研究领域：青藏高原深部地震探测及动力学解释。目前以第一作者身份在Earth and Planetary Science Letters、Geophysical Research Letters、Tectonophysics、地球物理学报等国内外学术期刊上发表SCI论文7篇，主持国家自然科学基金2项。

国家自然科学基金委员会，面上项目，42074068，2021-01至2024-12，60万元，在研，主持

  国家自然科学基金委员会，青年科学基金项目，41604051，2017-01至2019-12，20万元，已结题，主持

[1] Liu Zhen, Tian Xiaobo*, Liang Xiaofeng, Liang Chuntao, Li Xin, 2021. Magmatic underplating thickening of the crust of the southern Tibetan Plateau Inferred from receiver function analysis. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(17): e2020GL093754. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093754

[2] Liu Zhen, Tian Xiaobo*, Yuan Xiaohui, Liang Xiaofeng, Chen Yun, Zhu Gaohua, Zhang Hongshuang, Li Wei, Tan Ping, Zuo Sicheng, Wu Chenglong, Nie Shitan, Wang Gaochun, Yu Guiping, Zhou Beibei, 2020. Complex structure of upper mantle beneath the Yadong-Gulu rift Tibet revealed by S-to-P converted waves. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020, 531: 115954. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115954

[3] Liu Zhen, Tian Xiaobo*, Gao Rui, Wang Gaochun, Wu Zhenbo, Zhou Beibei, Tan Ping, Nie Shitan, Yu Guiping, Zhu Gaohua, Xu Xiao, 2017. New images of the crustal structure beneath eastern Tibet from a high-density seismic array. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017, 480: 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.048

[4] Liu Zhen, Tian Xiaobo*, Chen Yun, Xu Tao, Bai Zhiming, Liang Xiaofeng, Iqbal Javed, Xu Yigang, 2017. Unusually thickened crust beneath the Emeishan large igneous province detected by virtual deep seismic sounding. Tectonophysics, 721: 387-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.10.009

[5] 刘震, 田小波, 聂仕潭, 段耀晖, 滕吉文, 2016. 华北东部复杂的660 km相变界面. 地球物理学报, 59(6): 2039-2046. https://doi.org/10.6038/cjg20160610

[6] 刘震, 田小波, 朱高华, 梁晓峰, 段耀晖, 张洪双, 滕吉文, 2015. SsPmp震相地壳探测方法. 地球物理学报, 58(10): 3571-3582. https://doi.org/10.6038/cjg20151012

 [7] 刘震, 田小波, 梁晓峰, 滕吉文, 2015. 青藏高原中部INDEPTH-III剖面上地幔远震S波层析成像. 地球物理学报, 58(4): 1169-1178. https://doi.org/10.6038/cjg20150407