1.药食同源类（同科同属植物系统研究）天然产物物质基础
2.生物活性的体内外（生化实验、细胞培养、动物模型）评价方法模型的建立
3.以天然产物有效成分为基础的药品和功能食品的研发[1]
2015年7月于中山大学生命科学学院植物学专业博士毕业，2015年9月到广东工业大学制药工程系从事博士后研究工作，2016年10月在美国新泽西州立罗格斯大学（Rutgers University）药学院（Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy）访问学者[1]
主要论文
1. Wenqian Luo, Zhiyun Du, Yating Zheng, Xiaoxin Liang, Guomeng Huang, Qianhua Zhang, Zexuan Liu, Kun Zhang, Xi Zheng, Li Lin,Lanyue Zhang*. (2019). Phytochemical composition and bioactivities of essential oils from six Lamiaceae species.Industrial Crops and Products, (通讯作者，TOP，一区).
2.Lanyue Zhang, Zhiwen Yang, Jingwen Wei, Ping Su, Dingkang Chen, Wanyi Pan, Wei Zhou, Kun Zhang, Xi Zheng, Li Lin, Jian Tang and Zhiyun Du*. (2017). Contrastive analysis of chemical composition of essential oil from twelveCurcumaspecies distributed in China.Industrial Crops and Products,. (第一作者，TOP，一区).
3.Lanyue Zhang, Zhiwen Yang, Jingwen Wei, Ping Su, Wanyi Pan, Xi Zheng, Kun Zhang, Li Lin, Jian Tang, Yanxiong Fang and Zhiyun Du*. (2017). Essential oil composition and bioactivity variation in wild-growing populations ofCurcuma phaeocaulisValeton collected from China.Industrial Crops and Products, (第一作者，TOP，一区).
4.Lanyue Zhang, Zhiwen Yang, Feng Chen, Ping Su, Dingkang Chen, Wanyi Pan, Yanxiong Fang, Changzhi Dong, Xi Zheng and Zhiyun Du* (2017). Composition and bioactivity assessment of essential oils of Curcuma longa L. collected in China.Industrial Crops and Products, (第一作者，TOP，一区).