Yu Research Group
Heterogeneous Catalysis | Surface Science
Functional Nanomaterial | Sustainable Process
Professor
Wen-Yueh Yu (游文岳)
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Taiwan University
ORCID: 0000-0001-6818-3075
Google Scholar Page: Link
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
2017 - Department of Chemical Engineering
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Associate Professor (since 2021.08)
Assistant Professor (2017.08 - 2021.07)
2015 - 2017 Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Professor Chih-Jen Shih group
2009 - 2015 Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Graduate Research Student
Professor C. Buddie Mullins group
2005 - 2009 Institute of Chemistry
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
National Defense Reserve Research Assistant
Professor Shu-Hua Chien group
2001 - 2004 Department of Chemical Engineering
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Undergraduate/Graduate Research Student
Professor Ben-Zu Wan group
HONORS, AWARDS, EDITORIAL BOARDS
- Dissertation Supervisor Award (2023)
龔子傑 "開發觸媒用於催化轉移氫化與醇類脫氫反應"
- Outstanding Teaching Award, National Taiwan University (2023)
- Guest editor, Materials Today Sustainability (2023)
- Young Investigator Award, Taipei International Conference on Catalysis (2022)
- Outstanding Teaching Award, National Taiwan University (2021)
- Best Paper Award, Catalysis Society of Taiwan (2021)
"Direct copolymerization of carbon dioxide and 1,4-butanediol enhanced by ceria nanorod catalyst"
Appl. Catal. B (2020) 265, 118524
- Early Career Researcher Editorial Board of Materials Today Sustainability (2021)
- Chemical Engineering Excellence Award, Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2020)
"二氧化碳與甲醇直接合成碳酸二甲酯：異相觸媒、除水系統與催化機制"
化工 (2019) 66, 59-82.
- Supervisor for College Student Research Creativity Award (2020)
古浩銓 "以複合金屬-金屬氧化物負載異相觸媒催化轉移氫化糖醛為1,5-戊二醇"
- Best Post Presentation Award, 8th Asia-Pacific Congress in Catalysis (2019)
- Merit Pay Award for Distinguished Scholars, Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (2017-2020)
- NATEA-Dallas Scholarship, North America Taiwanese Engineering & Science Association (2014)
- IPMI Metro New York Chapter Student Award, International Precious Metals Institute (2014)
EDUCATION
2015 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Dissertation: Catalytic Chemistry of Pd-Au Bimetallic Surfaces
Advisor: Professor C. Buddie Mullins
2004 M.S. in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Thesis: Selective Oxidation of CO in H2-Rich Stream over Au/TiO2 Catalyst
Advisor: Professor Ben-Zu Wan
2002 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan