科研项目：
1. 国家自然科学基金地区项目，22168039，主持；
2. 延安大学博士教师科研启动项目，YDBK2018-58，主持。
学术论文：
1. Xiaoran Zhang, Wenxia Jiang.Development and temperature gradient online monitoring of a vehicular rotary solid‐state bioreactor: a novel device for large‐scale preparation of Aspergillus niger spore inoculum[J].Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 2019, 94(12).
2. Xiaoran Zhang, Yu Shen, Wenlong Shi, Xiaoming Bao*. Ethanolic cofermentation with glucose and xylose by the recombinant industrial strainSaccharomyces cerevisiae NAN-127 and the effect of furfural on xylitol production[J]. Bioresource Technology, 2010, 101(18):7104-10.
3. Yongfei Liu, Feiran Li, Xiaoran Zhang, Guoqiang Cao, Wenxia Jiang, Yuxiu Sun, Ping Zheng, Dawei Zhang*. A fast and sensitive coupled enzyme assay for the measurement of l-threonine and application to high-throughput screening of threonine-overproducing strains [J]. Enzyme & Microbial Technology, 2014, 67:1-7.
4. Yu Shen, Hongxing Li, Xinning Wang, Xiaoran Zhang, Jin Hou, Linfeng Wang, Nan Gao, Xiaoming Bao*. High vanillin tolerance of an evolvedSaccharomyces cerevisiaestrain owing to its enhanced vanillin reduction and antioxidative capacity. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology 41.11(2014):1637-1645.
专  利：
1. 张笑然; 曹振恒; 万鹏; 冯润毅; 韩慧; 黄兴雅; 一种惰性支撑体粘附式发酵方法及其应用, 2021-8-23, 中国, ZL 202110967523.3.
2. 姜文侠; 张笑然; 马延和; 一种固态生物反应装置、使用方法及其应用, 2015-8-6, 中国,  ZL 201510474799.2.
3. 姜文侠; 张笑然; 马延和; Solid state biological reaction device, usage method and use there -of, 2016-8-4, 美国, US10851334B2.