Professor Wei Yan has long been committed to scientific research in ecological forestry, plant cultivation in arid areas, mycorrhiza and other fields, especially in the application technology of tree mycorrhiza, which is at the forefront level in China. In recent years, he has published more than 50 papers and 2 monographs in academic journals at home and abroad. Among them, 4 papers were published in foreign academic journals, and some papers were included in SCI. From 65438 to 0995, he successively presided over more than 20 scientific research projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation, the key plans of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Forestry, and the key research projects of the autonomous region, with a total funding of more than 5 million yuan.
The project "Introduction of Advanced Production Technology of Colloidal Mycorrhizal Preparations" 200 1 presided by Professor Wei Yan passed the acceptance of the key science and technology plan of the State Forestry Administration; "Research on Production and Application Technology of Forest Mycorrhizal Fungicide" won the first prize of scientific and technological progress in Hohhot in 2003 and the first prize of scientific and technological progress in autonomous region in 2004. In recent years, he has been awarded the first outstanding scientific and technological worker in Inner Mongolia (1997), the first-class candidate of "32 1 talent project" in the autonomous region, the training target of leading scientific and technological talents in the State Forestry Administration (1997), the young and middle-aged expert with outstanding contributions in the autonomous region (1998) and the outstanding academic leader in Inner Mongolia.