南京大学化学博士，主持国家自然科学基金青年基金项目1项，校级自然科学基金项目1项，参与国家自然科学基金项目7项，参与江苏省科技厅自然科学基金项目2项，主持并完成江苏省教育厅自然科学基金1项、国家重点实验室开发课题1项，在国际期刊发表SCI论文5篇（含封面文章1篇），担任大学生创新创业项目省级重点项目导师。

主要研究方向为：生物质谱及蛋白质组学研究，中药物质基础及相关药效机理研究。

(1) Jing Cao#, Xiaoyan Ma#, Xiaoxin Wang, Xiaobo Wang, Zhong Zhang, Zhirong Geng*, Zhilin Wang*, Azole derivatives as novel non-iron-chelating inhibitors of prolyl hydroxylase 3 for HIF-1 activation, MedChemComm, 2013, 4(9): 1222-1230.（封面文章）

(2) Jing Cao, Zhirong Geng, Xiaoyan Ma, Jinghan Wen, Yuxin Yin, Zhilin Wang*, Evidence for inhibition of HIF-1α prolyl hydroxylase 3 activity by four biologically active tetraazamacrocycles, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2012, 10(19): 3913-3923.

(3) Xuexiang Liu, Jing Cao, Yang Pan*, Xian Zhang, Fermentation of Aristolochia debilis by six different medicinal fungi and identification of aristolochic acid derivates in their products by HPLC-ESI-TOF-MS, Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018, 31(3): 763-768.

(4) Chunxia Chen, Jing Cao, Xiaoyan Ma, Xiaobo Wang, Qiuyun Chen, Shihai Yan, Ningwei Zhao*, Zhirong Geng*, Zhilin Wang*, Neuroprotection by polynitrogen manganese complexes: Regulation of reactive oxygen species-related pathways, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 20853.

(5) Xiangli Li, Jing Cao, Shuping Wang, Zhirong Geng*, Xiaoli Song, Xin Hu, Zhilin Wang*, Residues in human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase forming potential hydrogen bond network around S-adenosylmethionine, PLOS ONE, 2013, 8: e76709.