主要学术成就、获奖及荣誉：
1999年，中国科学院“百人计划”获得者
2005年，“国家杰出青年基金”获得者，结题时评为“特优”
2005年，中国科学院-拜耳青年科学家奖
2007年，国务院政府特殊津贴
2008年，吉林省有特殊贡献的专家
2009年，中国科学院-朱李月华优秀教师奖
2011年，中国石油与化学工业联合会(省部级)，科技进步一等奖
2012年，在重要SCI杂志(IF
3.0)发表论文100余篇, 包括一区杂志论文20余篇；获授权发明专利30余项。
发表文章、专利、专著（代表作）：
(1)Jiqian Wu, Yuesheng Li*, “Well-defined vanadium complexes as the catalysts for olefin polymerization”, Coordin. Chem. Rev., 2011, 255, 2303-2314
(2)Xincui Shi, Yongxia Wang, Jingyu Liu, Dongmei Cui, Yongfeng Men, Yuesheng Li*, “Stereospecific cyclopolymerization of α,ω-diolefins by pyridylamidohafnium catalyst with the highest Activity”, Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 1062-1065
(3)Miao Hong, Jingyu Liu, Baixiang Li, Yuesheng Li*, “Facile functionalization of polyethylene via click chemistry”, Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 5659-5665
(4)Youmei Bao, Guorong Shen, Jing He, Yuesheng Li*, “Water-soluble hyperbranched poly(ester urethane)s based on D,L-alanine: isocyanate-free synthesis, post-functionalization and application”, Green Chem., 2012, 14, 2243-2250
(5)Miao Hong, Lei Cui, Sanrong Liu, Yuesheng Li*, “Synthesis of novel cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) with high performance via effective copolymerization of ethylene with bulky cyclic olefin”, Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 5397-5402
(6)Miao Hong, Yanguo Li, Baixiang Li, Yuesheng Li*, “Synthesis of polyethylene containing allene groups: A simple and efficient route to functional polyethylene”, Macromol. Rapid Comm., 2012, 33, 998-1002
(7)Ping Tao, Hongliang Mu, Jingyu Liu, Yuesheng Li, “New half-sandwich chromium(III) complexes bearing phenoxy-phosphine (oxide) [O,P(ㄔO)] ligands: synthesis, structures, and catalytic properties for ethylene (co)polymerization”, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 4805-4812
(8)Xiaoyan Wang, Yongxia Wang, Xincui Shi, Jingyu Liu, Changle Chen, and Yuesheng Li*, “Syntheses of well-defined functional isotactic polypropylenes via efficient copolymerization of propylene with ω-halo-α-alkenes by post-metallocene hafnium catalyst”, Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 552-559
(9)Bin Wang, Yongxia Wang, Jing Cui, Yingyun Long, Yanguo Li, Xiaoyan Yuan, Yuesheng Li*, “Cyclopolymerization of Si-containing a,w-diolefins by pyridylamido-hafnium catalyst with high cyclization selectivity and stereoselectivity”, Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 6627-6634
(10)Yingyun Long, Yongxia Wang, Baixiang Li, Yanguo Li, Yuesheng Li*, “Living syndiospecific polymerization of propylene with sterically encumbered titanium complexes activated by MMAO”, Polym. Chem. 2014, 5, 6510-6522.