主要从事近海海洋底栖生物生态学、潮间带生物多样性保护与生态修复、滨海蓝碳生态系统调查与研究、海洋自然保护地等方面的科研工作。主持国家自然科学基金、浙江省“尖兵”研发攻关计划课题、卫星海洋环境动力学国家重点实验室自主课题重点项目，并作为骨干参加973计划、海洋公益性行业科研专项、我国近海海洋综合调查与评价专项（908专项）等科研项目。以第一/通讯作者在《Environmental Science & Technology》、《Aquaculture》、《Ecological Indicators》、《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》、《Estuaries and Coasts》、《Marine Pollution Bulletin》、《Marine Environmental Research》等国内外主流学术期刊上发表相关论文30余篇，参编专著10余部。获国家海洋局海洋创新成果奖二等奖、海洋工程科学技术奖各1项。

1. Kangning Jia, Yibo Liao*, Yanbin Tang, Rongliang Zhang, Yangjie Li, Lu Shou*. Revealing the influence of physicochemical parameters on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macrobenthos in hangzhou bay, China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2025, 316: 109204.

2. Ouwen Shao, Yangjie Li, Weifang Gu, Rongliang Zhang, Yanbin Tang, Hengtao Xu, Lu Shou, Jiangning Zeng, Yibo Liao*. Assessment of macrobenthos in evaluating the restoration effects of artificial mangrove planting on tidal flats in Zhejiang, China. Marine Environmental Research, 2025, 204: 106930.

3. Lingxiang Jin, Peisong Yu, Chenggang Liu, Qiang Liu, Qinghe Liu, Rongliang Zhang, Yanbin Tang, Lu Shou, Jiangning Zeng, Quanzhen Chen, Yibo Liao*. Photovoltaic power station impacts on the benthic ecosystem and sediment carbon storage in tidal flats in China. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58: 20954-20967.

4. Yanbin Tang, Rongliang Zhang, Qinghe Liu, Lu Shou, Yibo Liao*. Phylogeographical analysis of Nerita yoldii revealed its geographical distribution pattern and drivers of population divergence in the Northwestern Pacific region. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024, 11: 1396411.

5. Jingyi Ye, Yibo Liao*, Yanbin Tang, Qinghe Liu, Rongliang Zhang, Jiangning Zeng, Lu Shou*. Response of macrobenthic communities to a Spartina alterniflora management project on tidal flats in Hangzhou Bay, China. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2024, 77: 103639.

6. Lingxiang Jin, Yibo Liao*, Peisong Yu, Yanbin Tang, Qinghe Liu, Rongliang Zhang, Lu Shou, Jiangning Zeng, Quanzhen Chen. Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of macrobenthic communities and their relationship with environmental factors in the Shengsi Archipelago (Zhejiang, China). Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2303-1.

7. Qinghe Liu, Yibo Liao*, Jiangning Zeng, Yanbin Tang, Rongliang Zhang, Qiang Liu, Lu Shou*. Decadal changes of macrofauna community in a semi-enclosed Bay of Yueqing in East China Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024, 201: 116239.

8. Sujie Tian, Yibo Liao*, Yanbin Tang, Qinghe Liu, Rongliang Zhang, Lu Shou, Jiangning Zeng. Assessment of macrobenthic communities of rocky intertidal zone from Zhejiang offshore islands with AZTI marine biotic index. Ecological Indicators, 2023, 154: 110923.

9. Hanren Liu, Yibo Liao*, Huajun Zhang, Xiaoyue Song, Yanbin Tang, Qinghe Liu, Rongliang Zhang, Lu Shou, Jiangning Zeng. Fish and Shellfish Aquaculture Impact on the Sediment Bacterial Communities in Xiangshan Bay, China. Aquaculture Research, 2023, 2023, 9199534.

10. Hanren Liu, Hengtao Xu, Yanbin Tang, Zhifu Wang, Qinghe Liu, Rongliang Zhang, Lu Shou, Jiangning Zeng, Yibo Liao*. Middle‑Scale Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Estuaries: Rocky Intertidal Macrobenthic Communities in the Hangzhou Bay and Zhoushan Sea. Estuaries and Coasts, 2023, 46: 1302-1315.

11. Yibo Liao, Qiang Liu, Lu Shou, Yanbin Tang, Qinghe Liu, Jiangning Zeng, Quanzhen Chen, Xiaojun Yan. The impact of suspended oyster farming on macrobenthic community in a eutrophic, semi-enclosed bay: Implications for recovery potential. Aquaculture, 2022, 548: 737585.

12. Kangning Jia, Yanbin Tang, Qinghe Liu, Rongliang Zhang, Yibo Liao*, Lu Shou*, Jiangning Zeng, Jianfang Chen. Spatial and temporal distribution of macrobenthos communities and their relationship with secondary front in Hangzhou Bay. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022, 9: 1037287.

13. Sujie Tian, Konglin Zhou, Yibo Liao*, Yanbin Tang, Qinghe Liu, Rongliang Zhang, Lu Shou, Jiangning Zeng. Effects of temperature shock on the survival of different life stages of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) by simulated power plant cooling water. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022, 9: 1037137.

14. Yibo Liao, Lu Shou, Yanbin Tang, Jiangning Zeng, Quanzhen Chen, Xiaojun Yan. Effects of non-indigenous plants on food sources of intertidal macrobenthos in Yueqing Bay, China: Combining stable isotope and fatty acid analyses. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2020, 241: 106801.

15. Yibo Liao, Lu Shou, Zhibing Jiang, Yanbin Tang, Ping Du, Jiangning Zeng, Quanzhen Chen, Xiaojun Yan, Jianfang Chen. Effects of fish cage culture and suspended oyster culture on macrobenthic communities in Xiangshan Bay, a semi-enclosed subtropical bay in eastern China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019, 142: 475-483.

16. Yibo Liao, Lu Shou, Yanbin Tang, Aigen Gao, Quanzhen Chen, Xiaojun Yan, Jianfang Chen. Influence of two non-indigenous plants on intertidal macrobenthic communities in Ximen Island Special Marine Protected Area, China. Ecological Engineering, 2018, 112: 96-104.

17. Yibo Liao, Lu Shou, Yanbin Tang, Jiangning Zeng, Aigen Gao, Quanzhen Chen, Xiaojun Yan. Macrobenthic assemblages of the Changjiang estuary (Yangtze River: China) and adjacent continental shelf relative to summer mild hypoxia. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2017, 35(3): 481-488.

18. Yibo Liao, Lu Shou, Zhibing Jiang, Aigen Gao, Jiangning Zeng, Quanzhen Chen, Xiaojun Yan. Benthic macrofaunal communities along an estuarine gradient in the Jiaojiang River estuary, China. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 2016, 19(3): 314-325.

19. 廖一波，寿鹿，汤雁滨，杜萍，高晓辉. 沉降物捕获装置及生物原位培养装置. 发明专利，ZL201710738676.4（授权日：2023年04月07日）