Prof. Yan Kai

Member of Top-notch young talents of the National Ten Thousand Talents Program, Outstanding Talents of the Hundred Talents Program

Deputy Director of the Teaching and Research Office, School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Sun Yat-Sun University

  Research interests:

1. Develop environmentally friendly materials to achieve effective environmental catalysis  

2. Solid waste control and resource utilization

3. Cleaner production and renewable energy

 Research project currently led by Prof. Yan

1. 2016.12-2019.12: “Environmentally friendly catalysis”, a Sun Yat-Sen University’s "Hundred Talents Program" project;

2. 2018.01-2021.12: “Research on green synthesis of nano-bimetallic RuNi catalyst in the conversion of biomass-based levulinic acid to liquid fuel pentyl valerate”, a general project funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China.