一作在Geology、GCA等领域重要期刊发表6篇SCI论文，成果被Science News和AGU EOS等广泛报道，被编入国内外多本权威地球生物学、生物地球化学和真菌学等教科书和专著。
主要学术贡献包括：1. 揭示了真菌菌丝顶端生物物理力对真菌风化的关键控制作用，定量评估了真菌？矿物界面溶解占真菌风化总量的40-50%，为准确认识真菌？矿物界面风化提供了关键证据；2. 阐明了真菌代谢产物对矿物中元素的溶解具有显著专属性，而溶解的元素与矿物表面性质共同影响真菌的代谢行为，为理解真菌？矿物协同演化提供了理论基础；3. 定量了真菌菌丝顶端与矿物之间的亲和性和粘附力，同时证明其为真菌快速风化矿物的关键因素，为认识真菌在营养矿物表面的选择性附着行为提供了直接的动力学证据。
1. Zibo Li, Lianwen Liu, Jun Chen and H. Henry Teng*. Cellular dissolution at hypha- and spore-mineral interfaces revealing unrecognized mechanisms and scales of fungal weathering. Geology, 2016, 44, 319-322. https://doi.org/10.1130/G37561.1
2. Zi-bo Li*, Lianwen Liu, Xiancai Lu, Yi Cao, Junfeng Ji and Jun Chen. Hyphal tips actively develop strong adhesion with nutrient-bearing silicate to promote mineral weathering and nutrient acquisition. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 2022, 318, 55-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.11.017
3. Zi-bo Li *, Lianwen Liu, Xiancai Lu, Liang Zhao, Junfeng Ji and Jun Chen. Mineral foraging and etching by the fungus Talaromyces flavus to obtain structurally bound iron. Chemical Geology, 2021, 586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120592
4. Zi-bo Li *, Lianwen Liu, Xiancai Lu, Junfeng Ji, Jun Chen. Analysis of the Talaromyces flavus exometabolome reveals the complex responses of the fungus to minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021, 298, 70-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.01.036
5. Zi-bo Li, Xiancai Lu, H. Henry Teng, Yang Chen, Liang Zhao, Junfeng Ji, Jun Chen and Lianwen Liu*. Specificity of low molecular weight organic acids on the release of elements from lizardite during fungal weathering. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 2019, 256, 20-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.09.029
6. Zibo Li, Jie Xu, Henry Teng, Lianwen Liu*, Jun Chen, Yang Chen, Liang Zhao and Junfeng Ji. Bioleaching of Lizardite by Magnesium- and Nickel-Resistant Fungal Isolate from Serpentinite Soils—Implication for Carbon Capture and Storage. Geomicrobiology Journal, 2014, 32, 181-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2013.835888
7. 李子波，刘连文*，赵良，季峻峰，陈骏. 应用超基性岩尾矿封存CO2——以金川铜镍矿尾矿为例，第四纪研究，2011, 31(3), 464-472
8. Menglong Zhang, Liang Zhao*, G.K. Li, Chen Zhu, Sijia Dong, Zibo Li, Chaosheng Tang, Junfeng Ji and Jun Chen. Microbially Induced Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation and its Potential Application in Combating Desertification. Geomicrobiology Journal, 2021, 38(6), 549-560. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2021.1900461
9. Haoxian Wang, Xuming Li, Yang Chen*, Zibo Li, D.W. Hedding, W. Nel, Junfeng Ji and Jun Chen. Geochemical behavior and potential health risk of heavy metals in basalt-derived agricultural soil and crops: A case study from Xuyi County, eastern China. Sci. Total Environ., 2020, 729, 139058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139058
10. 王浩贤, 李子波, 陈旸*, 詹涛, 杨业, 李峨, 王洪涛. 真菌-玄武岩相互作用过程中真菌属种差异对元素释放行为的影响. 第四纪研究, 2019, 39, 458-468
会议报告：
1. 2021-07-02至2021-07-04，第九届全国地质微生物学专业研讨会，合肥。专题口头报告，题目为“单个真菌菌丝-矿物相互作用过程的动力学机制”
2. 2020-01-12至2020-01-17，Gordon Research Conference, 美国加尔维斯敦。展板报告，题目为“ Hyphal tips show an instant foraging of iron from mineral surfaces”
3. 2020-01-11 至2020-01-12，Gordon Research Seminar, 美国加尔维斯敦。展板报告，题目为“ Mineral-dependent microbial growth and metabolic behavior”
4. 2018-10-26至2018-10-29，第五届青年地学论坛，南京。大会青年报告，题目为 “真菌风化过程菌丝-和孢子-矿物界面细胞溶解”
5. 2016年6月，戈尔德斯密特(Goldschmidt)会议，日本横滨。专题口头报告，题目为“Cellular dissolution at hypha- and spore-mineral interface”，获Elsevier和大会资助
6. 2011年12月，美国地球物理年会(AGU)会议，美国旧金山。专题口头报告，题目为“Bioleaching of serpentine group mineral by fungus Talaromyces flavus: application for mineral carbonation”，获大会资助
