Yang Yang

Education Background

School of Environment Ph.D. - 2014 Tsinghua University
Visiting Graduate Student - 2013 California Institute of Technology
School of Environment B.S. - 2009 South China University of Technology

Experience

Assistant Professor Clarkson University , Current
Senior Research Scientist Caltech, 2018
Postdoctoral Scholar Caltech, 2018

Courses Taught

CE330 Fluid Mechanics
CE340 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CE380 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering
CE580 Environmental Chemistry
CE681 Environmental Physio-Chemical Processes

Teaching Interests

Faculty Advisor of the NYWEA Student Chapter at Clarkson University
Undergraduate advisor of Class of 2023
Graduate Admission Committee

Research Interests

Synthesis and characterization of advanced electro-active materials
用于新兴污染物去除和增值化工生产的先进氧化/还原技术.
WASH水分散式水处理技术的发展和商业化, sanitation and hygiene) applications.

Awards

NSF CAREER Award (2023)
The Inaugural best paper award of ACS ES&T Engineering (2021)
Clarkson Ignite Research Fellowship Award (2019)
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology Best Paper Award (2019)

Awards Received by Students/Postdocs

Shasha Yang, NYWEA第93届虚拟年会学生设计竞赛第二名, February 16, 2021 Best Poster Presentation Award in 2021 Virtual CAPEES Student E-poster Competition, July 17, 2021 Three Awards of Excellence in Research in Electrochemistry, Sustainability, and Catalysis. Summer Research and Project Showcase of Clarkson University. 2020
Michaela Richey，获得高中优秀电化学研究奖. Summer Research and Project Showcase of Clarkson University. 2021
Farideh Hosseini Narouei. Postdoctoral Fellow Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research Program Fellowship. 2021

Grants

Title: 职业:环境条件下固体基质中PFAS的压电机械催化破坏:综合研究和教育计划
Agency: National Science Foundation
Role: PI
Period: 05/01//2023 – 04/30/2028
Title: 镍和钯单原子电催化剂在复杂水基质中选择性捕获和破坏PFAS
Agency: National Science Foundation
Role: PI
Period: 08/01/2021 – 07/31/2024
Title: 电化学氧化- uv -亚硫酸盐综合还原法深度破坏复杂水基质中的PFAS
Agency: DoD-SERDP
Role: PI with co-PI Dr. Jinyong Liu (University of California at Riverside)
Period: 09/30/2021 – 04/30/2023
Title: Electrochemical Treatment of Azoles in SCD
Agency: Global Foundries
Role: PI with co-PI Dr. Thomas M. Holsen
Period: 01/25/2021 – 12/31/2021
Title: Electrochemical Oxidation of Cyanobacteria and Cytotoxin
Agency: NYDEC
Role: PI with co-PI Dr. Stefan Grimberg
Period: 11/18/2019 - 11/30/2020
Title: 介孔结构光阳极催化全氟辛酸非均相分解研究
Agency: NYS Department of Economic Development
Role: PI
Period: 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2024
Title: 高效节能废水处理技术的研究进展
Agency: NYS Department of Economic Development
Role: PI
Period: 04/01/2021 – 03/31/2022
Title: 处理垃圾渗滤液中全氟和多氟烷基物质(PFAS)的创新技术
Agency: Environmental Research & Education Foundation
Role: co-PI with PI Dr. Thomas M. Holsen
Period: 01/01/2020 – 02/14/2022
Title: Development of Reactive Electrochemical Membranes for Toilet Wastewater Treatment
Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Role: co-PI with PI Dr. Michael R. Hoffmann (California Institute of Technology)
Period: 01/01/2020 – 12/31/2021
Title: 开发教育模块，为K-12学生提供传统和新型水/废水处理工艺设计背后的基本原理和工程概念.
Agency: AEESP Foundation
Role: co-PI with PI Dr. Taeyoung Kim
Period: 07/01/2020 – 07/01/2021
Title: 点燃奖学金:微波辅助电催化将废弃塑料废物转化为清洁燃料
Agency: Clarkson University
Role: PI with co-PI Dr. Xiaocun Lu
Title: 2019冠状病毒病特别征集研究项目:用于高效去除生物气溶胶的可再生静电纺纳米纤维过滤器.
Agency: Clarkson University
Role: PI with co-PI Dr. Suresh Dhaniyala

