硕士阶段的研究方向主要为区域经济学和国际贸易学，博士阶段的研究方向主要为环境经济学与产业经济学。目前，以一作或通讯作者在China Agricultural Economic Review、Transport Policy、Socio-Economic Planning Sciences、Cities、Habitat International、Journal of Environmental Management、Energy、《经济学动态》、《国际贸易问题》和《经济科学》等SSCI期刊、SCI期刊和CSSCI期刊上发表论文30余篇，硕博期间获得湖南大学博士研究生国家奖学金、优秀研究生、优秀博士研究生校长奖学金等荣誉，期间参加湖南省科技创新项目两项，横向课题一项。 担任Nature Cities、Applied Geography、Land use policy、Sustainable Cities and Society、Economic Modelling、 Economic Analysis and Policy、Science of the Total Environment、Emerging Markets Finance and Trade、Environmental Impact Assessment Review、Atmospheric Pollution Research、Environmental science and Pollution Research、Chinese Management Studies、Journal of Cleaner Production、Journal of Environmental Planning and Management、Environment, Development and Sustainability、Environmental Engineering and Management Journal和Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health、Aims Mathematics等多个SSCI期刊和SCI期刊的匿名审稿人。