2021-2024  Impacts of marine heawaves on death-survival balance between typical red tide algae and economic macroalgae and the involved mechanisms, funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 42076154). PI: Guang Gao.

2018-2022  Effects of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture  on ecosystem function in shallow waters, Guang Gao (PI), in National Key Research and Development Program “Impacts of typical aquaculture systems on ecosystems in natural waters". PI: Naihao Ye.

2018-2019  Response of reproduction strategy for green tide algae in the Yellow Sea to the combination of copper and acidification, funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2018T110463). PI: Guang Gao.

2018-2022 Combined effects of ocean acidification and warming on assimilation and dissimilation processes in marine ecosystems: mesocosm approaches, funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41720104005). PI: Kunshan Gao.

2017-2019 Spatio-temporal responses of main bloom-forming algae in the Yellow Sea to climate change in terms of growth strategy, funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2017M620270). PI: Guang Gao.

2012-2015 Developing systems for the commercial culture of Ulva species in the UK, funded by Newcastle University and Seaweed & Co. PI: Gary Caldwell, Tony Clare, Craig Rose, and Guang Gao.