长期从事入侵生物学与鱼类生态学研究。主持国家级和省部级科研项目多项，包括国家自然科学基金面上项目2项、第二次青藏高原综合考察研究子课题1项、国际（地区）合作与交流项目课题1项、国家水体污染控制与治理重大科技专项子课题1项以及国家重点研发计划子课题1项等。相关研究成果以第一作者或通讯作者发表于Fish and Fisheries、Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries、Journal of Hazardous Materials等重要学术期刊。

代表论著

1.Yintao Jia, Yu Zhuo, Pedro Cardoso, Junle Li, Jun Wang, Xiaoyun Sui, Xiu Feng, Ren Zhu, Kemao Li, Yifeng Chen*, Loss and Gain: Temporal Succession in Different Facets of Fish Diversity Over a Half Century Under Cascade Dam Construction. Fish and Fisheries, 2025, 26(3):356-371.

2.Yintao Jia, Huan Zhu, Tingfeng Xie, Xiong Xiong, Zhengfei Li, YongdeCui, Guoxiang Liu, Mingdian Liu, Yifeng Chen* , From source to lakeMulti‒taxon alpha and beta diversity patterns along a river above 4500m AMSL on the Qinghai‒Tibetan Plateau, Water Biology and Security, 2024, 3:100294.

3. Yuzhu Han, Yihang Jiang, Xiong Xiong, Xiaoyun Sui, Ren Zhu, Xiu Feng, Kemao Li,Yintao Jia*, Yifeng Chen*, Mercury biomagnification at higherrates than the global average in aquatic ecosystems of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 453:131408.

4.Yintao Jia, Yihang Jiang, Yuhan Liu, Xiaoyun Sui, Xiu Feng, Ren Zhu, Kemao Li, Yifeng Chen*, Unravelling fish community assembly in shallow lakes: Insights from functional and phylogenetic diversity. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2022, 32:623–644.

5.Yintao Jia, Yihang Jiang, Yuhan Liu, Xiaoyun Sui, Xiu Feng, Ren Zhu, Yifeng Chen*, Understanding trophic structure variation in fish assemblages of subtropical shallow lakes: Combined effects of ecosystem size, productivity, and disturbance. Ecological Indicators, 2021, 129: 107924.

6. Kang Chen,Yintao Jia*, Xiong Xiong, Heying Sun, Ren Zhu, Yifeng Chen*, Integration of taxonomic distinctness indices into the assessment of headwater streams with a high altitude gradient and low species richness along the upper Han River, China. Ecological Indicators, 2020, 112: 106106.