主要从事中药、民族药资源可持续开发利用研究。

主持国家自然科学基金2项，贵州省科技支撑、科技计划项目等各级项目10项。发表学术论文90余篇，其中以第一作者和通讯作者在SCI/北核期刊发表学术论文58篇；获授权发明专利7件，参编著作3部。

• Chaoqun Luo, Wenji Zhao2, Sha Liu, Mingxia Luo,Tingting Fan, Yongxia Zhao, Yan Ren, Faming Wu*(吴发明),Jian XieTraditional Knowledge of Animal- and Mineral-Based Medicines in the Gansu-Ningxia-Inner Mongolia Intersection Zone: A Cross-Cultural Ethnobiological Study[J].Frontiers in Pharmacology,2023

• Jian Xie, Xiaoqi Liu, Mingxia Luo , Fusong Liu , Sha Liu, Yongxia Zhao , Xingsheng Zhang , Wenji Zhao*, Faming Wu*(吴发明).Ethnobotanical study of traditional forage plants in the Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone: conservation and sustainable utilization for animal husbandry.[J]. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine,2023.

• Kaixian Zhang, Delin Zhang, Qingfang Yang, Langtao Long, Jian Xie, Yong Wang, Qiuyang Yao, Faming Wu*(吴发明), Sha Liu*. LiuIntegrated widely targeted metabolomics and network pharmacology revealed quality disparities between Guizhou and conventional producing areas of Codonopsis Radix [J].Frontiers in Nutrition ,2023.

• 刘付松,张开弦,姚秋阳,任艳,吴发明*,刘莎. 贵州党参资源现状与研究进展[J]. 中华中医药杂志,2023,38(07):3245-3251.

• Fusong Liu, Jie Peng, Yi Feng, Yuhan Ma, Yan Ren, Pei Sun, Yongxia Zhao, Sha Liu, Faming Wu*(吴发明), Jian Xie*.Ethnobotanical Study of Traditional Medicinal Herbs of the Gelao Ethnic Minority in Northern Guizhou, China[J].Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023.

• Xie Jian,Luo Chaoqun,Yang Xingwu,Ren Yan,Zhang Xingsheng,Chen Haoran,Zhao Yongxia,Liu Sha,Wu Faming*(吴发明). Study on wild medicinal plant resources and their applied ethnology in multiethnic areas of the Gansu-Ningxia-Inner Mongolia intersection zone.[J]. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine,2023.

• Faming Wu(吴发明), Jie Peng, Junfeng Ran, Yubo Tian, Xiang Li , Yan Ren*,Rongyin Gai , Yunying Zhang. Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Mylabris Based on Heavy Metal Risk Assessment and Analysis of Pharmacological Component Contents[J].Chemistry & biodiversity,2022.

• Jian Xie, Fusong Liu, Xiaohuan Jia, Yongxia Zhao, Xiaoqi Liu, Mingxia Luo, Yuqi He, Sha Liu*,Faming Wu*(吴发明).Ethnobotanical study of the wild edible and healthy functional plant resources of the Gelao people in northern Guizhou, China[J].Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine.2022.

• Gang Li, Jie Lei, Sihui Li, Yongmei Jiang, Feng Zhang, Changwei Song, Shiji Xiao,Shaobin Fu, Jinquan Zhou, Faming Wu*(吴发明), Gang Wang*.Extraction of flavonoids from Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride using a deep eutectic solvent[J].RSC Advances.2022.

• Xiaohuan Jia, Yongxia Zhao, Yunyue Zhu, Xin Zeng, Xuehui Liang, Jian Xie*, Faming Wu*(吴发明).Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in multiethnic areas of the Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone[J].Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine.2022.

• 刘付松,张开弦,姚秋阳,任艳,刘莎,吴发明.干旱后复水对党参农艺性状、生理生化及代表组分的影响[J].中国药学杂志,2022,57(13):1081-1088.

• 张开弦,陈翠莎,任艳,刘莎,吴发明*.野生珠芽蓼群落生物学特性与药材品质对海拔和坡向的响应[J].中国药学杂志,2022,57(03):181-191.