主要研究兴趣：
地下水资源与环境
环境水文地质学
研究项目：
[1] 国家自然科学基金青年项目，半干旱区强烈开采层地下水面状补给机理研究（2014-2016）
[2] 中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助项目，基于自然环境和人类活动影响分析的北京市供水安全研究（2013-2015）
代表性论文：
[1] Yuanzheng Zhai*, Jinsheng Wang*, Yang Zhang, Yanguo Teng, Rui Zuo, Huan Huan. Hydrochemical and isotopic investigation of atmospheric precipitation in Beijing, China. Science of The Total Environment, 2013, 456-457: 202-211.
[2] Yuanzheng Zhai*, Yongli Guo*, Jun Zhou, Na Guo, Jinsheng Wang, Yanguo Teng. The spatio-temporal variability of annual precipitation and its local impact factors during 1724?2010 in Beijing, China. Hydrological Processes, 2014, 28(4): 2192-2201.
[3] Yuanzheng Zhai, Xiaobing Zhao*, Yanguo Teng*, Xiao Li, Junjun Zhang, Jin Wu, Rui Zuo. Groundwater nitrate pollution and human health risk assessment by using HHRA model in an agricultural area, NE China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2017, 130-142.
[4] Yuanzheng Zhai*, Jinsheng Wang*, Huan Huan, Jun Zhou, Wei Wang. Characterizing the groundwater renewability and evolution of the strongly exploited aquifers of the North China Plain by major ions and environmental tracers. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2013, 296(3): 1263-1274.
[5] Yuanzheng Zhai*, Jinsheng Wang*, Bo-tao Zhang, Yongli Guo, Yanguo Teng, Jun Zhou. Physical, hydrochemical and isotopic characteristics of springs in Beijing, China, compared to historical properties. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2014, 300(1): 315-323.
[6] Yuanzheng Zhai, Yan Lei, Jin Wu, Yanguo Teng, Jinsheng Wang, Xiaobing Zhao*, Xiaodong Pan*. Does the groundwater nitrate pollution in China pose a risk to human health? A critical review of published data. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016, doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-8088-9.
[7] Yuanzheng Zhai*, Jinsheng Wang, Yanguo Teng, Rui Zuo. Hydrogeochemical and isotopic evidence of groundwater evolution and recharge in aquifers in Beijing Plain, China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2013, 69(7): 2167-2177.
[8] Yuanzheng Zhai, Yan Lei, Jun Zhou*, Muzi Li, Jinsheng Wang, Yanguo Teng*. The spatial and seasonal variability of the groundwater chemistry and quality in the exploited aquifer in the Daxing District of Beijing, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015, 187(2): .
[9] Yuanzheng Zhai*, Jinsheng Wang, Hui Guo, Yang Cao, Yanguo Teng. Reconstruction and optimization of tritium time series in precipitation of Beijing, China. Radiocarbon, 2013, 55(1): 67-79.
[10] Junjun Zhang, Yuanzheng Zhai*, Pengwei Xue, Huan Huan, Xiaobing Zhao, Yanguo Teng, Jinsheng Wang. A GIS-based LVF model for semi-quantitative assessment of groundwater pollution risk: A case study in Shenyang, NE China. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2017, doi: 10.1080/10807039.2016.1245099.
[11] Suya Leng, Yuanzheng Zhai*, Shijie Jiang, Yan Lei, Jinsheng Wang. Water-environmental risk assessment of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei collaborative development region in China. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2017, 23(1): 141-171.
[12] Shijie Jiang, Yuanzheng Zhai*, Suya Leng, Jinsheng Wang, Yanguo Teng. A HIVE model for regional integrated environmental risk assessment: A case study in China. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2016, 22(4): 1002-1028.
[13] Muzi Li, Yuanzheng Zhai*, Li Wan. Measurement of NAPL-Water Interfacial Areas and Mass Transfer Rates in two-Dimensional Flow Cell. Water Science and Technology, 2016, 74(9): 2145-2151.
[14] Yuanzheng Zhai, Jinsheng Wang*, Yanguo Teng, Rui Zuo. Water demand forecasting of Beijing using the Time Series Forecasting Method. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2012, 22(5): 919-932.
[15] Yongli Guo, Yuanzheng Zhai, Qing Wu, Yanguo Teng, Guanghui Jiang, Jinsheng Wang, Fang Guo, Qingjia Tang, Shaohua Liu. Proposed APLIE method for groundwater vulnerability assessment in karst-phreatic aquifer, Shandong Province, China: a case study. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2016, 75(2): , doi: 10.1007/s12665-015-4903-8.
[16] Bin Hu, Yanguo Teng*, Yuanzheng Zhai, Rui Zuo, Jiao Li, Haiyang Chen. Riverbank Filtration in China: A Review and Perspective. Journal of Hydrology, 2016, 541: 914-927.
[17] Huan Huan, Jinsheng Wang*, Yuanzheng Zhai, Beidou Xi, Juan Li, Mingxiao Li. Quantitative evaluation of specific vulnerability to nitrate for groundwater resource protection based on process-based simulation model. Science of The Total Environment, 2016, 550: 768-784.
[18] Huan Huan, Jinsheng Wang*, Desheng Lai, Yanguo Teng, Yuanzheng Zhai. Assessment of well vulnerability for groundwater source protection based on a solute transport model: a case study from Jilin City, northeast China. Hydrogeology Journal, 2015, 23(3): 581-596.
[19] Na Guo, Jinsheng Wang*, Jian Li, Yanguo Teng, Yuanzheng Zhai. Dynamic Adsorption of Cd2+ onto Acid Modified Attapulgite from Aqueous Solution. Clays and Clay Minerals, 2014, 62(5): 415-424.
[20] Jie Yang, Yanguo Teng*, Jin Wu*, Haiyang Chen, Guoqiang Wang, Liuting Song, Weifeng Yue, Rui Zuo, Yuanzheng Zhai. Current status and associated human health risk of vanadium in soil in China. Chemosphere, 2017, 171: 635-643.
[21] Yuanzheng Zhai, Shijie Jiang, Yanguo Teng, Jinsheng Wang, Hongbiao Gu, Liang Xie, Zhihua Yin. Thirty years (1984–2014) of groundwater Science teaching and research in China: a dissertation-based bibliometric survey. Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering, 2015, 3(3): 222-237.
[22] Yuanzheng Zhai*, Yan Lei, Jinsheng Wang, Yanguo Teng. Tracking the footprint of the hydrogeology research in China via scientific projects funded by the NSFC (1997–2013). Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering, 2014, 2(3): 61-70.
软件与专利：
[1] 计算机软件著作权，地下水脆弱性评价软件V1.1，2013SR118471，2013
[2] 地下水污染源荷载评价系统V1.0，2014SR072440，2014