Yun Yu

Dr Yun Yu is a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering in the WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering (WASM: MECE) at Curtin University. Dr Yu obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from Curtin University in 2010.

After PhD graduation, he worked as a Research Associate during 2010-2012 and an ARC DECRA Fellow during 2013-2015 at Curtin University, and he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in 2016. Dr Yu has extensive research expertise in bioenergy and biofuels. He has published over 100 journal papers (including 3 Highly Cited Papers in Web of Science and 2 Cover/Supplementary Cover Papers in Energy & Fuels), with a total citation of 4,806 and an H-Index of 40 (Google Scholar).

Dr Yu has won several national and international awards, including the ARC DECRA Award, Publons Peer Review Award and Energy & Fuels Excellence in Review Award. Dr Yu also provides service to some international journals in his field. He is the Associate Editor of Energy & Fuels (IF: 5.3, ACS) and the Editorial Board Member of several journals such as J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis (IF: 6.0, Elsevier), Processes (IF: 3.5, MDPI), etc. He was the co-chair of the 5th (2015), 6th (2017) and 7th (2019) Sino-Australia Symposia on Advanced Coal and Biomass Utilisation Technologies. Dr Yu is currently co-leading the Advanced Fuel and Energy Lab, focusing on fundamental and applied research related to advanced thermochemical processing of biomass and waste materials for low-carbon fuel and energy applications. Dr Yu has successfully led many research projects from various funding bodies. So far he has secured over A$4 million worth of research grants as CI from various government and industry funds. Dr Yu has also accumulated substantial experience in mentoring and research training/supervision. So far he has supervised 10 PhD students (7 as main or co-supervisor) to successful completion, and currently mentoring 2 Research Associates and supervising/co-supervising 4 PhD students.