1.食品功能因子
（1）食药材中功能因子成分的分离鉴定；
（2）食药材中功能因子的营养机理。
2.食品生物技术
（1）食品微生物学；
（2）食品发酵工程。

1.安徽省科技重大专项项目：低升糖指数低吸油率面包糠生产技术开发及应用（项目号202203a06020028），2022.05-2025.04，合作主持。
2.安徽省重点研发计划项目：高品质牡丹籽油绿色加工新工艺开发及副产物高值化利用技术研究（项目号202004a06020052），2020.01-2021.12，合作主持。
3.安徽省重点研发计划项目：全营养豆奶干法制浆关键技术研究及产业化（项目号201904a06020008），2019.01-2021.12，合作主持。
4.安徽省科技重大专项项目：铜陵白姜规模化标准化精深加工关键技术研究及产业化示范（项目号18030701142），2018.01-2020.12，合作主持。
5.企业委托项目：白姜姜苗调味料加工工艺开发，2022.01-2023.12，主持人。

代表性论文

1. Zi-Wei Xia, Jian-Guo Zhang*, Zhi-Jing Ni, Fan Zhang, Kiran Thakur, Fei Hu, Zhao-Jun Wei*. Functional and emulsification characteristics of phospholipids and derived o/w emulsions from peony seed meal. Food Chemistry. 2022. 389, 133112.

2. Yuan-Yuan Zhang, Elnur Elam, Zhi-Jing Ni, Fan Zhang, Kiran Thakur, Shaoyun Wang, Jian-Guo Zhang*, Zhao-Jun Wei*. LC-MS/MS targeting analysis of terpenoid metabolism in Carya cathayensis at different developmental stages. Food Chemistry. 2022, 366:130583.

3. Xiao-Xiao Li, Xiu-Xiu Zhang, Rui Zhang, Zhi-Jing Ni, Elnur Elam, Kiran Thakur, Carlos L. Cespedes-Acuña, Jian-Guo Zhang*, Zhao-Jun Wei*. Gut modulation based anti-diabetic effects of carboxymethylated wheat bran dietary fiber in high-fat diet/streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice and their potential mechanisms. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 2021, 152, 112235.

4. Xiao-Li Li, Run-Hui Ma, Zhi-Jing Ni, Kiran Thakur, Carlos L. Cespedes-Acuña, Shaoyun Wang, Jian-Guo Zhang*, Zhao-Jun Wei *. Dioscin inhibits human endometrial carcinoma proliferation via G0/G1 cell cycle arrest and mitochondrial-dependent signaling pathway. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 2021, 148, 111941.

5. Fan Zhang, Zhi-Jing Ni, Lei Ye, Yuan-Yuan Zhang, Kiran Thakur, Carlos L. Cespedes-Acuna, Jinzhi Han, Jian-Guo Zhang*, Zhao-Jun Wei*. Asparanin A inhibits cell migration and invasion in human endometrial cancer via Ras/ERK/MAPK pathway. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 2021, 150, 112036.

6. Yu-Yao Cao, Yu-Hang Ji, Ai-Mei Liao, Ji-Hong Huang, Kiran Thakur, Xiao-Li Li, Fei Hu, Jian-Guo Zhang*, and Zhao-Jun Wei*. Effects of sulfated, phosphorylated and carboxymethylated modifications on the antioxidant activities of polysaccharides sequentially extracted from Amana edulis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2020, 146, 887-896.

专利
1. 一种以生姜精油微胶囊为抗菌功能成分的食品保鲜膜及其制备方法和应用，专利授权号202210962326.7

2. 一种具有血管紧张素转化酶抑制活性的银杏果蛋白肽及其制备方法，专利授权号ZL201910434383.6

3. 一种磺酸化牡丹籽多糖及其制备治疗肝癌辅助药物中的应用，专利授权号ZL201810587442.9

4. 一种以竹笋壳降解产物为诱导剂培养霉菌生产纤维素酶的方法，专利授权号ZL201610208567.7

5. 一种竹笋壳复合发酵制作有机肥料的方法，专利授权号ZL201410801178.6