2009年毕业于中国科学院海洋研究所，博士学位，主要从事陆架边缘海沉积学研究。近年来主持了国家自然科学基金项目4项、自然资源部专项任务20余项，作为中方负责人之一参加中国-法国、中国-泰国、中国-印尼、中国-马来西亚、中国-孟加拉国、中国-柬埔寨等国际合作项目10余项；主要开展了东海、泰国湾、安达曼海、巽他陆架、苏门答腊岛海域、孟加拉湾等亚洲大陆边缘关键海域沉积物“源-汇”过程和古气候演化研究，发表论文100余篇，合作撰写专著2部、图集3部，授权国内外发明专利4项；获海洋工程科学技术一等奖1次、洋科学技术一等奖1次、青岛市自然科学一等奖1次、青岛市科技进步二等奖1次。
1. Liu Shengfa, Shi Xuefa, Kuo-Tsan Wong, et al. Synchronous millennial surface-stratified events with AMOC and tropic dynamic changes in the northeastern Indian Ocean over the past 42 ka. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022, 284, 107495.
2. Cong Bailin, Li Shuang, Liu Shenghao, Mi Wenying, Liu Shengfa, et al. Source and distribution of emerging and legacy persistent organic pollutants in the basins of eastern Indian Ocean. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, https://doi.org./10.1021/acs.est.1c08743. (Corresponding author)
3. Zhang Hui, Liu Shengfa, Ai Lina, et al. Distribution and assessment of heavy metal in sediments of Malacca Strait. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022, 178, 113575. (Corresponding author)
4. Liu Shengfa, Ye Wenxing, Cao Peng, et al. Paleoclimatic responses in the tropical Indian Ocean to regional monsoon and global climate change over the last 42 kyr. Marine Geology, 2021, 438, 106542.
5. Liu Shengfa, Ye Wenxing, Chen Min-Te, et al. Millennial-scale variability of Indian summer monsoon during the last 42 kyr: Evidence based on foraminiferal Mg/Ca and oxygen isotope records from the central Bay of Bengal. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021, 562, 110112.
6. Liu Shengfa, Wu Kaikai, Li Jingrui, et al. Warming trend during millennial-scale cold events in the northern Indian Ocean and potential atmospheric CO2 forcing during the past 40 kyr. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2021, 218, 104862.
7. Liu Shengfa, Zhang Hui, Cao Peng, et al. Paleoproductivity evolution in the northeastern Indian Ocean since the last glacial maximum: Evidence from biogenic silica variations. Deep-Sea Research I, 2021, 175, 103591.
8. Zhang Hui, Liu Shengfa, Wu Kaikai, et al. Evolution of sedimentary environment in the Gulf of Thailand since the last deglaciation. Quaternary International, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.018. (Corresponding author)
9. Zhang Hui, Liu Shengfa, Wu Kaikai, et al. Distribution and assessment of heavy metal contents in surface sediments of the western Sunda Shelf. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021, 168, 112433. (Corresponding author)
10. Liu Shengfa, Li Jingrui, Zhang Hui, et al. Complex response of weathering intensity registered in the Andaman Sea sediments to the Indian Summer Monsoon over the last 40 kyr. Marine Geology, 2020, 425, 106206.
11. Liu Shengfa, Zhang Hui, Shi Xuefa, et al. Reconstruction of monsoon evolution in southernmost Sumatra over the past 35 kyr and its response to northern hemisphere climate changes. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2020, 7, 30.
12. Ye Wenxing, Liu Shengfa, Fan Dejiang, et al. Evolution of sediment provenances and transport processes in the central Bay of Bengal since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary International, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.12.007 (Corresponding author)
13. Wu Kaikai, Liu Shengfa, Shi Xuefa, et al. Distribution of rare earth elements in surface sediments of the western Sunda Shelf: Constraints from sedimentology and mineralogy. Continental Shelf Research, 2020, 206, 104198. (Corresponding author)
14. Sun Xingquan, Liu Shengfa, Fang Xisheng, et al. Clay minerals of surface sediments from the lower Bengal Fan: Implications for provenance identification and transport processes. Geological Journal, 2020. (Corresponding author)
15. Liu Tao, Liu Shengfa, Wu Bin et al., 2020. Increase of organic carbon burial response to mangrove expansion in the Nanliu River estuary, South China Sea. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2020, 7, 71.(Corresponding author)
16. Sun Xingquan, Liu Shengfa, Li Jingrui, et al. Major and trace element compositions of surface sedients from the lower Bengal Fan: Implications for provenance discrimination and sedimentary environment. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2019,184, 104000. (Corresponding author)
17. Wu Kaikai, Liu Shengfa, Selvaraj Kandasamy, et al. Grain-size effect on rare earth elements in Pahang River and Kelantan River, Peninsular Malaysia: Implications for sediment provenance in the southern South China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 2019, 189, 103977. (Corresponding author)
18. Md Hafijur Rahaman Khan, Liu Jianguo, Liu Shengfa, et al. Clay mineral compositions in surface sediments of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system of Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. Marine Geology, 2019, 412, 27-36. (Corresponding author)
19. Liu Shengfa, Zhang Hui, Zhu Aimei, et al. Distribution of rare earth elements in surface sediments of the western Gulf of Thailand: Constraints from sedimentology and mineralogy. Quaternary International, 2019, 527, 52-63.
