Jihong Yu, Professor of Chemistry, Director of International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Executive Editor of Journal of the American Chemical Society, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician of TWAS, Foreign Member of Academia Europaea.
Jihong Yu received her BS (1989), MS (1992), and PhD (1995) from Jilin University, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow first at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and then at Tohoku University in Japan during 1996-1998. She has been a full Professor in the Chemistry Department, Jilin University since 1999, and worked as a visiting professor in Stockholm University in 2004. She was elected as the Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015, the Academician of TWAS in 2016, and the Foreign Member of Academiae Europaeae in 2019.
Her main research interest is in the designed synthesis and application of zeolitic nanoporous materials in energy, environment and other emerging fields. She has co-authored over 370 research papers including Science, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., Chem, JACS, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., etc.; obtained 30 authorized Chinese Invention Patents; co-published 7 books. She was the winners of the National Prize for Natural Science, and the IUPAC 2017 Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award. She was the Associate Editor of Chemical Science (2012-2020), and joined the JACS as an Executive Editor in 2021. She also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, and Editorial/Advisory Board Members of Accounts of Chemical Research, Advanced Materials, JACS-Au, Chem, Matter, Materials Horizons, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, National Science Review, Accounts of Materials Research, ACS Nano, ACS Central Science, ACS Materials Letters, Inorganic Chemistry, Aggregate, etc. She is the Vice President of Chinese Chemical Society, the Chair of Chinese Zeolite Association.