作为负责人先后承担了国家自然科学基金青年项目、中国科学院仪器设备功能开发技术创新项目、国家自然科学基金面上项目等，并作为骨干参与了国家自然科学基金重点专项、科技部“变革性技术关键科学问题”重点专项、中国科学院基础研究领域优秀青年团队项目等。以第一作者发表SCI论文8篇，EI论文2篇，合作发表论文50余篇；获得授权发明专利共计30余项；主导制定稀有气体分析相关的行业标准6项

环境工程（稳定同位素地 球 化 学）

1. Cao Chunhui,Li Liwu, Li Zhongping, Zhao Huanhuan, Optimizing Helium Exploration: Noble Gas Isotopes as Probes for Migration–Enrichment Processes.Energies, 2025, 18(16):4218.            

2. Cao Chunhui, Li liwu, Liu Yuhu, Du Li, Li Zhongping, He Jian, Factors afecting Shale Gas Chemistry and Stable Isotope and Noble Gas Isotope Composition and Distribution A Case Study of Lower Silurian Longmaxi Shale Gas, Sichuan Basin. Energies, 2020, 13(22):5891.

3. Cao Chunhui, Li liwu, Du Li, Wang Yuhui, He Jian, The use of noble gas isotopes in detecting methane contamination of groundwater in shale gas development area an overview of technology and methods. Analytical Sciences, 2020, 36:521-530.

4. Cao Chunhui, Zhang Mingjie, Li Liwu, Wang Yuhui, Li Zhongping, Du Li, Holland Grag, Zhou Zheng, Tracing the sources and evolution processes of shale gas by coupling stable (C, H) and noble gas isotopic compositions Cases from Weiyuan and Changning in Sichuan Basin, China. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2020,  78:103304.             

5. Cao Chunhui, Zhang Mingjie, Tang Qingyan, Yang Yang, Lv Zonggang, Zhang Tongwei, Chen Chang, Yang Hui, Li Liwu, Noble gas isotopic variations and geological implication of Longmaxi shale gas in Sichuan Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2018, 89:38-46.