于哈尔滨工业大学获得工学学士学位；于浙江大学从事化工热力学和动力学方面的研究，并获得硕士学位；2005年在中科院山西煤炭化学研究所工作，主要从事生物质资源催化转化方面的研究；于中国科学院研究生院攻读博士学位，从事纤维素催化定向催化转化制备5-羟甲基糠醛的研究工作，并于2012年获得博士学位。现于中国科学院山西煤炭化学研究主要从事含氧碳源的新型催化反应的研究工作。已发表论文10余篇，申报国家发明专利20余篇，其中授权18篇。

（1）生物质纤维素及木质素催化转化制含氧燃料及化学品的理论及应用研究；

（2）金属离子催化中心在催化含氧化学品转化过程的科学问题；

（3）新型Lewis酸碱催化反应的研究。 

[1] Tiansheng Deng, Xiaojing Cui, Yongqin Qi, Yinxiong Wang, Xianglin Hou and Yulei Zhu. Conversion of carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by ZnCl₂ in water. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 5494-5496.

[2] Pengfei Liu, Tiansheng Deng, Cuiping Ye, Zhangfeng Qin, Xianglin Hou, Jinaguo Wang. Identification of kurarinone by LC/MS and investigation of its thermal stability. Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 2009, 54, 80-82.

[3] Liu Pengfei, Deng Tiansheng, Hou Xianglin and Wang Jianguo. Antioxidant Properties of Isolated Isorhamnetin from the Sea Buckthorn Marc. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 2009, 64, 141-145.

[4] Chengcai Song, Yongqin Qi, Tiansheng Deng, Xianglin Hou, Zhangfeng Qin. Kinetic model for the esterification of oleic acid catalyzed by zinc acetate in subcritical methanol. Renewable Energy, 2010, 35, 625-628.

[5] Tieniu Chen, Zhangfeng Qin,  Yongqin Qi,  Tiansheng Deng,  Xiaojing Ge,  Jianguo Wang and Xianglin Hou. Degradable polymers from ring-opening polymerization of α-angelica lactone, a five-membered unsaturated lactone. Polymer Chemistry, 2011,2, 1190-1194.

[6] Tiansheng Deng, Xianglin Hou, and Yulei Zhu. Dehydration of fructose in glycol in usual pressure. 10th Japan-China symposium on coal and C1 chemistry. 2009