2004年于德国哥廷根大学（University of Goettingen）获博士学位。主要从事金属有机配合物的合成，表征及应用，例如金属配合物药物的合成，药用高分子材料的制备等。发表SCI收录的论文多篇，其中3篇发表在Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.上，2篇发表在J. Am. Chem. Soc.上，部分代表性论文见下文。
1 Chao Geng, Ying Peng(*), Lijuan Wang, Herbert W. Roesky(*), Kaipeng Liu, A Multimetallic Iron(II)-Lithium Complex as Catalyst for ε-Caprolactone Polymerization. Dalton Trans., 2016, 45: 15779–15782.
2 Di Li, Ying Peng(*), Chao Geng, Kaipeng Liu, Dexu Kong, Well-controlled ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters initiated by dialkylaluminum β-diketiminates. Dalton Trans., 2013, 42: 11295-11303.
3 Yanhui Chen, Litao Liu, Ying Peng, Pingping Chen, Yi Luo, Jingping Qu(*), Unusual thiolate-bridged diiron clusters bearing the cis-HN=NH ligand and their reactivities with terminal Alkynes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133: 1147-1149.
4 Ying Peng, Hongjun Fan, Vojtech Jancik, Herbert W. Roesky(*), Herbst-Irmer, Regine. [LAl(µ-S3)2AlL]: A homobimetallic derivative of the sulfur crown S8. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 2004, 43(45): 6190-6192.
5 Ying Peng, Hongjun Fan, Hongping Zhu, Herbert W. Roesky(*), Joerg Magull, Colan E. Hughes, [{HC(CMeNAr)2}2Al2P4] (Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3): A reduction to a formal {P4}4- charged species, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 2004, 43(26): 3443-3445.
6 Guangcai Bai, Ying Peng, Herbert W. Roesky(*), Jiyang Li, Hans-Georg Schmidt, Mathias Noltemeyer, Aluminum dihydroxide with terminal OH groups: An unprecedented congener of boronic acid, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 2003, 42(10): 1132-1135.
7 Vojtech Jancik, Ying Peng, Herbert W. Roesky(*), Jiyang Li, Dante Neculai, Ana M. Neculai, Regine Herbst-Irmer, The first structurally characterized aluminum compound with two SH groups: [LAl(SH)2] (L = N(Ar)C(Me)CHC(Me)N(Ar), Ar = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3) and the catalytic properties of the sulfur P(NMe2)3 system. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125(6): 1452-1453.