长期从事锋面、涡旋、台风、大气沉降等动力过程及其生态影响的研究。指导研究生、实习生20余人次，发表学术论文40余篇，第一/通讯论文20余篇(SCI论文22篇)。

1. 中美海洋与渔业科技合作联合专家组，中方秘书长，2017至今
2. 美国国家海洋与大气管理局，海洋基金委员会委员，2016至今

1. 主持，国家自然基金面上项目，风生上升流海域海洋锋面与海表风场相互作用的机制研究，2022-2025
2. 合作主持，SOED 国重室自主课题，台风、锋面过程对浙江近海微塑料分布、迁移的影响，2021-2022
3. 主持，中国科学院先导专项子课题，印太交汇区海洋物质能量中心区域高分辨率生态模式，2020-2024
4. 主持，自然资源部第二海洋研究所青年骨干人才经费，南海锋面的动力过程及其生态效应，2020-2022
5. 合作主持，二所—交大“深蓝计划”，基于能量综合优化和智能控制的高速波浪滑翔机研制，2020-2022
6. 主持，国家自然科学基金青年项目，黑潮延伸体的动力模态特征对初级生产力的影响研究，2019-2021
7. 参与，国家自然科学基金重大项目—课题五，海洋荒漠区生物泵过程模拟及增汇潜力评估，2019-2023
8. 合作主持，SOED 国重室自主课题，象山港微塑料分布特征、扩散过程模拟及其生态效应，2019-2020
9. 参与，国家自然科学基金重点项目，北太平洋铁的来源与传输对海洋上层生态系统的影响,   2018-2022
10. 主持，National Fisheries Observer Survey, Nat Marine Fisehry Service, NOAA Fisheries,  2016-2019
11. 参与，Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (LTER), NSF, USA.,  2014-2016
12. 参与，Ocean Vector Wind Science Team Grant, Nat Aeronautics & Space Admin(NASA), 2010-2015

一作/通讯论文：
1.     Wang, Y.*, J. Liu, H. Liu, P. Lin, Y. Yuan, F. Chai (2021), Seasonal and interannual variability in the sea surface temperature front in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016356.
2.     Wang, Y., H.-H. Chen, R. Tang, D. He, Z. Lee, H. Xue, M. Wells, E. Boss, F. Chai (2021), Australian fire nourishes ocean phytoplankton bloom. Science of the Total Environment.
3.     Wang, Y.*, R. Tang, Y. Yu, F. Ji (2021), Variability in the sea surface temperature gradient and its impacts on oceanic features in the Kuroshio extension. Remote Sensing, 13(5), 888.
4.     Wang, Y., W. Ma, F. Zhou, F. Chai (2021), Frontal variability and its impact on chlorophyll in the Arabian Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, 218, 103545.
5.     Chai, F.*, Y. Wang*, X. Xing, Y. Yan, H. Xue, M. Wells, E. Boss (2021), A limited effect of sub-tropical typhoons on phytoplankton dynamics. Biogeosciences, 18(3), 849-859.
6.     Zhang, H.-R., Y. Wang*, P. Xiu, F. Chai (2021), Modeling the seasonal variability of phytoplankton in the subarctic northeast Pacific Ocean, Marine Ecology Progress Series, doi: 10.3354/meps13914.
7.     Zhang H-R, Y. Wang*, P. Xiu, Y. Qi, F. Chai (2021), Roles of Iron Limitation in Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Western and Eastern Subarctic Pacific. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 735826.
8.     Cao, L., R. Tang, W. Huang, Y. Wang* (2021), Seasonal variability and dynamics of coastal sea surface temperature fronts in the East China Sea, Ocean Dynamics, 71, 237-249.
9.     Yu, J., S. Lin, Y. Jiang, Y. Wang* (2021), Modulation of typhoon-induced sea surface cooling by preexisting eddies in the South China Sea, Water, 13(5), 653.
10.  Chen, H., Y. Wang*, F. Chai, Y. Qi (2021), Temporal and spatial patterns of dust deposition in the North Pacific Ocean and its potential impact on ecosystem in the subarctic ocean, Journal of Tropical Oceanography (in Chinese), 40(1), 21-30.
11.  Wang, Y.* (2020), Composite of typhoon induced sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a responses in the South China Sea, Journal Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2020JC016243.
12.  Wang, Y.*, Y. Yu, Y. Zhang, H. Zhang, F. Chai (2020), Distribution and variability of sea surface temperature fronts in the South China Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 240, 106793.
13.  Jin, W. C. Liang, J. Hu, Q. Meng, H. Lü, Y. Wang*, F. Lin, X. Chen, X. Liu (2020), Modulation Effect of Mesoscale Eddies on Sequential Typhoon-Induced Oceanic Responses in the South China Sea. Remote Sensing, 12, 3059.
14.  Yu, Y., Y. Wang*, L. Cao, F. Chai (2020), The ocean-atmosphere interaction over a summer upwelling system in the South China Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, 208, 103360.
15.  Chen, H., R. Tang, H. Zhang, Y. Yu, Y. Wang* (2020), Investigating the Relationship between Sea Surface Chlorophyll and Major Features of the South China Sea with Satellite Information. Journal of Visual Experiment, e61172.
16.  Lü, H., X. Ma, Y. Wang*, H. Xue, F. Chai (2020), Impacts of the unique landfall Typhoons Damrey on chlorophyll-a in the Yellow Sea off Jiangsu Province, China, Regional Studies in Marine Science, 39, 101394.
17.  Yu, Y., X. Xing, H. Liu, Y. Yuan, Y. Wang* and F. Chai (2019), The variability of chlorophyll-a and its relationship with dynamic factors in the basin of the South China Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, 200, 103230.
18.  Chen, H., Y. Qi, Y. Wang* and F. Chai (2019), Seasonal variability of SST fronts and winds on the southeastern continental shelf of Brazil. Ocean Dynamics, 69(11), 1387-1399.
19.  Yu, Y., H. Zhang, J. Jin, and Y. Wang* (2019), Trends of sea surface temperature and sea surface temperature fronts in the South China Sea during 2003–2017. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38(4): 106–115.
20.  Wang, Y., and J. DiCosimo (2019), Fishery Observer Attitudes and Experiences Survey，NOAA Technical Memorandum, 51p.
21.  Wang, Y., H. Zhang, H.-H. Chen, and F. Chai (2019), The sources and transport of iron in the North Pacific and its impact on marine ecosystems, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 12(1), 30-34.
22.  Wang, Y., H. Zhang, F. Chai and Y. Yuan (2018), Impact of Mesoscale Eddies on Chlorophyll Variability off the Coast of Chile, Plos One, 13(9): e0203598.
23.  Wang, Y., H. Huang, F. Chai and Y. Chen (2018), Progress and discussion for fishery oceanography research, Acta Oceanologica Sinica (in Chinese), 40(6), 131-133.
24.  Wang, Y., R. M. Castelao, and D. Di Iorio (2017). Salinity Variability and Water Exchange in Interconnected Estuaries, Estuaries and Coasts, 40, 917-929.
25.  Wang, Y. and R. Castelao (2016), Variability in the coupling between sea surface temperature and wind stress in the global coastal ocean, Continental Shelf Research, 125, 88-96.
26.  Wang, Y., R. M. Castelao, and Y. Yuan (2015), Seasonal variability of alongshore winds and sea surface temperature fronts in Eastern Boundary Current Systems, Journal Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(3), 2385-2400, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010379.

