主要从事岛礁及近岸海洋水动力过程及其环境效应研究。研究领域涵盖海洋动力与能量过程分析、数值模式与卫星遥感资料智能重构、中小尺度动力过程及其环境效应等方面。近五年在OceanEngineering、RenewableEnergy、PhysicsofFluids等期刊发表第一/通讯作者SCI论文20余篇，获2021年度广东省科技进步一等奖，研发“海岛近岸水文监测系统”入选“中国科学院自主研发科学仪器名录(2021)”。

1.复合共生型堤坝海岸原位监测系统构建，国家重点研发计划子课题，2022.12-2026.11，主持

2.岛礁周边海域水文参数模拟预报方法研究，国家重点研发计划子课题，2018.1-2020.12，主持

3.南海反气旋涡-Ekman抽吸效应研究，国家自然科学基金青年项目，2015.1-2017.12，主持

4.针对近岸动力因素的中法海洋卫星波浪数据智能订正技术研究，广东省自然科学基金面上项目，2024.1-2026.12，主持

5.基于观测与模式智能融合的近岸波浪能资源评估技术研究，广东省自然科学基金面上项目，2023.1-2025.12，主持

6.南海典型岛礁近岸海浪智能预报技术研究，海南省自然科学基金面上项目，2022.4-2025.3，主持

7.拍岸浪预报，中国科学院A类先导专项课题，2023.10-2026.9，主持

8.近岸区海洋水文参数监测系统，中国科学院A类先导专项子课题，2016.1-2020.12，主持

1.近五年发表文章36篇、授权专利6件。

2.代表性论文：

[1] Li, J.*, Tong, Y., Li, S.*, Chen, W., Li, Y., Li, B.*, Sun, W., Shi, P., 2026. Wave energy assessments around Hainan Island based on a fine-resolution model: the long-term trend and climatic mutation. Renewable Energy, 257: 124807.

[2] Li, J.*, Tong, Y., Xu, Y., Chen, W., Shi, P., 2025. Reconstruction of significant wave height for bottom-mounted acoustic profilers with pressure sensor failure: A case study. Ocean Engineering, 319: 120270.

[3] Tong, Y.#, Sun, W.#, Li, J.*, Chen, W., Li, Y., Li, B.*, Li, S., Shi, P., 2025. The climatic mutation in the long-term trends of wind and wave energies in the South China Sea. Energy, 340, 139206.

[4] Qu, K., Zheng, W., Li, J.*, Yu, R., Wang, X., Wang, C., Li, W., 2025. Hydrodynamic generation of backflow tidal bore and its theoretical solutions. Ocean Engineering, 340: 122405.

[5] Li, W., Qu, K.*, Wang, C., Li, J.*, Nie, W., Zheng, W., 2025. Hydrodynamic effects of porous trapezoidal artificial reefs on the wave transformation and wave setups at uneven coral reefs. Physics of Fluids, 37: 096602.

[6] Li, J.*, Li, S.*, Li, Y., Chen, W., Li, B., Liu, J., Shi, P., 2024. Evaluations of extreme wave heights around Hainan Island and their uncertainty induced by decadal variations of input variables. Ocean Engineering, 294: 116705.

[7] Chen, W., Tong, Y., Li, W., Ding, Y., Li, J.*, Wang, W., Shi, P., 2024. Interannual variations in the summer coastal upwelling in the northeastern South China Sea. Remote Sensing, 16(7): 1282. 

[8] Li, B., Li, J.*, Liu, J., Tang, S., Chen, W., Shi, P., Liu, Y., 2022. Calibration experiments of CFOSAT wavelength in the southern South China Sea by artificial neural networks. Remote Sensing, 14(3): 773.

[9] Li, J., Qi, Y., Jing, Z.*, Wang, J., 2014. Enhancement of eddy-Ekman pumping inside anticyclonic eddies with wind-parallel extension: Satellite observations and numerical studies in the South China Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, 132: 150-161.

[10] Li, J., Huang, P.*, Zhang, R., 2010. Modeling the refuge effect of submerged macrophytes in ecological dynamics of shallow lakes: A new model of fish functional response. Ecological Modelling, 221(17): 2076-2085.