1．合成化学：新试剂、新催化剂、新反应的设计与发现，及其在有机合成中的应用。
2. 药物化学：活性天然产物的全合成与构效关系研究。
3. 过程化学：手性药物及中间体、天然药物的合成新方法研究及其过程化学开发。

1. Huicai Huang, Zhichao Jin, Kailong Zhu, Xinmiao Liang, Jinxing Ye, Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of 5-Substituted 3-Pyrrolidin-2-Ones through A Direct Vinylogous Michael Addition under Multifunctional Catalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 3232-3235.
2. Xiaomin Sun, Feng Yu, Tingting Ye, Xinmiao Liang and Jinxing Ye, Catalytic Asymmetric Michael Reaction of α, β-Unsaturated Ketones with Sulfonyl Containing Nucleophiles: Chiral Synthesis of R-Muscone and S-Celery Ketone, Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 17, 430-434.
3. Huicai Huang, Feng Yu, Zhichao Jin, Wenjun Li, Wenbin Wu, Xinmiao Liang and Jinxing Ye, Asymmetric Vinylogous Michael Reaction of α, β-Unsaturated Ketones with γ-Butenolide under Multifunctional Catalysis, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5957-5959.
4. Pengfei Li, Yongcan Wang, Xinmiao Liang and Jinxing Ye, Asymmetric Multifunctional Organocatalytic Michael Addition of Nitroalkanes to α, β-Unsaturated Ketones, Chem. Commun., 2008, 3302-3304.