Dr. Yu received his PhD degree in environmental science from Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2004, and then worked as an assistant professor at RCEES. He was promoted to an associate professor in 2006, and then spent two years as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Haruta's lab at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. He became a full professor in 2015 at RCEES. His research interests include environmental catalysis and air pollution control, especially the development of new catalyst for the emission control of diesel engine exhaust. Prof. Yu has published more than 70 papers in peer reviewed journals, which have been cited more than 1500 times. He received Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, CAS in 2005 and won National Sciences & Technology Advanced Prize (Second Class) in 2014. 

　　National Sciences & Technology Advanced Prize (Second Class, 2014) 

　　Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2005) 

　　1. Yunbo Yu, Yi Li, Xiuli Zhang, Hua Deng, Hong He*, Yuyang Li, Promotion effect of H₂ on ethanol oxidation and NOx reduction with ethanol over Ag/Al₂O₃ catalyst, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2015, 49: 481–488. 

　　2. Fudong Liu, Yunbo Yu (Co-first authors), Hong He*, Environmentally-benign catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx from diesel engines: structure–activity relationship and reaction mechanism aspects, Chem Comm., 2014, 50: 8445–8463. 

　　3. Yunbo Yu, Hong He*, Xiuli Zhang, Hua Deng, A common feature of H₂-assisted HC-SCR over Ag/Al₂O₃, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2014, 4: 1239–1245. 

　　4. Yunbo Yu*, Jiaojiao Zhao, Yong Yan, Xue Han, Hong He, A cyclic reaction pathway triggered by ammonia for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by ethanol over Ag/Al₂O₃, Appl. Catal. B, 2013, 136–137: 103–111. 

　　5. Xue Han, Yunbo Yu*, Hong He, Jiaojiao Zhao, Yafei Wang, Oxidative steam reforming of ethanol over Rh catalyst supported on Ce_1-xLa_xO_y (x = 0.3) solid solution prepared by urea co-precipitation method, J. Power Sources, 2013, 238: 57–64. 

　　6. Yong Yan, Yunbo Yu*, Hong He, Jiaojiao Zhao, Intimate contact of enolic species with silver sites benefits the SCR of NOx by ethanol over Ag/Al₂O₃, J. Catal., 2012, 293: 13–26. 

　　7. Xiangjie Wang, Huayu Wang, Yongchun Liu, Fudong Liu, Yunbo Yu*, Hong He*, A direct sulfation method for introducing the transition metal cation Co²⁺ into ZrO₂ with little change in the Br？nsted acid sites, J. Catal., 2011, 279: 301–309. 

　　8. Yunbo Yu, Xiaoping Song, Hong He*, Remarkable influence of reductant structure on the activity of alumina-supported silver catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx, J. Catal., 2010, 271: 343–350. 

　　9. Yunbo Yu, Takashi Takei, Hironori Ohashi, Hong He, Xiuli Zhang, Masatake Haruta*, Pretreatments of Co₃O₄ at moderate temperature for CO oxidation at -80 ^oC, J. Catal., 2009, 267: 121–128. 

　　10. Yunbo Yu, Xiuli Zhang, Hong He*, Evidence for the formation, isomerization and decomposition of organo-nitrite and -nitro species during the NOx reduction by C₃H₆ on Ag/Al₂O₃, Appl. Catal. B, 2007, 75: 298–302. 

　　11. Yunbo Yu, Hong He*, Qingcai Feng, Hongwei Gao, Xin Yang, Mechanism of the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by C₂H₅OH over Ag/Al₂O₃, Appl. Catal. B, 2004, 49: 159-171. 

　　12. Yunbo Yu, Hong He*, Qingcai Feng, Novel enolic surface species formed during partial oxidation of CH₃CHO, C₂H₅OH and C₃H₆ on Ag/Al₂O₃: an in situ DRIFTS study, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, 107: 13090-13092. 

　　1. The National Natural Science Foundation of China: Microstructure and structure-activity relationship of Ag/Al₂O₃ catalyst for NOx reduction by ethanol; 

　　2. The National Natural Science Foundation of China: Study of catalytic production of hydrogen from ethanol and activation of reductant simultaneously during HC-SCR; 

　　3. The National Natural Science Foundation of China: Pretreatment in different atmospheres at low or moderate temperatures: a new guideline for creation catalyst with high activity; 

　　4. The National Natural Science Foundation of China: Mechanism of the formation of active intermediates and CO during the selective catalytic reduction of NOx; 

　　5.The National High Technology Research and Development Program of China: Development of catalytic oxidation material with high performance and key technology study for the industrialization of air purifier with high efficiency and low cost; 

　　6. The National High Technology Research and Development Program of China: Catalyst R&D for storage and reduction of NOx emission from lean-burn engines.