主要研究方向:1. 环境生物技术、2. 物化处理方法和技术、3. 废弃物资源化
国家杰出青年基金获得者(2006)、教育部长江学者特聘教授(2007)、全国模范教师(2009)、教育部创新团队负责人(2012)、科技部创新团队负责人(2016) 、国家自然科学基金委创新群体负责人(2018)、全国先进工作者(2020)。2014年以来连续入围 Elsevier 出版集团环境领域国际高被引学者、科睿瑞安交叉领域高被引科学家。中国科学技术大学杰出讲席教授,中国工程院院士。
长期开展水污染控制的基础研究、技术研发和实际应用工作,作为通讯/第一作者发表 SCI论文600多篇,SCI他引超过3万次,H因子114;成果分获国家自然科学二等奖和国家科技进步奖各1项、2024年美国化学会ACS环境科学与技术杰出成就奖、省部级科技/自然科学一等奖6项。指导的研究生1人获国际环境科学与工程教授协会优秀博士论文,3人获全国百篇优秀博士论文,2人获全国优秀博士论文提名。
1. 环境生物技术
2. 物化处理方法和技术
3. 废弃物资源化
国务院学位委员会第八届环境科学与工程学科评议组成员
中国生态文明研究与促进会副会长
2002年获教育部“跨世纪优秀人才培养计划”
2003年获优秀留学回国人员成就奖
2004年入选人事部首批“新世纪百千万人才工程”
2004年获中国科学院优秀百人计划
2006年获国家自然科学基金委员会杰出青年基金
2007年获教育部长江学者特聘教授
2009年获全国模范教师
2020年获全国先进工作者
全国优秀博士论文指导教师(2008、2011、2013)
全国优秀博士论文提名指导教师(2009、2012)
中国科学院优秀博士论文指导教师(2007、2008、2009,2010、2011、2012、2014、2015、2016、2018、2019、2021、2022、2023年)
2024年美国化学会ACS环境科学与技术杰出成就奖
WW Li, HQ Yu*, B Rittmann* (2015) Reuse water pollutants. Nature. 528 (7580): 29-31.
GC Tan, HQ Yu* (2023) Rethinking Biochar: Black Gold or Not? Nature Reviews Materials. doi.org/10.1038/s41578-023-00634-1.
YJ Zhang, JS Tao, Y Hu, GX Huang, Y Pan, WW Li*, JJ Chen*, HQ Yu* (2024) Metal oxyhalide-based heterogeneous catalytic water purification with ultralow H2O2 consumption. Nature Water. In press.
Y Li, Q Tang*, FF Chen, H Sun, SA Hashsham, HQ Yu*, JM Tiedje* (2024) Development and validation of an engineered DNA scavenger for mitigating antibiotic resistance proliferation in wastewater treatment. Nature Water. In press.
CH Gu, Y Pan, TT Wei, AY Zhang*, Y Si, C Liu, ZH Sun, JJ Chen*, HQ Yu* (2024) Upcycling waste sewage sludge into superior single-atom Fenton-like catalyst for sustainable water purification. Nature Water. DOI: 10.1038/s44221-024-00258-x.
R Lu, WW Li, B Mizaikoff*, A Katzir, Y Raichlin, GP Sheng, HQ Yu* (2016) High-sensitivity infrared attenuated total reflectance sensors for in-situ multi-component detection of volatile organic compounds. Nature Protocols. 11(2): 377-386.
SJ Yuan, WW Li, YY Cheng, H He, JJ Chen, ZH Tong, ZQ Lin, F Zhang, GP Sheng*, HQ Yu* (2014) A plate-based electrochromic approach for the high-throughput detection of electrochemically active bacteria. Nature Protocols. 9(1): 112-119.
CH Gu, S Wang, AY Zhang*, C Liu, J Jiang*, HQ Yu* (2024) Tuning electronic structure of metal-free dual-site catalyst enables exclusive singlet oxygen production and in-situ utilization. Nature Communications. In press.
HZ Liu, XX Shu, MJ Huang*, BB Wu, JJ Chen*, XS Wang, HL Li, HQ Yu* (2024) Tailoring d-band center of high-valent metal-oxo species for pollutant removal via complete polymerization. Nature Communications. 15: 2327.
X Zhou, Y Min, CM Zhao, C Chen, MK Ke, SL Xu, JJ Chen, Yuen Wu*, HQ Yu* (2024) Constructing sulfur and oxygen super-coordinated main-group catalysts to lift the production-depletion dilemma in H2O2 electrosynthesis. Nature Communications. 15:193.
Y Min, SC Mei, XQ Pan, JJ Chen*, HQ Yu*, YJ Xiong* (2023) Mimicking reductive dehalogenases for efficient electrocatalytic water dechlorination. Nature Communications. 14: 5134.