Collaborated publications:

27.  Tao, K., Xu, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, Y. and He, D., 2021. Source, sink and preservation of organic matter from a machine learning approach of polar lipid tracers in sediments and soils from the Yellow River and Bohai Sea, eastern China. Chemical Geology, 582, 5, 120441.
28.  Li, P., C. Zhao, K. Liu, X. Xiao, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, and D. He (2021), Anthropogenic Influences on Dissolved Organic Matter in Three Coastal Bays, North China. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9, 697758.
29.  Zhao, C., Zhou, Y., Pang, Y., Zhang, Y., Huang, W., Wang, Y., & He, D. (2021). The optical and molecular signatures of DOM under the eutrophication status in a shallow, semi-enclosed coastal bay in southeast China. Science China Earth Sciences, 1-15.
30.  Wang, K., Pang, Y., Li, Y., He, C., Shi, Q., Wang, Y., & He, D. (2021). Characterizing Dissolved Organic Matter Across a Riparian Soil–Water Interface: Preliminary Insights from a Molecular Level Perspective. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 5(5), 1102-1113.
31.  Lü, H., Y. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Cui, X. Ge, L. Zhou (2021), Abnormal reverse intrusion of the Kuroshio Branch Current induced by super typhoon Soudelor. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 256, 107377.
32.  Zhou, Y., D. He, C. He, P. Li, D. Fan, A. Wang, K. Zhang, B. Chen, Y. Wang, Q. Shi, Y. Sun (2021), Spatial changes in molecular composition of dissolved organic matter in the Yangtze River Estuary: implications for estuarine carbon cycling, Science of the Total Environment, 759, 143531.
33.  Zhang, Y., Y. Sun, B. Liu, Y. Wang, W. Xie, P. Wang, C. Zhang, D. He (2021), Spatiotemporal distribution and sources variation of hydrocarbons in surface sediments from the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 21, 499-511.
34.  Li, A, Y. Feng, Y. Wang, H. Xue (2021), Spatiotemporal variation of water area with high chlorophyll concentration in the South China Sea based on OC-CCI data, Journal of Tropical Oceanography (in Chinese), 40(x).
35.  Chai, F., K. S. Johnson, H. Claustre, X. Xing, Y. Wang, E. Boss et al. (2020), Monitoring ocean biogeochemistry with autonomous platforms, Nature Review-Earth Environment, 1, 315-326.
36.  Liu, J., Y. Wang, Y. Yuan, D. Xu (2020), The response of surface chlorophyll to mesoscale eddies generated in the eastern South China Sea, Journal of Oceanography, 76, 211-226.
37.  Mao, Z., Z. Mao, C. Jamet, M. Linderman, Y. Wang, X. Chen (2020), Seasonal Cycles of Phytoplankton Expressed by Sine Equations Using the Daily Climatology from Satellite-Retrieved Chlorophyll-a Concentration (1997–2019) Over Global Ocean. Remote Sensing, 12, 2662.
38.  Liu, B., Y. He, Y. Zhang, Y. Sun, Y. Wang, D. He (2020), Natural and anthropogenic organic matter cycling between coastal wetlands and rivers: a case study from Liao River Delta, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 236, 106610.
39.  Lu, Q., D. He, Y. Pang, Y. Zhang, C. He, Y. Wang, H. Zhang, Q. Shi, Y. Sun (2020), Processing of dissolved organic matter from surface waters to sediment pore waters in a temperate coastal wetland, Science of the Total Environment, 742, 140491.
40.  Castelao, R. M., and Y. Wang (2014), Wind-driven variability in sea surface temperature front distribution in the California Current System, Journal Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(3), 1861–1875.