Zhang, J.J., Shen, F., Sui, N. & Liang, J.* (2022). Corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 in infralimbic cortex modulates social stress-altered decision-making. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, Jun 8;116:110523.
Dai, Z.H., Xu, X., Chen, W.Q., Nie, L.N., Liu, Y., Sui, N. & Liang, J.* (2022). The role of Hippocampus in Memory Reactivation: An Implication for a Therapeutic Target Against Opioid Use Disorder. Current Addiction Reports, 9, 67-79.
Alizamini, M.M. Li, Y.H., Zhang, J.J., Liang, J.* & Haghparast, A.* (2022). Endocannabinoids and addiction memory: Relevance to Methamphetamine/Morphine Abuse. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, Mar 4;1-21.
Deng, X.F., Gu, L.J., Sui, N., Guo, J.Y.*, & Liang, J.* (2019). Parvalbumin interneuron in the ventral hippocampus functions as a discriminator in social memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116, 16583–16592.
Tian, Y.#, Yang, C.#, Shang, S.#, Cai, Y.#, Deng, X.#, Zhang, J., Shao, F., Zhu, D., Liu, Y., Chen, G., Liang J.*, Sun Q.*, Qiu, Z.*, Zhang, C.*. (2017) Loss of FMRP Impaired Hippocampal Long-Term Plasticity and Spatial Learning in Rats. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Aug 28;10:269.
Liang, J.#, Xu, W.#,*, Hsu, Y.T., Yee, A.X., Chen, L., Südhof, T.C.* (2015). Conditional neuroligin-2 knockout in adult medial prefrontal cortex links chronic changes in synaptic inhibition to cognitive impairments. Molecular Psychiatry, 20, 850-859.
Ding, X.K., Liang, J.*, Zheng, X.G., Bai, Y.J., Liu, Z.K., Li, Y.Y., & Xing, X.L. (2013). Altered phosphorylation of GluA1 in the striatum is associated with locomotor sensitization induced by exposure to increasing doses of morphine. European Journal of Pharmacology, 702, 294–301. 
Liang, J., Zheng, X.G.*, Chen, J.H., Li, Y.Y., Xing, X.L., Bai, Y.J., & Li, Y.C. (2011). Roles of BDNF, dopamine D3 receptors, and their interactions in the expression of morphine-induced context-specific locomotor sensitization. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 21, 825-834.
Liang, J., Ping, X.J., Li, Y.J., Ma, Y.Y., Wu, L.Z., Han, J.S., & Cui, C.L.* (2010) Morphine-induced conditioned place preference in rats is inhibited by electroacupuncture at 2 Hz: role of enkephalin in the nucleus accumbens. Neuropharmacology, 58, 233-240.