Patents

电化学氧化减缓有害藻华和蓝藻毒素的系统和方法. Y Yang. U.S. App. No. 17164347.
Reactive electrochemical membrane for wastewater treatment. Y Yang. U.S. App. No. 16/911,912
掺杂金属纳米管阵列的电解电极及其制造和使用方法. MR Hoffmann, Y Yang - US Patent 11,028,491, 2021. (Granted)

Publications

Yang, N.; Yang, S.; Ma, Q.; Beltran, C.; Guan, Y.; Morsey, M.; Brown, E.; Fernando, S.; Holsen, T. M.; Zhang, W.; Yang, Y.*压电球磨法对PFAS化学物质和沉积物中PFAS的无溶剂非热破坏. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2023. 10, 2, 198–203. http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00902.
Y. Zhang, X. Chen, C. Liang, L. Yin and Y. Yang, 重建单原子铁催化剂的配位环境以提高类芬顿降解活性. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 2022, 315, 121536. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121536
S. Yang, T. Michael, S. Fernando, S. Grimberg and Y. Yang, 通过电化学氧化减轻蓝藻有害藻华(cHABs)和蓝藻毒素:从实验规模研究到现场应用. ACS EST Engg. (Accepted as Editor’s Choice and Front Cover)
H. Li, E. Quisepe, S. Yang, L. Yin and Y. Yang, Electrosynthesis of > 20 g/L H2O2 From Air. ACS EST Engg. 2022, 2, 2, 242–250. http://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.1c00366
Y. Zhang, Y. Yang, S. Yang, E. Quispe-Cardenas and M. R. 异质结Ni-Sb-SnO2阳极在电化学水处理中的应用. ACS EST Engg. 2021, 1, 8, 1236–1245. http://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.1c00122.
S. Wang, S. Yang, E. Quisepe, H. Yang, C. Sanfiorenzo, S. W. Rogers, K. Wang, Y. Yang, and M. R. Hoffmann, 紫外辅助电化学氧化法去除退化TiO2纳米管阵列上的抗生素耐药细菌和基因. ACS EST Engg. 2021, 1, 3, 612–622. http://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.1c00011.
S. Wang, Y. Zhu, Y. Yang, J. Li and M. R. Hoffmann, 革兰氏阳性和革兰氏阴性细菌的电化学细胞裂解:从环境水样中提取DNA. Electrochim. Acta 2020, 338, 135864. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.135864.
Q. Zhuo, J. Wang, J. Niu, B. Yang and Y. Yang, 改性硼掺杂金刚石(BDD)阳极电化学氧化全氟辛烷磺酸(PFOS)替代品. Chem. Eng. J. 2020, 379, 122280. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.122280.
Y. Zhang, X. Chen, S. Zhang, L. Yin and Y. Yang, 缺陷二氧化钛纳米阵列结构的光催化固氮高达780纳米. Chemical Engineering Journal 2020, 401, 126033. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.126033.
Y. Yang, 电化学氧化水处理的新进展:副产物控制的重点. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 2020, 14 (5), 85. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-020-1264-7.
S. Yang, S. Fernando, T. M. Holsen and Y. Yang, 地下水中全氟烷基酸电化学氧化过程中高氯酸盐形成的抑制作用. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2019, 6 (12), 775–780. http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.9b00653.
Y. Yang, L. Lin, L. K. Tse, H. Dong, S. Yu, and M. R. Hoffmann, Membrane-Separated Electrochemical Latrine Wastewater Treatment. Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol. 2019, 5 (1), 51–59. http://doi.org/10.1039/C8EW00698A.
J. Lim, Y. Yang, and M. R. Hoffmann, 富氧空位掺杂钴黑色TiO2纳米管活化过氧单硫酸盐去除有机污染物. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53 (12), 6972–6980. http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01449.
Y. Yang, L Kao, Y. Liu, K. Sun, H. Yu, J. Guo, S. Y. H. Liou, and M. R. Hoffmann, 钴掺杂黑色TiO2纳米管阵列作为析氧阳极和电化学废水处理. ACS Catal. 2018, 8 (5), 4278–4287. http://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b04340.
