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Professor

Wen-Yueh Yu (游文岳)

Associate Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

National Taiwan University

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ORCID: 0000-0001-6818-3075

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

2017 -             Department of Chemical Engineering

                        National Taiwan University, Taiwan

                        Associate Professor (since 2021.08), Assistant Professor (2017.08 - 2021.07)

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2015 - 2017   Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering

                        Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland

                        Postdoctoral Research Associate, Professor Chih-Jen Shih group​

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2009 - 2015   Department of Chemical Engineering

                        The University of Texas at Austin, USA

                        Graduate Research Student, Professor C. Buddie Mullins group

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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

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EDITORIAL BOARDS

  • Guest editor, Materials Today Sustainability (2024)

  • Guest editor, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2024)

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2024-)

  • Guest editor, Materials Today Sustainability (2023)

  • Early Career Researcher Editorial Board, Materials Today Sustainability (2021-)​

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Aspiration Award in Excellent Academic Performance, College of Engineering at National Taiwan University (2024)

       臺灣大學工學院學術勵進獎

  • Dissertation Supervisor Award, National Taiwan University (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)

       台灣大學111學年度教學優良獎

  • Young Investigator Award, Taipei International Conference on Catalysis (2022)

  • Outstanding Teaching Award, National Taiwan University (2021)

       台灣大學109學年度教學優良獎

  • Best Paper Award, Catalysis Society of Taiwan (2021)

       台灣觸媒學會傑出論文獎

       "Direct copolymerization of carbon dioxide and 1,4-butanediol enhanced by ceria nanorod catalyst"

       Appl. Catal. B (2020) 265, 118524

  • Chemical Engineering Excellence Award, Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2020)

       台灣化工學會化工傑作獎  "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

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