从事食品化学与分子营养方面的研究，研究方向涉及：食品成分的起效机制、食品成分的相互作用、品成分的高效分离理论与方法。

先后主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目、International Foundation for Science (Sweden)、安徽省科技重大专项、教育部科学技术研究重点项目、江苏省徐州市双创人才计划、安徽省高等学校优秀人才基金（重点项目）、企业委托等各类科研课题多项。

在Molecular Nutrition and Food Research、Food Hydrocolloids、Food Chemistry、Carbohydrate Polymers等国际重要期刊上发表SCI论文70多篇。近3年的代表性论文如下：

（1）Xue-Qiang Zha*, Wei-Nan Zhang, Fu-Hua Peng, Lei Xue, Jian Liu, Jian-Ping Luo. Alleviating VLDL overproduction is an important mechanism for Laminaria japonica polysaccharide to inhibit atherosclerosis in LDLr(-/-) mice with diet-induced insulin resistance. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 2017, 61 (4), 1600456.

（2）Hong-Yan Wang, Qiang-Ming Li, Nian-Jun Yu, Wei-Dong Chen, Xue-Qiang Zha*, De-Ling Wu, Li-Hua Pan, Jun Duan, Jian-Ping Luo. Dendrobium huoshanense polysaccharide regulates hepatic glucose homeostasis and pancreatic ss-cell function in type 2 diabetic mice. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2019, 211, 39-48.

（3）Song-Zi Xie, Bing Liu, Hui-Yu Ye, Qiang-Ming Li, Li-Hua Pan, Xue-Qiang Zha*, Jian Liu, Jun Duan, Jian-Ping Luo*. Dendrobium huoshanense polysaccharide regionally regulates intestinal mucosal barrier function and intestinal microbiota in mice. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2019, 206, 149-162.

（4）Xue-Qiang Zha*, Yuan-Yuan Deng, Xiao-Long Li, Jing-Fei Wang, Li-Hua Pan, Jian-Ping Luo. The core structure of a Dendrobium huoshanense polysaccharide required for the inhibition of human lens epithelial cell apoptosis. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 155 (Complete), 252-260.

（5）Qiang-Ming Li, Jing-Fei Wang, Xue-Qiang Zha*, Li-Hua Pan, Hai-Lin Zhang, Jian-Ping Luo. Structural characterization and immunomodulatory activity of a new polysaccharide from jellyfish. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 159, 188-194.

（6）Xue-Ying Li, Qiang-Ming Li, Qing Fang, Xue-Qiang Zha*, Li-Hua Pan, Jian-Ping Luo. Laminaria japonica polysaccharide inhibits vascular calcification via preventing osteoblastic differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2018, 66 (8), 1821-1827.

（7）Liu Kang, Zha Xue-Qiang*, Shen Wen-Di, Li Qiang-Ming, Pan Li-Hua, Luo Jian-Ping. The hydrogel of whey protein isolate coated by lotus root amylopectin enhance the stability and bioavailability of quercetin. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020, 236, 116009.

（8）Liu Kang, Huang Rui-Lin, Zha Xue-Qiang*, Li Qiang-Ming, Pan Li-Hua, Luo Jian-Ping. Encapsulation and sustained release of curcumin by a composite hydrogel of lotus root amylopectin and chitosan. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020, 232, 115810.

（9）Liu Kang, Kong Xiang-Li, Li Qiang-Ming, Zhang Hai-Lin, Zha Xue-Qiang*, Luo Jian-Ping. Stability and bioavailability of vitamin D3 encapsulated in composite gels of whey protein isolate and lotus root amylopectin. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020, 227, 115337.

（10）Li Xiao-Wei, Lv Shun, Shi Tian-Tian, Liu Kang, Li Qiang-Ming, Pan Li-Hua, Zha Xue-Qiang*, Luo Jian-Ping. Exopolysaccharides from yoghurt fermented by Lactobacillus paracasei: production, purification and its binding to sodium caseinate. Food Hydrocolloids, 2020, 102, 105635.

Current Medicinal Chemistry (IF 4.184)、Journal of Nutrition & Food Science（IF 1.22）、《中国食品》等多种国内外期刊编委；
农业部冷冻调理水产品加工重点实验室学术委员会委员；
安徽省细胞生物学学会理事；
国家科技奖励、安徽省科技奖励、河南省科技奖励、山东省科技奖励等多种国家和地方科技奖励评审专家。