YJ Zhang, GX Huang, LR Winter, JJ Chen, LL Tian, SC Mei, Z Zhang, F Chen, ZY Guo, R Ji, YZ You, WW Li, XW Liu, HQ Yu*, M Elimelech* (2022) Simultaneous nanocatalytic surface activation of pollutants and oxidants for highly efficient water decontamination. Nature Communications. 13: 3005.
J Liu, Z Xu, D Zhao, XQ Pan, HC Li, X Hu, ZY Fan, WK Wang, GH Zhao, S Jin, GW Huber*, HQ Yu* (2020) Efficient electrochemical production of glucaric acid and H2 via glucose electrolysis. Nature Communications. 11: 265.
DN Pei, L Gong, AY Zhang*, X Zhang, JJ Chen, Y Mu, HQ Yu* (2015) Defective TiO2 single crystals exposed by high-energy {001} facets for efficient oxygen reduction reaction. Nature Communications. 6: 8696.
SJ Yuan, JJ Chen, ZQ Lin, WW Li, GP Sheng, HQ Yu* (2013) Nitrate formation from atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen photocatalysed by nano-sized titanium dioxide. Nature Communications. 4:2249.
S Zhang, SF Jiang, BC Huang, XC Shen, WJ Chen, TP Zhou, HY Cheng, BH Cheng, CZ Wu, WW Li, H Jiang*, HQ Yu* (2020) Sustainable production of value-added carbon nanomaterials from pyrolysis byproducts of renewable biomass. Nature Sustainability. 3, 753-760.
JH Wu, TH Yang, YJ Sun, Y Min, Y Hu, F Chen, JJ Chen, HQ Yu* (2024) Tailoring the selective generation of oxidative organic radicals for toxic-byproduct-free water decontamination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121(23): e2403544121.
F Chen, YJ Sun, XT Huang, CW Bai, ZQ Zhang, PJ Duan, XJ Chen, Q Yang, HQ Yu* (2023) Embedding electronic perpetual motion into single-atom catalysts for persistent Fenton-like reactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2314396121.
CH Gu, S Wang, AY Zhang, C Liu, J Jiang*, HQ Yu* (2023) Slow-release synthesis of Cu single-atom catalyst with optimized geometric structure and DOS distribution for Fenton-like catalysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120(43): e2311585120.
JH Wu, F Chen, TH Yang, HQ Yu* (2023) Unveiling singlet oxygen spin-trapping in catalytic oxidation processes using in-situ kinetic EPR analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120(30): e2305706120.
YJ Zhang, JJ Chen, GX Huang, WW Li*, HQ Yu*, M Elimelech* (2023) Distinguishing homogeneous advanced oxidation processes in bulk water from heterogeneous surface reactions in organic oxidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120(20): e2302407120.
LL Liu, F Chen, JH Wu, JJ Chen*, HQ Yu* (2023) Synergy of crystallinity modulation and intercalation engineering in carbon nitride for boosted H2O2 photosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120(6): e2215305120.
MJ Huang, YS Li, CQ Zhang, C Cui, QQ Huang, MK Li, ZM Qiang, T Zhou, XH Wu, HQ Yu* (2022) Facilely tuning the intrinsic catalytic sites of the spinel oxide for peroxymonosulfate activation: From fundamental investigation to pilot-scale demonstration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119(30): e2202682119.
X Zhou, MK Ke, GX Huang, C Chen, WX Chen, K Liang, YT Qu, J Yang, Y Wang*, FT Li, HQ Yu*, Yuen Wu* (2022) Identification of Fenton-like active Cu sites by heteroatom modulation of electronic density. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119(8): e2119492119.
DN Pei, C Liu, AY Zhang*, XQ Pan, HQ Yu* (2020) In-situ organic Fenton-like catalysis triggered by anodic polymeric intermediates for electrochemical water purification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117(49): 30966-30972.
FH Li, Q Tang*, YY Fan, Y Li, J Li, JH Wu, CF Luo, H Sun, WW Li, HQ Yu* (2020) Developing a population-state decision system for intelligently reprogramming extracellular electron transfer in Shewanella oneidensis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117(37): 23001-23010.
WK Wang, JJ Chen, ZZ Lou, S Kim, M Fujitsuka*, HQ Yu*, T Majima* (2019) Single-molecule and -particle probing crystal edge/corner as highly efficient photocatalytic sites on a single TiO2 particle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116: 18827-18833.
BH Cheng, BC Huang, R Zhang, YL Chen, SF Jiang, Y Lu, XS Zhang, H Jiang*, HQ Yu* (2020) Bio-coal: An renewable and massively producible fuel from lignocellulosic biomass. Science Advance. 6(1), eaay0748, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay0748.