Gang Yang

Professor

Address：College of Chemical Engineering

Email：yagngang@njtech.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

2010.6-Present

Professor, Nanjing Tech University, Membrane Science and Technology Research Center

2004.5-2010.6

Associate Professor, Nanjing Tech University, Membrane Science and Technology Research Center

2002.7-2004.5

Lecturer, Nanjing Tech University, Membrane Science and Technology Research Center

1997.9-2002.7

Doctoral Degree, Nanjing Tech University, Chemical Engineering

1989.7-1997.7

R&D/Process Engineer, Nantong Synthetic Materials Plant

1985.9-1989.7

Bachelor's Degree, Nanjing Tech University

Research Interests

His main research interests covers mass transfer and separation, resources and circulation, and microporous materials. His research field includes membrane process and its engineering applications, synthesis and application of dendritic macromolecules, water treatment and resource recovery, inorganic materials and functionalization applications.

Academic achievements

He has undertaken the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National 863 Program, the National Key Research and Development Program, the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, and participated in the national 973 Project and the National Key science and Technology Projects undertaken by the Membrane Science and Technology Center.

He has obtained more than twenty authorized patents and published more than 70 academic papers. He has won two second prizes of National Science and Technology Progress Award, one second prize of the Ministry of Education Technology Invention Award, one second prize of the National Energy Science and Technology Progress Award, one first prize of Nanjing Science and Technology Progress Award, and one first prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the China Membrane Industry Association. One technical achievement has passed the appraisal of the Jiangsu Science and Technology Department. He undertook the process package design, engineering construction and long-term operation of a 40,000 t/d wastewater zero discharge project with good effectiveness, successfully. Its process and engineering are the first in the world. He has been committed to the technical engineering application of high-difficulty wastewater treatment and resource recovery for a long time. He has rich experience in the application of large-scale membrane engineering, has solved several important engineering problems, has promoted the scientific and technological progress of related industries, and has achieved remarkable technical, economic and social benefits.

Selected Publications

[1]Xiaxia Yang, Wenhong Yang, Yingjie Chen, Zixi Li, Gang Yang*. Chitosan-stabilized iron-copper nanoparticles for efficient removal of nitrate[J]. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, 30: 97298-97309

[2]Minxia Liu, Dang Wu, Dongling Qin, Gang Yang*. Spray-drying assisted layer-structured H2TiO3 ion sieve synthesis and lithium adsorption performance[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022, 45: 258-267.

[3]Yangyang Zhang, Chuan Shao, Dongling Qin, Gang Yang*. Preparation of SAPO-34-based catalyst for conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethyfurfural[J]. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 2021, 32(8): 1598-1606.

[4]Zhenzhu Sun, Zhonghai Liu, Dongling Qin, Gang Yang*. Study on the treatment of simulated azo dye wastewater by a novel micro-electrolysis filler[J]. Water Science and Technology, 2019, 79(12): 2279-2288.

[5]Zhonghai Liu, Zhenzhu Sun, Dongling Qin, Gang Yang*. Sulfonic acid functionalized hierarchical SAPO-34 for fructose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural[J]. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 2019,128(1): 523-538.

[6]Gang Yang*,Yu Ma, Weihong Xing. The effect of cation–πinteractions in electrolyte/organic nanofiltration systems[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2016, 24(3): 345-352.

[7]Gang Yang*, Xing Chen, Xiaoli Wang, Weihong Xing, Nanping Xu. Nickel(II) complex anchored on MCM-41 for the epoxidation of styrene by oxygen[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2012, 34(7): 1326-1332.

[8]Congli Yu, Chao Zhong, Yanmei Liu, Xuehong Gu*, Gang Yang, Weihong Xing, Nanping Xu. Pervaporation dehydration of ethylene glycol by NaA zeolite membranes[J]. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2012, 90(9): 1372-1380.

[9]Na Yin, Gang Yang, Zhaoxiang Zhong, Weihong Xing*. Separation of ammonium salts from coking wastewater with nanofiltration combined with diafiltration[J]. Desalination, 2011, 268(1~3): 233-237.

[10]Gang Yang*, Hong Shi, Wenqiang Liu, Weihong Xing, Nanping Xu. Investigation of Mg2+/Li+ separation by nanofiltration[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2011, 19(4): 586-591.

[11]Gang Yang*, Dongling Qing, Hongfei Guo, Nanping Xu. Effect of the Para-substituent of the Tridentate Pyridine-based Ru(II) Complex upon the Catalytic Activity in Transfer Hydrogenation[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2011, 19(1): 169-172.

[12]Longyao Wang*, Gang Yang, Weihong Xing, Nanping Xu. Mathematic model of the yield for diafiltration processes[J]. Separation and Purification Technology, 2008, 59(2): 206-213.

[13]Gang Yang, Weihong Xing, Nanping Xu*. Concentration and diafiltration of aqueous fluorescent whitener solution by nanofiltration[J]. Desalination, 2002, 150(2): 155-164.