J. T. Jasper, Y. Yang, and M. R. 电化学处理厕所废水过程中有毒副产物的形成. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, 51 (12), 7111–7119. http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b01002.
Y. Yang, and M. R. Hoffmann, 用于电化学氧化剂生成和废水处理的蓝-黑TiO2纳米管阵列的合成与稳定. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50 (21), 11888–11894. http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b03540.
Y. Yang, J. Shin, J. T. Jasper, and M. R. Hoffmann, 含盐废水处理的多层异质结阳极:设计策略和反应物质产生机制. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50 (16), 8780–8787. http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00688.
X. Xie, J. Bahnemann, S. Wang, Y. Yang and M. R. Hoffmann, 利用高吸水性聚合物珠实现“纳滤”，用于浓缩水样中的微生物. Sci Rep 2016, 6 (1), 20516. http://doi.org/10.1038/srep20516.
Y. Li, Y. Yang, G. Yu, J. Huang, B. Wang, S. Deng, and Y. Wang, 中国城市垃圾焚烧炉无意产生的持久性有机污染物(UPOPs)排放. Chemosphere 2016, 158, 17–23. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.05.037.
S. Zhang, J. Huang, Y. Yang, Y. Li, B. Wang, Y. Wang, S. Deng and G. 于，快速机械化学合成VOx/TiO2作为高效催化剂去除HCB. Chemosphere 2015, 141, 197–204. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.07.027.
Y. Yang, S. Zhang, S. Wang, K. Zhang, H. Wang, J. Huang, S. Deng, B. Wang, Y. Wang and G. Yu, 球磨合成MnOx作为去除气态POPs的高活性催化剂:机械化学诱导氧空位的意义. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (7), 4473–4480. http://doi.org/10.1021/es505232f.
Y. Yang, J. Huang, S. Zhang, S. Wang, S. Deng, B. Wang and G. Yu, Regenerable Magnetic Octahedral Layer Catalyst for Gaseous UPOPs Removal. J. Hazard. Mater. 2014, 280, 627–635. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.08.045.
Y. Yang, J. Huang, S. Zhang, S. Wang, S. Deng, B. Wang and G. Yu, Cu掺杂OMS催化脱除气态HCBz: Cu位置对催化性能的影响. Appl. Catal. B Environ. 2014, 150–151, 167–178. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.11.041.
Y. Yang, J. Huang, S. Wang, S. Deng, B. Wang and G. 于，氧化锰八面体分子筛催化去除气态非故意持久性有机污染物. Appl. Catal. B Environ. 2013, 142–143, 568–578. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.05.048.
S. Wang, J. Huang, Y. Yang, Y. Hui, Y. Ge, T. Larssen, G. Yu, S. Deng, B. Wang and C. Harman, First Report of a Chinese PFOS Alternative Overlooked for 30 Years: Its Toxicity, Persistence, and Presence in the Environment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47 (18), 10163–10170. http://doi.org/10.1021/es401525n.
S. Wang, J. Huang, Y. Yang, G. Yu, S. Deng and B. 氙灯照射下n -壬烷中正氯烷的光降解. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2013, 260, 16–23. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.04.034.
Z. Cao, Y. Yang, G. Yu, T. Zhang, L. Deng, K. Zhang, B. Wang, S. Deng, and J. 关注一种新兴危险废物的命运:多溴二苯醚污染的室内粉尘. Environ Sci Pollut Res 2013, 20 (3), 1895–1897. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-1369-z.
Y. Yang, G. Yu, S. Deng, S. Wang, Z. Xu, J. Huang and B. V2O5-WO3 /TiO2催化剂在模拟气体中催化氧化六氯苯. Chemical Engineering Journal 2012, 192, 284–291. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2012.03.069.
Z. Xu, S. Deng, Y. Yang, T. Zhang, Q. Cao, J. Huang and G. 于，V2O5-WO3 /TiO2催化剂对模拟烟气中五氯苯的催化降解. Chemosphere 2012, 87 (9), 1032–1038. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.01.004.