1.纳米传感界面的构建及生物传感
2.食品安全分析及检测
3. 食品加工过程中的安全监测与管控

1. 国家基金青年基金项目：基于纳米碳材料DNA传感界面构建的转基因食品检测研究， 31401573，主持人。
2. 中国博士后基金面上基金项目：功能化纳米材料上的多重食源性致病菌DNA电化学传感，2016M592050，主持。
3. 中国博士后基金特别资助项目：碳纳米材料修饰电极上赤霉素的电化学行为研究及检测，2017T100446，主持。
4. 安徽省科技重大专项项目：美拉德肽调控风味增强徽州传统糕饼的自动化加工关键技术研究与新产品开发，202003a06020018，技术主持。
5. 安徽省科技重大专项项目：酱卤肉制品的肽风味调控与安全生产关键技术研究及示范，201903b06020007，技术主持。
6. 安徽省重点研究与开发计划项目：植物蛋白配餐饮品品控关键技术集成和产业化示范，201904a06020030，主持
7. 安徽省重点研究与开发计划项目：系列新型豆制品的开发及副产品综合利用研究，1604a0702029，技术主持。
8. 企业委托项目：功能性速溶茶的开发及产业化关键技术研发，113-433066，主持。

代表性论文
1. Xiaodong Cao, Minli Liu, Jie Lu, Hongge Lv, Jinzhe Han, Shudong He, Yongkang Ye*, Xiangyang Chen, Zhaojun Wei*, Haisong Zheng. An ultrasensitive biosensor for virulence ompA gene of Cronobacter sakazakii based on boron doped carbon quantum dots-AuNPs nanozyme and exonuclease III-assisted target-recycling strategy. Food Chemistry, 2022, 391: 133268.

2. Yongkang Ye, Shuangshuang Ye, Zhangxiang Wanyan, Hao Ping, Zixun Xu, Shudong He, Xiaodong Cao*, Xiangyang Chen, Wanwan Hu, Zhaojun Wei*. Producing beef flavors in hydrolyzed soybean meal-based Maillard reaction products participated with beef tallow hydrolysates. Food Chemistry, 2022, 378: 132119.

3. Yongkang Ye, Hanwen Zhang, Gulipiyanmu Kahaljan, Mingtai Wang, Asimu Mohet, Shudong He, Xiaodong Cao*, Haisong Zheng*. Electro-oxidation and determination 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in food on co-electrodeposited Cu-Ni bimetallic microparticles modified copper electrode. Food Chemistry, 2022, 367: 130659.

4. Yongkang Ye, Shengquan Dai, Hongyan Zhang, Shudong He, Wanwan Hu, Xiaodong Cao*, Zhaojun Wei*, Ultrasound-Assisted Preparation of Maillard Reaction Products Derived from Hydrolyzed Soybean Meal with Meaty Flavor in an Oil-In-Water System. Molecules, 2022, 27, 7236.

5. Xiaodong Cao, Kairui Zhang, Wuwen Yan, Zihao Xia, Shudong He, Xuan Xu, Yongkang Ye*, Zhaojun Wei, Songqin Liu*. Calcium ion assisted fluorescence determination of microRNA-167 using carbon dots–labeled probe DNA and polydopamine-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Microchimca Acta, 2020, 187: 212

6. Xiaodong Cao, Zihao Xia, Wuwen Yan, Shudong He, Xuan Xu, Zhaojun Wei, Yongkang Ye∗, Haisong Zheng. Analytical Biochemistry, 2020, 602: 113798

7. Yongkang Ye, Shen Mao, Shudong He, Xuan Xu, Xiaodong Cao*, Zhaojun Wei, Sundaram Gunasekaran*. Ultrasensitive electrochemical genosensor for detection of CaMV35S gene with Fe3O4-Au@Ag nanoprobe. Talanta, 2020, 206: 120205.

8. Xiaodong Cao, Xueting Zhu, Shudong He, Xuan Xu, Yongkang Ye*. Electro-Oxidation and Simultaneous Determination of Indole-3-Acetic Acid and Salicylic Acid on Graphene Hydrogel Modified Electrode. Sensors, 2019, 19: 5483

9. Xiaodong Cao, Xueting Zhu, Shudong He, Xuan Xu, Yongkang Ye*, Sundaram Gunasekaran*. Gold nanoparticle-doped three-dimensional reduced graphene hydrogel modified electrodes for amperometric determination of indole-3- acetic acid and salicylic acid. Nanoscale, 2019, 11: 10247.

10. Yongkang Ye, Wuwen Yan, Yaqian Liu, Shudong He, Xiaodong Cao*, Xuan Xu, Haisong Zheng, Sundaram Gunasekaran*. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2019, 1074: 80-88

11. Yongkang Ye, Jingqi Xie, Yingwang Ye, Xiaodong Cao*, Haisong Zheng, Xuan Xu, Qiang Zhang. A label-free electrochemical DNA biosensor based on thionine functionalized reduced graphene oxide. Carbon, 2018, 129: 730-737.

12. Yongkang Ye, Yaqian Liu, Shudong He, Xuan Xu, Xiaodong Cao⁎, Yingwang Ye, Haisong Zheng*. Ultrasensitive electrochemical DNA sensor for virulence invA gene of Salmonella using silver nanoclusters as signal probe. Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 2018, 27: 53–59.

专利
1. 一种检测转基因成分DNA的方法及其使用的电化学传感器，ZL 2018 1 1652278.1.

2. 一种用于检测5-羟甲基糠醛的电化学生物传感器及其检测方法，ZL 2021 1 0134193.X.

著作
1. Maoquan Chu. The World Scientific Encyclopedia of Nanomedicine and Bioengineering II 1. Synthesis and Biomedical Applications of Graphene Quantum Dots. (Yongkang Ye, Xiaodong Cao. Chapter 5 Graphene Quantum Dots for Food Analysis). World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd. ISBN: 9789814667586, 2017

1.入选2021年度“中国博士后科学基金资助者选介”（100人）。
2.毕业设计优秀指导教师。