主要研究方向:
1、新型结构纳米与多孔复合材料的制备与形貌控制。
2、超顺磁核-壳结构纳米功能材料的制备及在癌症的早期诊断、药物的靶向传输与治疗等生物、医药方面的应用研究。
3、环境友好催化与能源生产用纳米催化材料。

代表性论文：
1.Dechao Niu, Yongsheng Li*, Zhi Ma, Hua Diao, Jinlou Gu, Hangrong Chen, Wenru Zhao, Meiling Ruan, Yonglian Zhang and Jianlin Shi*,Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, 5, 773-780.
2.Yongsheng Li, Yong Chen, Liang Li, Jinlou Gu, Wenru Zhao, Lei Li, Jianlin Shi, Appl. Catal. A: General 2009, 366, 57-64.
3.Dechao Niu, Yongsheng Li*, Xiaoli Qiao, Liang Li, Wenru Zhao, Hangrong Chen, Qiaoling Zhao, Zhi Ma and Jianlin Shi*, Chem. Commun.,2008, 4463-4465.
4.Zhange Feng, Yongsheng Li*, Dechao Niu, Liang Li, Wenru Zhao, Hangrong Chen, Lei Li, Jianhua Gao, Meiling Ruan, and Jianlin Shi*, Chem. Commun. 2008, 2629 (Cover paper).
5.Yongsheng Li, Yanqiu Yang, Meiling Ruan, Jianlin Shi, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater., 2008, 112, 597.
6.Yongsheng Li, M. Pera-Titusa, G. Xiong, W. Yang, E. Landrivon, S. Miachona, J.-A. Dalmon, J. Membr. Sci., 2008, 325:978-931.
7.Yongsheng Li, Jianlin Shi, Zile Hua, et al. Nano Letters., 2003, 3(5) 609.