Yang, W.
SINOPEC Engineering Inc., Shanghai, China
Weimin Yang, Professorate Senior Engineer, obtained his BSc degree and PhD in physical chemistry from Nanjing University in Nanjing, China. He is President of Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology (SRIPT) and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis. He won Second Prize of the National Award for Technological Invention, and the China Patent Gold Award. Dr. Yang also won the Industry Innovation Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation and was honored with the title of National Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker. He has published 147 papers and has been granted 261 Chinese patents and 28 overseas patents.
Zeolites, an important type of catalytic material, are widely used in industrial catalysis.