1980.9-1984.7 郑州大学 化学
1984.9-1987.6 BETVLCTOR伟德在线登录平台 化学
1993.9-1997.6 加拿大维多利亚大学博士
1997.8-1999.7 加州大学洛杉矶分校及肯塔基大学 博士后
1997.7-1999.8 美国加州大学洛杉矶分校和肯塔基大学 博士后及研究员
199.8-2002.2 美国Cymerg公司高级 研究员
2002.3-2004.4 美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校SDSC国家实验室 高级研究员
2010.6-今 德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校 讲座教授
2004.4-今 BETVLCTOR伟德在线登录平台 教授

2010年获天津市自然科学奖一等奖（第一完成人）
2014年获第五届中国侨界（创新成果）贡献奖
2015年荣获“天津市劳动模范”称号
2017年入选首批天津市杰出人才
2014-2021年连续多年入选科睿唯安“全球高被引科学家奖”
2018年获国家自然科学奖二等奖（第一完成人）

长期从事有机高分子和碳纳米材料的相关研究，在绿色能源转化与存储领域做出了重要贡献。陈永胜提出了具有确定分子结构的高效有机光伏材料设计理念，多次刷新了有机太阳能电池领域的光电转换效率世界记录；提出了“三维交联石墨烯”高分子体相材料的构筑理念，所发展的三维石墨烯材料在从4到1200K的温度区间展现出独特的光、电、磁性能，并首次实现了宏观光驱动。主持承担了包括“国家重点研发计划”在内的多项国家重大项目。共发表论文300余篇，总引用50000余次。
近期10篇代表作：
1."Organic and solution-processed tandem solar cells with 17.3% efficiency", Lingxian Meng, Yamin Zhang, Xiangjian Wan*, Chenxi Li, Xin Zhang, Yanbo Wang, Xin Ke, Zuo Xiao, Liming Ding *, Ruoxi Xia, Hin-Lap Yip, Yong Cao, Yongsheng Chen*, Science, 2018, 361, 1094-1098.
2."Acceptor-donor-acceptor type molecules for high performance organic photovoltaics - chemistry and mechanism", Xiangjian Wan, Chenxi Li, Mingtao Zhang, Yongsheng Chen*, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 2828-2842.
3."Flexible organic photovoltaics based on water-processed silver nanowire electrodes", Yanna Sun, Meijia Chang, Lingxian Meng, Xiangjian Wan, Huanhuan Gao, Yamin Zhang, Kai Zhao, Zhenhe Sun, Chenxi Li, Shuiren Liu, Huike Wang, Jiajie Liang, Yongsheng Chen*, Nature Electron., 2019, 2, 513-520.
4."Super-elasticity of three-dimensionally cross-linked graphene materials all the way to deep cryogenic temperatures", Kai Zhao, Tengfei Zhang, Huicong Chang, Yang Yang, Peishuang Xiao, Hongtao Zhang, Chenxi Li, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Pulickel M. Ajayan *, Yongsheng Chen *, Sci. Adv., 2019, 5, eaav2589.
5."Solution-processed organic tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiencies >12%", Miaomiao Li†, Ke Gao†, Xiangjian Wan*, Qian Zhang, Bin Kan, Ruoxi Xia, Feng Liu,Xuan Yang, Huanran Feng, Wang Ni, Yunchuang Wang, Jiajun Peng, Hongtao Zhang, Ziqi Liang, Hin-Lap Yip, Xiaobin Peng*, Yong Cao and Yongsheng Chen* , Nature Photon., 2017, 11, 85-91.
6."Macroscopic and direct light propulsion of bulk graphene material", Tengfei Zhang†, Huicong Chang†, Yingpeng Wu†, Peishuang Xiao, Ningbo Yi, Yanhong Lu, Yanfeng Ma, Yi Huang, Kai Zhao, Xiaoqing Yan, Zhibo Liu, Jianguo Tian and Yongsheng Chen*, Nature Photon., 2015, 9, 471-476.
7."Small-molecule solar cells with efficiency over 9%", Qian Zhang,† Bin Kan,† Feng Liu,† Guankui Long, Xiangjian Wan, Xiaoqing Chen, Yi Zuo, Wang Ni, Huijing Zhang, Miaomiao Li, Zhicheng Hu, Fei Huang, Yong Cao, Ziqi Liang, Mingtao Zhang, Thomas P. Russell and Yongsheng Chen*, Nature Photon., 2015, 9, 35-41.
8."Three-dimensionally bonded spongy graphene material with super compressive elasticity and near-zero Poisson’s ratio", Yingpeng Wu,† Ningbo Yi,† Lu Huang,† Tengfei Zhang, Shaoli Fang, Huicong Chang, Na Li, Ray H. Baughman* & Yongsheng Chen* et al., Nature Commun., 2015, 6, 6141.
9."Monolithic 3D Cross-linked Polymeric Graphene Materials and the Likes: Preparation and Their Redox Catalytic Applications", Yanhong Lu*, Yanfeng Ma, Tengfei Zhang, Yang Yang, Lei Wei, Yongsheng Chen *, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 11538-11550
10."Small-Molecule Acceptor Based on the Heptacyclic Benzodi(cyclopentadithiophene) Unit for Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells",Bin Kan, Huanran Feng, Xiangjian Wan, Feng Liu, Xin Ke, Yanbo Wang, Yunchuang Wang, Hongtao Zhang, Chenxi Li, Jianhui Hou, and Yongsheng Chen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 4929-4934.

培养已毕业博士研究生40名，硕士研究生28名；
团队现有在读博士研究生14人，在读硕士研究生14人。