Dr Yeshui Zhang

In this section
Dr Yeshui Zhang
Dr Yeshui Zhang
Dr Yeshui Zhang

MRSC, AFHEA, AMIChemE, PhD, MSc.(Engineering), BSc.

Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
yeshui.zhang@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273699
Office Address
282 Fraser Noble Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UE

View on Map

School/Department
School of Engineering

Biography

Yeshui joined in School of Engineering at University of Aberdeen, UK as a Lecturer in Dec 2021. She was a Faraday Institution Research Fellow at University College London, UK since January 2018 .She has completed her BSc. from University of Birmingham in 2012 and MSc. (Engineering) from The University of Sheffield in 2013. She finished her PhD in September 2017 at University of Leeds. Her research interests cover broad area of chemical engineering, including energy storage materials, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, pyrolysis-catalysis of waste, high temperature quartz crystal microbalance, carbon nanotubes synthesis and circular economy of plastics.

Qualifications

  • BSc. Environmental Management 
    2012 - University of Birmingham 
  • MSc.(Engineering) Energy and Environmental Engineering 
    2013 - University of Sheffield 
  • PhD. Chemical and Process Engineering 
    2017 - University of Leeds 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • Committee member Industry Academia Seminars-CPM Research Group
  • Retention officer School of Engineering Retention Group at the University of Aberdeen
  • Lab coordinator Meston lab 155 at the University of Aberdeen
  • Committee member REF Steering group at the University of Aberdeen
External Memberships

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Executive Chair, Senior Member of International Association for Carbon Capture
  • Member EPSRC Peer Review College
  • Reviewer RSC Researcher Grants Peer Review Group
  • Ordinary committee member of RSC Thermal Methods Group
  • Committee Member of SCI Energy Group
  • Reviewer Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • Associate Fellow of Higher Education of Academy PR181319
  • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Membership No. 550333
  • Associate Member of Energy Institute. Membership No. 0085276
  • Associate Member of IChemE. Membership No. 100196549
  • Member of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub SHARE network
  • Member of IGEM (Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers); Membership No. 161003
  • Editor of Separation and Purification Technology.
  • Associate Editor & Social Media Editor of IChemE Carbon Capture Science & Technology.
  • Associate Editor of Frontiers in Eco-Impact Assessments
  • Editorial Board Member of Composite Functional Materials
  • Guest Editor for the special issue of Process Safety & Environmental Production & Catalysts about ‘Plastics Recycling’; special issue of ‘Catalysts’ about ‘Catalytic Recycling of Waste’; Special issue of Biomass & Bioenergy about Sustainable Upcycling of Biomass Waste; Special issue of Biomass & Bioenergy about ‘Biomass Waste Management for a Sustainable Future’; Special issue of Frontiers in Catalysis about “Supported Metal Catalysts in Fundamental Research and Industrial Applications”.
  • Reviewer of Small, Catalysis Today, Renewable energy, Journal of Analytical & Applied catalysis, Energy Conversion & management, Energy Science & Engineering, Process Safety & Environmental Protection, Waste & Biomass Vaporization, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
  • Review Editor & Editorial Board Member of Electrochemical Energy Conversion & Storage (specialty section of Frontiers in Energy Research).
  • Reviewer Editor of Frontiers in Catalysis (specialty section in Heterogeneous Catalysis)

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Latest Publications

  • Harnessing the optimization strategy via interpretable machine learning framework for high-efficiency pyrolysis-catalysis engineering of plastic wastes

    Xu, D., Zhang, Y., Wang, S., Jiang, J.
    Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 348, 120770
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Biochar production, activation, and applications: a comprehensive technical review

    Sun, L. M., McIntyre, S. R., Iacomi, P., Everden, K., Williams, P. T., Zong, S., Liu, X., Zhu, X., Yang, Y., Li, S., Wu, G., Huang, F., Liu, L., Yuan, X., Zhang, H., Zhang, J., Yang, H., Chen, W., Sun, H., Cao, Y., Feng, D., Cheng, Z., Zhang, X., Liang, D., Liu, S., Zhang, X., Zhu, X., Zhang, Y. S., Yan, Y., Zha, J., Qiao, Y., Soltani, S. M., Zhang, N., Yi, S., Wu, C.
    Carbon Capture Science & Technology, vol. 16, 100421
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • La-Al synergy in Ni/CaO dual functional materials for enhanced H2 production from mild-temperature biomass reforming

    Wu, M., Zhang, S., Sun, S., Yang, Y., Yao, D., Ji, G., Zhang, Y., Li, Q., Zhang, Y., Bie, X., Zhou, H.
    Separation and Purification Technology, vol. 379, 134769
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Interactions of biomass constituents and the effect on the hydrogen storage molecules during fast pyrolysis

    Xie, W., Ullah, F., Lu, Y., Yao, Y., Zhang, Y. S., Zhang, Y., Ji, G., Li, A.
    Energy, vol. 328, 136428
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Catalysis and absorption behaviors of the shelled-hollow CaO-MgO microspheres on product distributions and desulfurization during waste tire fast pyrolysis

    Qu, B., Zhang, Y. S., Wang, T., Zhang, Y., Fu, Z., Meng, Y., Li, A., Ji, G.
    Fuel, vol. 387, 134232
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

View My Publications

Prizes and Awards

  • IChemE CCST Editor Recognition Award 02/2025
  • IChemE CCST Young Investigator Award 2024
  • Emerging Investigator Award from IChemE Carbon Capture Science & Technology 12/2022
  • Travel Award for the ToScA UK & Europe 07/09/2022
  • IAAM Young Scientist Medal 2022 from International Association of Advanced Materials 12/03/2022
  • Frontier Lab Young Scientist Award at 22nd International Symposium on Analytical & Applied Pyrolysis-Pyro 07/06/2018
  • 1st Poster prize from the Chinese Society of Chemical Science & Technology in the UK & Society of Chemical Industry’s Chinese UK Regional Group (UKCSCST-SCI) 12/09/2020
  • Best paper award on the 21st CCSSTA (09/09/2020)
  • Telford Premium Award (Journal Prize for the best paper) from Institution of Civil Engineers publishing 05/06/2017
  • 1st Poster presentation prize from Royal Academy of Engineering’s Leeds Region Research day 12/10/2016
  • Shortlist of “Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad” by China Scholarship Council in 2015, 2016, 2017
Research

Research Overview

My research interests cover broad area of chemical engineering, including energy storage materials, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, pyrolysis-catalysis of waste, high temperature quartz crystal microbalance, carbon nanotubes synthesis and circular economy of plastics.

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Engineering.


Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Email Me

Engineering

Accepting PhDs

Research Specialisms

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Ultrasound

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Supervision

Supervisees

  • MR TIANHENG QIN
  • MISS TIAN WANG
  • MR JACK STEVENSON
  • MISS RUKAYAT SALAWU
Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

EG551Y/2L Oil & Gas Chemistry                                             

EG2011/EG20G2 Process Engineering 

EG552Q Catalyst and Reactor Design

EG4013, EG4014, EG4513, EG45PA (2021-22) UG Individual Project 

EG555N, EG59F1, EG59F2, EG59M2 (2021-22) MSc Individual Project