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Yu HAN
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C2-b518 (Guangzhou International Campus)
EMAIL
hanyu@scut.edu.cn
Biography
Dr. Yu Han received his Ph.D. from Jilin University in 2003 and subsequently served as a research scientist at A*STAR in Singapore from 2003 to 2008. From 2009 to 2023, he was a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. In September 2023, he joined South China University of Technology as a Distinguished Professor in the School of Emergent Soft Matter and Director of the Center for Electron Microscopy.
Research Interests
Dr. Han's research primarily focuses on the synthesis and application of porous materials (catalysis, separation, water treatment) and high-resolution electron microscopy imaging of electron beam-sensitive materials. He is a co-inventor of ultralow-dose electron microscopy imaging technology. He has published over 400 academic papers, including in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Chemistry, and Nature Materials, with a total citation count exceeding 50,000 and an H-index greater than 120.
Awards & Honors
2004
TR100 Young Innovator Award,awarded by MIT’s magazine of innovation, Technology Review
2006
Young Scientist Award of Singapore
2008
Thomson Reuters Research Fronts Award
2013
Hai Tain honorary professor in Dalian University of Technology, China
Tang Aoqing honorary professor in Jilin University, China
Asian rising star by 15th Asian Chemical Congress
2016
Cheung Kong Scholar award, by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
2019-2024
Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry by Clarivate Analytics
2019
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2020
Awardee of National Talent Projects
2021
Humboldt research award by Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
Selected Publications
Shen, J.; Aljarb, A.; Cai, Y.; Liu, X.; Min, J.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Q.; Zhang, C.; Chen, C.; Hakami, M.; Fu, J. H.; Zhang, H.; Li, G.; Wang, X.; Chen, Z.; Li, J.; Dong, X.; Shih, K.; Huang, K. W.; Tung, V.; Shi, G.; Pinnau, I.; Li, L. J.; Han, Y., Engineering grain boundaries in monolayer molybdenum disulfide for efficient water-ion separation. Science 2025, 387, 776-782.
Zhang, H.; Li, G.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, D.; Chen, Z.; Liu, X.; Guo, P.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, C.; Liu, L.; Guo, X.; Han, Y., Three-dimensional inhomogeneity of zeolite structure and composition revealed by electron ptychography. Science 2023, 380, 633-638.
Shen, J.; Cai, Y.; Zhang, C.; Wei, W.; Chen, C.; Liu, L.; Yang, K.; Ma, Y.; Wang, Y.; Tseng, C. C.; Fu, J. H.; Dong, X.; Li, J.; Zhang, X. X.; Li, L. J.; Jiang, J.; Pinnau, I.; Tung, V.; Han, Y., Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes. Nat. Mater. 2022, 21, 1183-1190.
Liu, L.; Chen, Z.; Wang, J.; Zhang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Ling, S.; Huang, K. W.; Belmabkhout, Y.; Adil, K.; Zhang, Y.; Slater, B.; Eddaoudi, M.; Han, Y., Imaging defects and their evolution in a metal-organic framework at sub-unit-cell resolution. Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 622-628.
Zhang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Liu, L.; Ying, X.; Hsiung, C. E.; Sougrat, R.; Li, K.; Han, Y., Atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy of electron beam-sensitive crystalline materials. Science 2018, 359, 675-679.
Zhu, Y.; Ciston, J.; Zheng, B.; Miao, X.; Czarnik, C.; Pan, Y.; Sougrat, R.; Lai, Z.; Hsiung, C. E.; Yao, K.; Pinnau, I.; Pan, M.; Han, Y., Unravelling surface and interfacial structures of a metal-organic framework by transmission electron microscopy. Nat. Mater. 2017, 16, 532-536.
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