主要从事水土污染过程模拟与控制、环境信息系统等方面的研究。近年来，主持国家自然科学基金青年基金1项（基于复合模型的河流沉积物重金属污染源解析及不确定性研究），中央高校专项基金1项（密云水库周边土壤重金属污染源解析研究），并作为技术骨干参与了“国家水体污染控制与治理科技重大专项”、“环保公益性行业科研专项”、国家自然科学基金等多项课题的研究工作，在国内外学术刊物上发表科研论文30余篇，出版专著2部，取得软件著作权5项。其中，近期发表的10篇论文列表如下：
[1] Hu B., Teng Y.G., Zhai Y.Z., Zuo R., Li J., Chen H.Y. Riverbank filtration in China: A review and perspective. Journal of Hydrology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.08.004.
[2] Chen H.Y., Teng Y.G., Li J., Wu J., Wang J.S. Source apportionment of trace metals in river sediments: A comparison of three methods. Environmental Pollution, 2016, 211: 28-37.
[3] Chen H.Y., Teng Y.G., Lu S.J., Wang Y.Y., Wu J., Wang J.S. Source apportionment and health risk assessment of trace metals in surface soils of Beijing metropolitan, China. Chemosphere, 2016, 144C: 1002-1011.
[4] Chen H.Y., Chen R.H., Teng Y.G., Wu J. Contamination characteristics, ecological risk and source identification of trace metals in sediments of the Le'an River (China). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2016, 125: 85-92.
[5] Wu J., Teng Y.G., Chen H.Y., Li J. Machine-learning models for on-site estimation of background concentrations of arsenic in soils using soil formation factors. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2016: 1-11.
[6] Teng Y.G., Li J., Wu J., Lu S.J., Wang Y.Y., Chen H.Y. Environmental distribution and associated human health risk due to trace elements and organic compounds in soil in Jiangxi province, China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2015, 122: 406~416.
[7] Chen H.Y., Teng Y.G., Lu S.J., Wang Y.Y., Wang J.S. Contamination features and health risk of soil heavy metals in China. Science of the Total Environment, 2015, 512/513: 143-153.
[8] Wu J., Teng Y.G., Chen H.Y. Source apportionment for sediment PAHs using hybrid genetic pattern search treatment of a chemical mass balance receptor model: application to the Pearl River Delta region, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014, 186 (10): 6651-6662.
[9] Chen H. Y., Teng Y. G., Wang J.S., et al. Source apportionment of sediment PAHs in the Pearl River Delta region (China) using nonnegative matrix factorization analysis with effective weighted variance solution. Science of the Total Environment. 2013, 444: 401~408.
[10] Chen H. Y., Teng Y. G., Wang J.S. Source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments of the Rizhao coastal area (China) using diagnostic ratios and factor analysis with nonnegative constraints. Science of the Total Environment. 2012, 414: 293~300.