主要从事环境矿物学与矿物–水界面化学研究，聚焦矿物结构–功能耦合机制及其在环境与能源领域的应用。同时，围绕工业固体废弃物资源回收，致力于关键金属、稀土元素的绿色、高效分离与循环利用。研究成果发表于 Angewandte Chemie International Edition、Environmental Science & Technology、Advanced Science 等国际权威期刊。

国家自然科学基金-重点项目（42530803）“富锰褐铁矿纳米矿物资源形成过程、机制及控矿规律”，合作参与，2026.1-2030.12

1.Ping Chen§, Suyun Wang§, Trent R. Graham, Duo Song, Xiaodong Zhao, Lili Liu, Zheming Wang, Carolyn I. Pearce, Kevin R. Mosso, Xin Zhang. Unravelling Anion-Specific Inhibition and Structural Modulation of Gibbsite Crystallization: Implications for Aluminum Mobility in Natural and Engineered Systems. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. (2025)
2.Ping Chen, Duo Song, Tianying Liu, Ying Chen, Yadong Zhou, Micah P. Prange, Tianhu Chen, David Z. Wang, Yatong Zhao, Xiang Wang, Xiaoxu Li, Dunwei Wang, Zihua Zhu, Zheming Wang, Kevin M. Rosso, Xin Zhang. Facet-dependent heterogeneous Fenton reaction mechanisms on hematite nanoparticles for (photo)catalytic degradation of organic dyes. Advanced Science. (2025): e08058
3.Ping Chen§, Yifeng Zhu§, Hailin Zhang§, Micah P. Prange, Duo Song, Janos Szanyi, Yining Wang, Ying Chen, Xiang Wang, Oliver Y. Gutiérrez, Zihua Zhu, Zheming Wang, Carolyn I. Pearce, Ping Li, Kevin M. Rosso, Honghong Shi, Xin Zhang. Boosting Hydrogenation of CO2 using Cationic Cu Atomically Dispersed on 2D γ-Al2O3 Nanosheets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025): e202505444.
4.Ping Chen, Micah P. Prange, Duo Song, Sungsik Lee, Sang Soo Lee, Juejing Liu, Yatong Zhao, Xiang Wang, Mark H. Engelhard, Yadong Zhou, Carolyn I. Pearce, Zheming Wang, Zihua Zhu, Kevin M. Rosso, and Xin Zhang. Facet-dependent adsorption of Pb(II) on hematite (001), (116), and (104) surfaces. Environmental Science & Technology 59,23 (2025): 11862–11874.
5.Ping Chen, Eugene S. Ilton, Zheming Wang, Kevin M. Rosso, and Xin Zhang. Global rare earth element resources: A concise review. Applied Geochemistry (2024): 106158.
6.Ping Chen, Yifeng Zhu, Rachael Bergman, Sichuang Xue, Yatong Zhao, Jay A. LaVerne, Xiaofeng Guo, Carolyn I. Pearce, Zheming Wang, Tianhu Chen, Kevin M. Rosso, and Xin Zhang. Effects of Ionizing Radiation on the Thermodynamic Stability of Boehmite and Gibbsite. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 128,8 (2024): 3578-3587.
7.Ping Chen, Yuefei Zhou, Qiaoqin Xie, Tianhu Chen, Haibo Liu, Sichuang Xue, Xuehua Zou, Lin Wei, Liang Xu, Xin Zhang, and Kevin M. Rosso. Phosphate adsorption kinetics and equilibria on natural iron and manganese oxide composites. Journal of Environmental Management 323 (2022): 116222.
8.Ping Chen, Duo Song, Xin Zhang, Qiaoqin Xie, Yuefei Zhou, Haibo Liu, Liang Xu, Tianhu Chen, and Kevin M. Rosso. Understanding competitive phosphate and silicate adsorption on goethite by connecting batch experiments with density functional theory calculations. Environmental Science & Technology 56,2 (2022): 823-834.
9.陈平, 陈天虎, 徐亮, 赵月领, 周跃飞, 徐晓春, 谢巧勤. 铜陵叶山铁矿赤铁矿微尺度矿物学研究及地质意义. 岩石学报 35,1 (2019): 177-192.
10.Ping Chen, Tianhu Chen, Qiaoqin Xie, Liang Xu, Haibo Liu, and Yuefei Zhou. Mineralogy and geochemistry of limonite as a weathering product of ilvaite in the Yeshan iron deposit, Tongling, China. Clays and Clay Minerals 66,2 (2018): 190-207.
Ping Chen, Tianhu Chen, Liang Xu, Haibo Liu, and Qiaoqin Xie. Mn-rich limonite from the yeshan iron deposit, Tongling District, China: a natural nanocomposite. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 17,9 (2017): 6931-6935.

2014年第三届全国大学生地质技能大赛-地质标本鉴定三等奖
2014年合肥工业大学“机勘育才”甲等奖学金