独立承担本科《微生物学》、《天然药物化学》等课程教学。主持国家自然科学基金青年项目1项，省部级科研项目2项，校级科研项目1项，参研国家级及省部级科研项目多项；在Angew Chem Int Ed、ACS Catal、J Agric Food Chem、ACS synthetic biology等国际学术期刊发表论文14余篇（其中一作/通讯论文11篇），申请国家发明专利5项（授权1项）。主持省部级教改项目1项，校级教改项目2项，发表教改论文2篇。获得第四届重庆市高等教育研究与教学改革优秀论文奖三等奖，校级第六届微课比赛三等奖。指导研究生获批校级科技创新项目3项，本科生获批校级科技创新项目5项。
1.国家自然科学基金青年项目，2026-2028
2.重庆市自然科学基金面上项目, 2023-2026
3.重庆市教委科学技术研究项目, 2021-2024
4.Haichun Zeng, Jiatong Zeng, Yuxin Zhou, Beilin Meng, Li Rao*. Characterization of a γ‑Humulene Synthase from Fungus Ascobolus immersus. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2026, 74, 15103-15110.
5.Yuxin Zhou, Jiatong Zeng, Beilin Meng, Li Rao,* Haichun Zeng*. Functional Characterization of a Thujopsene-Type Sesquiterpene Synthase from Nemania Diffusa. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2026, 74, 22934-22941.
6.Haichun Zeng, Beilin Meng, Jiatong Zeng, and Li Rao*. Identification and Characterization of a Novel Multifunctional Terpene Synthase from the Pathogenic Fungus Cochliobolus heterostrophus, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2025, 73(22): 13531-13539.
7.Haichun Zeng, Jiatong Zeng, Beilin Meng, Yuxin Zhou, Kai Zhou, and Li Rao*. A Novel Sesquiterpene Synthase from Neophaeococcomyces mojaviensis for α‑Santalene Production, ACS synthetic biology, 2025, 14(12):4771-4777.
8.曾迦茼，孟贝琳，周裕鑫，曾海春*. 丛炭角菌香叶醇合酶基因XmTPS的鉴定与功能表征. 中国生物工程杂志，2025, 45(12): 28-38.
9.Haichun Zeng, Jiatong Zeng, Beilin Meng, Jianmei Peng, Li Rao*. Identification and Characterization of a Fungal Monoterpene Synthase Responsible for the Biosynthesis of Geraniol, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2024, 72(44): 24530-24538.
10.Rumeng Li, Bo Yao, Haichun Zeng*. Identification and Characterization of a Nerol Synthase in Fungi, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2023, 72（1）: 416-423.
11.Qian Wei, Haichun Zeng, Yi Zou*. Divergent Biosynthesis of Fungal Dioxafenestrane Sesquiterpenes by the Cooperation of Distinctive Baeyer-Villiger Monooxygenases and α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases, ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11(2): 948-957.
12.Haichun Zeng, Guoping Yin, Qian Wei, Dehai Li, Yi Wang, Youcai Hu, Changhua Hu, Yi Zou*. Unprecedented [5.5.5.6]Dioxafenestrane Ring Construction in Fungal Insecticidal Sesquiterpene Biosynthesis, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58(20): 6641-6645.
13.曾海春，李茹梦，姚波，柴水琴. 一种真菌橙花醇合酶PgfB及其编码基因和应用CN202310447699.5, 2023.
14. 曾海春，刘书妤，黎金东，陈昌军，胡晨曦，吴谊. 一种真菌单萜合酶PgfTPS及其编码基因和应用 CN202410377508.7, 2024.
