1980.9-1984.7 郑州大学 化学
1984.9-1987.6 南开大学 化学
1993.9-1997.6 加拿大维多利亚大学博士
1997.8-1999.7 加州大学洛杉矶分校及肯塔基大学 博士后
1997.7-1999.8 美国加州大学洛杉矶分校和肯塔基大学 博士后及研究员
199.8-2002.2 美国Cymerg公司高级 研究员
2002.3-2004.4 美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校SDSC国家超算中心， 高级研究员
2010.6-今 德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校 讲座教授
2004.4-今 南开大学 教授

荣获2018年国家自然科学二等奖（第一完成人），2010年天津市自然科学一等奖（第一完成人），2015年“天津市劳动模范”，2019年“天津市优秀科技工作者标兵”，2024年天津市优秀教师等。2014年至今连续11年入选汤森路透全球高被引科学家。担任《中国科学-化学》、《中国科学-材料》、《Carbon》、《2D Materials》、《Energy Storage Materials》等期刊的编辑或编委。

长期从事功能高分子和纳米材料方面的研究，在绿色能源转化与存储领域做出了重要贡献。陈永胜提出了具有确定分子结构的高效有机光伏材料设计理念，多次刷新了有机太阳能电池领域的光电转换效率世界记录；提出了“三维交联石墨烯”高分子体相材料的构筑理念，所发展的三维石墨烯材料在从4到1200K的温度区间展现出独特的光、电、磁性能，并首次实现了宏观光驱动。先后主持国家973、863、重大研究计划、基金委重点项目等。发表Science、Nature及子刊、J. Am. Chem. Soc.、Angew. Chem.和Adv. Mater.等高水平研究论文400余篇，他引9万余次，H-Index 130，授权发明专利50余项。

近期10篇代表作：

(1) Ziyuan Wang, Yiwen Bo, Peijia Bai, Shuchao Zhang, Guanghui Li, Xiangjian Wan, Yongsheng Liu*, Rujun Ma*, Yongsheng Chen*. Self-Sustaining Personal All-Day Thermoregulatory Clothing Using only Sunlight. Science, 2023, 382, 1291.

(2) Lingxian Meng, Yamin Zhang, Xiangjian Wan*, Chenxi Li, Xin Zhang, Yanbo Wang, Xin Ke, Zuo Xiao, Liming Ding*, Ruoxi Xia, Hin-Lap Yip, Yong Cao, Yongsheng Chen*. Organic and Solution-Processed Tandem Solar Cells with 17.3% Efficiency. Science, 2018, 361, 1094.

(3) Márcio D Lima, Na Li, Mônica Jung de Andrade, Shaoli Fang, Jiyoung Oh, Geoffrey M Spinks, Mikhail E Kozlov, Carter S Haines, Dongseok Suh, Javad Foroughi, Seon Jeong Kim, Yongsheng Chen, Taylor Ware, Min Kyoon Shin, Leonardo D Machado, Alexandre F Fonseca, John D W Madden, Walter E Voit, Douglas S Galvão, Ray H Baughman*. Electrically, Chemically, and Photonically Powered Torsional and Tensile Actuation of Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Yarn Muscles. Science, 2012, 338, 893.

(4) Kai Zhao, Tengfei Zhang, Huicong Chang, Yang Yang, Peishuang Xiao, Hongtao Zhang, Chenxi Li, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Pulickel M. Ajayan*, Yongsheng Chen*. Super-Elasticity of Three-Dimensionally Cross-Linked Graphene Materials All the Way to Deep Cryogenic Temperatures. Science Advance, 2019, 5, eaav258.

(5) Yanna Sun, Meijia Chang, Lingxian Meng, Xiangjian Wan, Huanhuan Gao, Yamin Zhang, Kai Zhao, Zhenhe Sun, Chenxi Li, Shuiren Liu, Huike Wang, Jiajie Liang, Yongsheng Chen*. Flexible Organic Photovoltaics Based on Water-Processed Silver Nanowire Electrodes. Nature Electronics, 2019, 2, 513.

(6) 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, Yongsheng Chen*. Solution-Processed Organic Tandem Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies >12%. Nature Photonics, 2017, 11, 85.

(7) Tengfei Zhang, Huicong Chang, Yingpeng Wu, Peishuang Xiao, Ningbo Yi, Yanhong Lu, Yanfeng Ma, Yi Huang, Kai Zhao, Xiao-Qing Yan, Zhi-Bo Liu, Jian-Guo Tian, Yongsheng Chen*. Macroscopic and Direct Light Propulsion of Bulk Graphene Material. Nature Photonics, 2015, 9, 471.

(8) Qian Zhang, Bin Kan, Feng Liu, Guankui Long, Xiangjian Wan, Xiaoqing Chen, Yi Zuo, Wang Ni, Huijing Zhang, Miaomiao Li, Zhicheng Hu, Fei Huang, Yong Cao, Ziqi Liang, Mingtao Zhang, Thomas P. Russell, Yongsheng Chen*. Small-Molecule Solar Cells with Efficiency over 9%. Nature Photonics, 2015, 9, 35.

(9) Huazhe Liang, Xingqi Bi, Hongbin Chen, Tengfei He, Yi Lin, Yunxin Zhang, Kangqiao Ma, Wanying Feng, Zaifei Ma, Guankui Long, Chenxi Li, Bin Kan, Hongtao Zhang, Oleg A Rakitin, Xiangjian Wan, Zhaoyang Yao*, Yongsheng Chen*. A Rare Case of Brominated Small Molecule Acceptors for High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells. Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 4707.

(10) Yingpeng Wu, Ningbo Yi, Lu Huang, Tengfei Zhang, Shaoli Fang, Huicong Chang, Na Li, Jiyoung Oh, Jae Ah Lee, Mikhail Kozlov, Alin C. Chipara, Humberto Terrones, Peishuang Xiao, Guankui Long, Yi Huang, Fan Zhang, Long Zhang, Xavier Lepró, Carter Haines, Márcio Dias Lima, Nestor Perea Lopez, Lakshmy P. Rajukumar, Ana L. Elias, Simin Feng, Seon Jeong Kim, N. T. Narayanan, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Mauricio Terrones, Ali Aliev, Pengfei Chu, Zhong Zhang, Ray H. Baughman*, Yongsheng Chen*. Three-Dimensionally Bonded Spongy Graphene Material with Super Compressive Elasticity and Near-Zero Poisson’s Ratio. Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 6141. 

培养已毕业博士研究生40余名，硕士研究生30余名。