Ning Yan

Prof. Ning Yan received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Peking University, working with Prof. Kou Yuan. After a Marie Curie Fellowship at EPFL in Switzerland with Prof. Paul Dyson, he joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2012 and set up the Green Catalysis Lab. His group focuses on the catalytic transformation of renewable resources and heterogeneous catalysis. Among the awards he received include “Energy, Environment and Sustainability Early Career Award” from Royal Society of Chemistry (2017), “Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award” from American Chemistry Society (2018), “Young Researcher Award” from NUS (2019), “NRF Investigatorship” from the National Research Foundation (2022), and “Outstanding Mentorship Award” from NUS (2025). Currently, he serves as Editor-in Chief for Molecular Catalysis, President of Singapore Catalysis Society, and Vice-president of Asia-Pacific Association of Catalysis Societies.