主要研究领域
1. 湖泊生态修复；
2.湖泊水华暴发机理。
代表性研究项目
1. 十三五水专项“受损水体修复技术集成与应用”，课题负责人，在研；
2. 十二五水专项“洱海低污染水处理与缓冲带构建关键技术及工程示范”，课题负责人；
3. 十一五水专项“湖滨带生物多样性恢复与缓冲区建设技术及工程示范”，课题负责人;
4. 环保公益项目“洋河水库异味物质产生机制及监控系统研究”，项目负责人；
5. 国家自然科学基金“氮和光的耦合作用对3种典型蓝藻浮力的调控的影响机制”，项目负责人。
代表性论文
1. Jing Cao, Zeying Hou, Zekun Li, Zhaosheng Chu*, Pingping Yang, Binghui Zheng. Succession of phytoplankton functional groups and their driving factors in a subtropical plateau lake[J]. Science of the Total Environment,2018,631-632.；
2. Qianyu Hang, Haiyan Wang, Zhaosheng Chu*, Zeying Hou, Yuexi Zhou, Chunmei Li. Nitrate-rich agricultural runoff treatment by Vallisneria -sulfur based mixotrophic denitrification process[J]. Science of the Total Environment,2017,587-588；
3. Bibi Ye, Zhaosheng Chu*, Aiping Wu, Zeying Hou, Shengrui Wang. Optimum water depth ranges of dominant submersed macrophytes in a natural freshwater lake.[J]. Plos One, 2018, 13(3):e0193176；
4. Shuqin Chen, Zhaosheng Chu*. Purification efficiency of nitrogen and phosphorus in Ottelia acuminata on four kinds of simulated sewage[J]. Ecological Engineering,2016,93；
5. Jing Cao, Zhaosheng Chu*, Yanliang Du, Zeying Hou, Shengrui Wang. Phytoplankton dynamics and their relationship with environmental variables of Lake Poyang[J]. Hydrology Research,2016,47(S1)；
6. Zhaosheng Chu, Xiangcan Jin, Norio Iwami, Yuhei Inamori，The effect of temperature on growth characteristics and competitions of Microcystis aeruginosa and Oscillatoria mougeotii in a shallow, eutrophic lake simulator system，Hydrobiologia. 2007, 581:217-223
7. Zhaosheng Chu, Xiangcan Jin, Bo yang and Qingru Zen. Buoyancy regulation of Microcystis flos-aquae during phosphorus-limited and nitrogen-limited growth. Journal of plankton research, 2007, 29（9）: 739-745
专著（合著）
1.《湖滨带与缓冲带生态修复-工程技术指南》，科学出版社，2014；
2.《洱海富营养化控制技术与应用设计》，科学出版社，2015