Wu Yuen

Professor

Phone: 86-551-63601600

E-mail: yuenwu@ustc.edu.cn

Homepage:http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~yuenwu/

Personal Profile

Wu Yuen is currently a professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China and a doctoral advisor. He is also a Distinguished Professor under the Changjiang Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education. He received a bachelor's degree from the Department of Chemistry of Tsinghua University in 2009 and a Ph.D. in 2014 under the supervision of Academician Li Yadong. Since September 2014, he has been working in the Department of Chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China. He serves as the deputy editor of the international journal Science Bulletin (Q1), an editorial board member of Science China Materials (Q1), a guest editor of Small Methods, a youth editorial board member of the Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities. He is also a member of the Fuel-cell Engine Committee of the Chinese Society for Internal Combustion Engines. He has led projects such as the Excellent Young Scientists Fund Project and the Young Top-notch Talent Project, and he is appointed as the Chief Scientist of Key Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology. He has received numerous awards, including the Emerging Award in Nanochemistry of Chinese Chemical Society, the Young Chemist Award of Chinese Chemical Society, and the Young Teacher Award of Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation.

Educational Background：

2009/09 – 2014/07: Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry of Tsinghua University

2005/09 – 2009/07: Bachelor's degree from the Department of Chemistry of Tsinghua University

Research Experience：

2014/07 – 2016/01: Special-term Associate Researcher of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China

2016/01 – Present: Professor of the Department of Applied Chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China

Main Research Directions：

His research group uses simple chemical principles to synthesize fascinating nanomaterials, exploring the microscopic world through clever design, constructing magical nanostructures, and applying them in fields such as heterogeneous catalysis, organic catalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis. He has a solid research foundation in areas like single-atom catalysis, fuel cells, sensors, and enzyme catalysis. In recent years, he has focused on the synthesis methodology of metal single-atom and cluster catalysts and applied these catalysts in small molecule activation reactions related to fuel cells. In the past five years, he has published dozens of academic papers as a corresponding author in top international journals such as Nat. Cat., Chem. Soc. Rev., J. Am. Chem. Soc., and Angew. Chem. Int. Edit., with over 6,000 SCI citations and an H-index of 41. He developed a top-down synthesis strategy for single-atom and cluster catalysts, which is widely adopted by peers domestically and internationally; he developed diatomic cluster fuel cell catalysts, addressing the stability challenge of non-Pt catalysts in acidic oxygen reduction reactions; he developed single-atom Ru catalysts, solving the instability issue of water-electrolytic catalysts under acidic oxidative conditions; and he developed the atomic evaporation method, addressing the uniformity problem in large-scale production. He established a large database and production line for single-atom catalysts, achieving multiple patent conversions in fields such as environmental protection, agriculture, energy, and fine chemicals.

Honors and Awards：

In 2013: Special Grade Scholarship of Tsinghua University

In 2014: Academic Rookie of Tsinghua University

In 2014: First Prize of the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of Tsinghua University

In 2016: Excellent Young Scientists Fund Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China

In 2017: Young Top-notch Talent Project of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC

In 2017: Chief Scientist of the Key Special Project of Nano Frontier of National Key Research and Development Program of China

In 2018: Emerging Award in Nanochemistry of Chinese Chemical Society

In 2019: Young Chemist Award of Chinese Chemical Society

In 2020: Young Teacher Award of Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation

Student Training：

Over the years (2016-2020), more than 10 of the graduate students trained in his group have received national scholarships, with many receiving university-level outstanding graduate awards, and three receiving the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative. More than 10 graduates currently hold professorships or associate professorships at domestic universities and research institutions (detailed on the website of the research group), and many have been employed as technical directors in the industry. Among the undergraduates, many have received offers from prestigious American universities such as Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, Nanyang Technological University, and University of California, Los Angeles. Three undergraduates have received Guo Moruo Scholarship.

We look forward to the dreamers of the future joining us!