1952年出生，教授，博士生导师。1977年毕业于吉林大学物理系并留校任教。1993年至2006年任超硬材料国家重点实验室副主任，1993年至2011任中国物理学会高压物理专业委员会委员、兼秘书，《高压物理学报》编委。长期从事超高压实验技术与高压相变研究。在静水压超高压实验技术、高压拉曼光谱、压致软模相变、高压状态方程和纳米材料的高压相变等研究方面做出了许多重要工作。是用固态氩做传压介质获得90GPa国际上最高准静水压的主要参加者。2000年起开始进行III族低维纳米氮化物的制备与高压研究，制备出具有室温铁磁性的Sc掺杂纳米AlN发表在Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.和Appl. Phys. Lett.(封面文章)上，被Nature China选为2009年Materials和Physics的研究亮点报道。先后20多次赴美国和瑞典等国家进行国际合作研究。已发表学术论文100余篇，授权发明专利15项。

高压物理、III族低维纳米氮化物的制备与高压研究

1. Ce Ma, Xiao Tan, Zuo-yong Dou, Jun-ru Jiang, Bin Bai, Hong-yang Zhu, Peng-cheng Zhang*, Qi-liang Cui*, The new structure transition sequences of cerium around 5 GPa, JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 2017, 712: 588-592

2. Jingshu Wang*, Qiliang Cui*, Tingjing Hu, Jinghai Yang, Xiuyan Li, Yanqing Liu, Bo Liu, Wanqi Zhao, Hongyang Zhu, Lili Yang, Pressure-Induced Amorphization in BaF2 Nanoparticles, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 2016, 120(22): 12249-12253

3. Yongsheng Xu, Binbin Yao*, Qiliang Cui*, Co-doped AlN nanowires with high aspect ratio and high crystal quality, RSC ADVANCES, 2016, 6(114): 113204-113208

4. Yongsheng Xu, Binbin Yao*, Qiliang Cui*, Quantum tunneling of magnetization in GaN:Mn nanoparticles, RSC ADVANCES, 2016, 6(9): 7521-7526

5. Jian Zhang, Hongyang Zhu, Xiaoxin Wu, Hang Cui, Dongmei Li, Junru Jiang, Chunxiao Gao, Qiushi Wang*, Qiliang Cui*, Plasma-assisted synthesis and pressure-induced structural transition of single-crystalline SnSe nanosheets, NANOSCALE, 2015, 7(24): 10807-10816

6. Dan Zhou, Quan Li*, Yanming Ma, Qiliang Cui*, Changfeng Chen, Unraveling Convoluted Structural Transitions in SnTe at High Pressure, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 2013, 117(10): 5352-5357

7. Chunli Ma, Qiang Zhou, Fangfei Li, Jian Hao, Jingshu Wang, Liyin Huang, Fengxian Huang, Qiliang Cui*, Rotator Phases of n-Heptane under High Pressure: Raman Scattering and X-ray Diffraction Studies, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 2011, 115(37): 18310-18315

8. Weiwei Lei, Dan Liu, Xin Chen, Pinwen Zhu, Qiliang Cui*, Guangtian Zou, Ferromagnetic Properties of Y-Doped AlN Nanorods, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 2010, 114(37): 15574-15577

9. Weiwei Lei, Dan Liu, Yanming Ma*, Xin Chen, Fubo Tian, Pinwen Zhu, Xiaohui Chen, Qiliang Cui*, Guangtian Zou, Scandium-Doped AlN 1D Hexagonal Nanoprisms: A Class of Room-Temperature Ferromagnetic Materials, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2010, 49(1): 173-176