20. Li Ziye, Chen Min-Te, Lin Da-Cheng, Wang Houjie, Shi Xuefa, Liu Shengfa el al. Holocene surface hydroclimate changes in the Indo-Pacific warm pool. Quaternary International, 2018, 482, 1-12. (Corresponding author)
21. Li Ziye, Chen Min-Te, Lin Da-Cheng, Shi Xuefa, Liu Shengfa el al. Evidence of solar insolation and internal forcing of sea surface temperature changes in the eastern tropical Indian Ocean during the Holocene. Quaternary International, 2018, 490, 1-9. (Corresponding author)
22. Liu Shengfa, Mi Beibei, Fang Xisheng, et al. A preliminary study of a sediment core drilled from the mud area on the inner shelf of the East China Sea: implications for paleoclimatic changes during the fast transgression period (13 ka BP-8 ka BP). Quaternary International. 2017, 441, 35-50.
23. Mi Beibei, Liu Shengfa, Shi Xuefa, et al. A high resolution record of rare earth element compositional changes from the mud deposit on the inner shelf of the East China Sea: implications for paleoenvironmental changes. Quaternary International. 2017, 447, 35-45. (Corresponding author)
24. Liu Shengfa, Shi Xuefa, Yang Gang, et al. Distribution of major and trace elements in surface sediments of the western Gulf of Thailand: Evidence for understanding modern sedimentation. Continental Shelf Research. 2016, 117, 81-91.
25. Liu Shengfa, Shi Xuefa, Yang Gang, et al. Concentration distribution and assessment of heavy metals in the surface sediments of the western Gulf of Thailand. Environmental Earth Sciences. 2016, 75(4), 1-14.
26. Liu Shengfa, Shi Xuefa, Fang Xisheng, et al. Spatial and temporal distributions of clay minerals in mud deposits on the inner shelf of the East China Sea: Implications for paleoenvironmental changes in the Holocene. Quaternary International. 2014, 349, 270-279.
27. Liu Shengfa, Shi Xuefa, Liu Yanguang, et al. Holocene paleoclimatic reconstruction based on the mud deposit on the inner shelf of the East China Sea. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2013, 69, 113-120.
获奖与荣誉
1. 刘升发（2/15）, 亚洲大陆边缘底质调查研究与发现，中国海洋工程咨询协会，海洋工程科学技术奖，一等奖，2019
（石学法、刘升发、邹建军，乔淑卿，刘焱光，胡利民，李云海，窦衍光，刘建国，姚政权，王昆山，吴永华，李传顺，杨刚，刘志杰）
2. 刘升发（9/15）, 我国近海底质调查与研究，国家海洋局，海洋科学技术奖，一等奖，2015
（石学法、陈坚、初凤友、刘焱光、殷汝广、乔淑卿、李西双、姚政权、刘升发、许江、王昆山、李小艳、李传顺、胡利民、刘志杰）
3. 刘升发（5/5）, 中国陆缘海地质环境演化，青岛市科技局，青岛市自然科学奖，一等奖，2015
（李乃胜、石学法、鄢全树、乔淑卿、刘升发）
4. 刘升发（1/10）, 海上丝绸之路关键海域底质调查技术突破与应用，青岛市科技局，青岛市科技进步奖，二等奖，2020
（刘升发、乔淑卿、温琦、石学法、亓琳、曹鹏、吴斌、杨刚、张琦、吕明东）
主持项目
1. 2012.1-2014.12 国家自然科学基金青年项目：东海周边中小型河流物源端元识别及其对内陆架泥质体形成的贡献（41106063），32万元, 主持。
2. 2014.1-2017.12 国家自然科学基金面上项目：末次冰期以来安达曼海沉积记录及其对印度季风的响应（41376074），84万元, 主持。
3. 2017.1-2020.12 国家自然科学基金面上项目：末次冰消期以来东北印度洋大气CO2浓度重建及其气候效应（41676054），71万元, 主持。
4. 2022.1-2025.12 国家自然科学基金面上项目：末次冰期以来印度洋偶极子平均态演化历史及其气候效应（42176089），60万元, 主持。
