Title: Research and Development of Next Generation Fuel Cells and Catalysts
Speaker: YE Siyu (Chief Scientist of Ballard, Adjunct Professor of the University of British Columbia)
Time: Friday, November 13, 2015, 15:00
Venue: Room 216, Building No.15, Wushan Campus

[Short Bio of the Speaker]
Dr. Siyu Ye received his B.Sc. in 1982 and his Ph. D. (under the supervision of Professors Zhaowu Tian and Renyuan Qian) in 1988, both from Xiamen University. He was a Volkswagen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (award accompanied by research funding) at the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany (1988-1991) and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Québec at Montréal, Canada (1991-1993). From 1994 to 2000, he was a senior research scientist at the Hydro-Québec Research Institute, Canada. In 2000, Dr. Ye joined Ballard Power Systems as a senior research scientist. He was promoted to principal research scientist in 2002. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Dr. Ye is recognized as a leading expert in electrocatalysis and electrocatalyst development for fuel cells. He has been instrumental in developing Ballard’s high performance, durable anode and cathode catalyst technology. Presently, Dr. Ye is leading Ballard’s next generation catalyst technology development. He has more than ten years of fuel cell experience with expertise in catalyst materials and electrode & MEA design. He has over 60 peer-reviewed papers, as well as many patents and patent applications. Dr. Ye is author or co-author of one book and several book chapters. He has been an invited speaker at many professional conferences.