主持完成江苏省自然科学基金青年项目“过渡金属团簇、表面合金的电、磁和催化性质的第一性原理计算研究”1项。本人申请实用新型专利3项，指导学生申请实用新型专利4项。指导学生参与江苏省大学生物理与实验科技作品创新竞赛多次获奖并获得优秀指导教师奖2次。以第一作者参与江苏省高校微课教学比赛获得一等奖1次。
主要研究成果： 1、Theoretical Studies on Structural, Magnetic, and Spintronic Characteristics of Sandwiched EunCOTn_1 (n = 1-4) Clusters. Xiuyun Zhang, Man-Fai Ng, Yanbiao Wang, Jinlan Wang,* and Shuo-Wang Yang *, ACS Nano, 2009, 3, 9, 2515–2522. 2、Ab initio study of the structure and magnetism of atomic oxygen adsorbed Scn (n = 2–14) clusters. Jinlan Wang, Yanbiao Wang, Guangfen Wu, Xiuyun Zhang, Xiaojun Zhao and Mingli Yang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 5980-5985. 3、Comparative DFT study of structure and magnetism of TMnOm (TM = Sc–Mn, n = 1–2, m = 1–6) Clusters. Yanbiao Wang, Xinxin Gong and Jinlan Wang*, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 2471-2477. 4、Ab initio study of structure and magnetism of bimetallic oxide clusters TiVOm, VMnOm, and MnCoOm, m = 3, 4. Yanbiao Wang, Mingli Yang, Jinlan Wang*, Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 2010, 953, 55–60. 5、Ab Initio Study of Structure and Magnetism of Late Transition Metal Oxide TMnOm Clusters (TM = Fe, Co, Ni, n = 1, 2, m = 1–6). Yanbiao Wang, Qian Chen, and Jinlan Wang∗, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2012, 12, 1-6. 6、Comparative ab Initio Study of CO Adsorption on Scn and ScnO (n = 2_13) Clusters. Yanbiao Wang, Guangfen Wu, Jinli Du, Mingli Yang, and Jinlan Wang*, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2012, 116, 93–97. 7、Isomorphous substituted bimetallic oxide cluster as a novel strategy for single-atom catalysis. Yanbiao Wang, Qionghua Zhou, Mingli Yang, Jinlan Wang*, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2013, 1021, 262–267. 8、Competition between Eley−Rideal and Langmuir−Hinshelwood Pathways of CO Oxidation on Cun and CunO (n = 6, 7) Clusters. Yanbiao Wang, Guangfen Wu, Mingli Yang, and Jinlan Wang*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 8767−8773. 9、Shift of infrared vibrational spectra and H2O activation on PtCu alloy clusters. Yanbiao Wang*, Xiuyun Zhang, and Guangfen Wu, AIP Advances, 2020, 10, 085019.