代表项目：

1. 主持内蒙古大学高层次人才（学术骨干）科研启动经费；

2. 主持2017年度内蒙古自治区本级引进高层次人才科研支持项目；

3. 主持国家自然科学基金青年科学基金（2019.01-2021.12）；

4. 主持国家自然科学基金地区科学基金（2022.01-2025.12）；

5. 主持内蒙古自治区自然科学基金面上项目（2020.01-2022.12）。

6. 内蒙古高等学校“青年科技英才”基金

第一作者及通讯作者科研论文：

1. Li J, Sun Y, Du J, et al. Generation of targeted point mutations in rice by a modified CRISPR/Cas9 system[J]. Molecular plant, 2017, 10(3): 526-529.

2. Sun Y, Zhang X, Wu C, et al. Engineering herbicide-resistant rice plants through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated homologous recombination of acetolactate synthase[J]. Molecular plant, 2016, 9(4): 628-631.

3. Sun Y, Jiao G, Liu Z, et al. Generation of high-amylose rice through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis of starch branching enzymes[J]. Frontiers in plant science, 2017, 8: 298.

4. Li J, Jiao G, Sun Y, et al. Modification of starch composition, structure and properties through editing of TaSBEIIa in both winter and spring wheat varieties by CRISPR/Cas9[J]. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2021, 19(5): 937-951.

5. Sun Y, Li J, Xia L. Precise genome modification via sequence-specific nucleases-mediated gene targeting for crop improvement[J]. Frontiers in plant science, 2016, 7: 1928.

6. Sun Y, Sparks C, Jones H, et al. Silencing an essential gene involved in infestation and digestion in grain aphid through plant‐mediated RNA interference generates aphid‐resistant wheat plants[J]. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2019, 17(5): 852.

7. Yang J, Zhang T, Mao H, et al. A Leymus chinensis histidine-rich Ca2+-binding protein binds Ca2+/Zn2+ and suppresses abscisic acid signaling in Arabidopsis[J]. Journal of Plant Physiology, 2020, 252: 153209.

8. Bi H H, Sun Y W, Xiao Y G, et al. Characterization of DFR allelic variations and their associations with pre-harvest sprouting resistance in a set of red-grained Chinese wheat germplasm[J]. Euphytica, 2014, 195(2): 197-207.

9. Sun Y W, Yang Y, Shewry P R, et al. Isolation and characterization of Viviparous-1 haplotypes in wheat related species[J]. Euphytica, 2012, 188(1): 71-84.

10. Sun Y W, Jones H D, Yang Y, et al. Haplotype analysis of Viviparous-1 gene in CIMMYT elite bread wheat germplasm[J]. Euphytica, 2012, 186(1): 25-43.