主持国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目、“十三五”、“十四五”国家重点研发计划子课题、国家国际科技合作项目等10项课题，现任农业农村部国家食用豆现代产业技术体系质量安全与营养品质评价岗位科学家。

       以第一作者或通讯作者（含共第一、共同通讯）在Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf., Food Hydro., JAFC, Food & Func.等杂志发表SCI收录论文60余篇，授权国家发明专利7件，制订国家粮食行业标准5项；获得中国粮油学会科学技术奖三等奖（第四），获得农业部“农产品加工业十佳杰出青年科技人才”荣誉称号。

[1] Yue Gao, Xiyu Hao, Yichen Hu; Xiyu Hao; Yichen Hu;Nong Zhou; Qiang Ma; Liang Zou; Yang Yao*. Ultrasonication treatmentmodified chickpea protein functional properties and alleviated malnutrition onrats. Food & Function, 2023, 14: 1773.

[2] Zhenxing Shi; Shiyu Li; Zuchen Wei; Yuanji Wang;Nong Zhou; Qiang Ma; Yang Yao*. Immunomodulatory activity ofglycoproteins isolated from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Frontiers inNutrition, 2022, 9: 966705.

[3] Zhenxing Shi; ChristopheBlecker; Aurore Richel; Zuchen Wei; Jingwang Chen; Guixing Ren; Dongqin Guo; YangYao*; Eric Haubruge. Three-dimensional (3D) printability assessment offood-ink systems with superfine ground white common bean (Phaseolus vulgarisL.) protein based on different 3D food printers. LWT - Food Science andTechnology, 2022, 155: 112906.

[4] Zuchen Wei; Yuanji Wang; Zhenxing Shi;Nong Zhou; Guixing Ren; Xiyu Hao; Liang Zou and Yang Yao*. Mung bean protein suppressesundernutrition-induced growth deficits and cognitive dysfunction in rats viagut microbiota-TLR4/NF-kB pathway. J. Agric. Food Chem., 2021, 69(42): 12566.

[5] Zhenxing Shi, Baoqing Dun, Zuchen Wei,Changyou Liu, Jing Tian, Guixing Ren, and Yang Yao*. Peptides Releasedfrom extruded adzuki bean protein through simulated gastrointestinal digestionexhibit anti-inflammatory activity. J. Agric. Food. Chem. 2021, 69, 7028−7036.

[6] Shiyu Li, Yingying Zhu, Xiyu Hao, HangSu, Xin Chen, Yang Yao*. High internal phase Pickering emulsionsstabilized by the complexes of ultrasound-treated pea protein isolate/mung beanstarch for delivery of β-carotene. Food Chemistry, 2024, 440, 138201.

[7] Yue Gao, Xuna Zhang, Guixing Ren, CaieWu, Yang Yao*. Peptides from extruded lupin (Lupinus albus L.)regulate inflammatory activity via the p38 MAPK signal transduction pathway inRAW 264.7 cells, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2020, 68, 11702−11709.

[8] Li, S., Feng, X., Hao, X., Zhu, Y.,Zou, L., Chen, X., & Yao, Y. (2023). A comprehensive review of mung beanproteins: Extraction, characterization, biological potential, techno-functionalproperties, modifications, and applications. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Scienceand Food Safety, 1–36.