1996--2000 东北师范大学化学系本科
2000-2003 大连理工大学化工学院硕士研究生
2003-2006 南开大学化学学院博士研究生
2006/07 — 2011/12，南开大学，化学学院，讲师
2012/01 - 2016/12,南开大学，化学学院，副教授
2014/10 — 2015/10，美国劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室，访问学者
2017/01 — 现在，南开大学，化学学院，教授

2015年，天津市自然科学一等奖（排名4）
2015年入选南开大学百名青年学科带头人培养计划
2014年获国家自然科学基金委优秀青年科学基金资助

发表包括Nature Photon,Acc Chem Res,Adv Mater, JACS等论文90余篇，论文被引4000余次，申请专利7 项，授权3 项，出版专著（章节）2 部。
代表性论文：
1) Miaomiao Li, Ke Gao, Xiangjian Wan*, Qian Zhang, Bin Kan, Ruoxi Xia, Feng Liu,Xuan Yang, Huanran Feng, Wang Ni, Yunchuang Wang, Jiajun Peng, Hongtao Zhang, Ziqi Liang, Hin-Lap Yip, Xiaobin Peng*, Yong Cao and Yongsheng Chen* , Nature Photon., 2016,
DOI: 10.1038/NPHOTON.2016.240
2) Qian Zhang, Xiangjian Wan,* Feng Liu,* Bin Kan, Miaomiao Li, Huanran Feng,Hongtao Zhang, Thomas P. Russell,* Yongsheng Chen*. Adv. Mater. 2016, 8,7008-7012.
3) Miaomiao Li, Feng Liu*, Xiangjian Wan*, Wang Ni, Bin Kan, Huanran Feng, Qian Zhang, Xuan Yang, Yunchuang Wang, Yamin Zhang, Yan Shen, Thomas P. Russell, Yongsheng Chen*, Adv. Mater., 2015, 27, 6296–6302.
4) Bin Kan, Qian Zhang, Feng Liu, Xiangjian Wan*, Yunchuang Wang, Wang Ni, Xuan Yang, Mingtao Zhang, Hongtao Zhang,Thomas P. Russell, Yongsheng Chen*, Chem. Mater., 2015, 27, 8414-8423.
5) Jiaoyan Zhou,? Yi Zuo,? Xiangjian Wan,? Guankui Long, Qian Zhang, Wang Ni, Yongsheng Liu, Zhi Li, Guangrui He, Chenxi Li, Bin Kan, Miaomiao Li, Yongsheng Chen*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 8484–8487.
6) Guankui Long, Xiangjian Wan,* Bin Kan, Yongsheng Liu, Guangrui He, Zhi Li, Yawei Zhang, Yi Zhang, Qian Zhang, Mingtao Zhang, and Yongsheng Chen*, Adv. Energy Mater. 2013, 3, 639–646.
7) Jiaoyan Zhou, Xiangjian Wan, Yongsheng Liu, Yi Zuo, Zhi Li, Guangrui He, Guankui Long, Wang Ni, Chenxi Li, Xuncheng Su, Yongsheng Chen*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 16345–16351.
8) Zhi Li, Guangrui He, Xiangjian Wan,* Yongsheng Liu, Jiaoyan Zhou, Guankui Long, Yi Zuo, Mingtao Zhang, Yongsheng Chen*, Adv Energy Mater, 2012, 2, 74–77.
9) Xiangjian Wan , Guankui Long , Lu Huang , and Yongsheng Chen*, Adv Mater, 2011, 23, 5342–5358.
10) Yongsheng Liu, Xiangjian Wan,* Fei Wang, Jiaoyan Zhou, Guankui Long, Jianguo Tian, and Yongsheng Chen*, Adv Mater, 2011, 23, 5387–5391.

指导硕士生1名，博士生1名
协助指导硕士生2名，博士生6名，