Aiping Yu
Aiping Yu | |
|---|---|
| Education | Nanjing University of Technology (BEng) East China University of Science and Technology (MSc) University of California, Riverside (PhD) |
| Awards | E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (2020) Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry (2022) Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (2025) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical engineering |
| Workplaces | University of Waterloo |
Aiping Yu is a chemical engineer and professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, where she holds a University Research Chair.[1] Her research concerns carbon nanomaterials, particularly carbon nanotubes and graphene, for batteries and supercapacitors,[2] and nanomaterials for polymer composites.[3] She received an E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship in 2020, the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry in 2022, and was elected a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2025.
Education and career
[edit]Yu received a Bachelor of Engineering from Nanjing University of Technology in 1997, a Master of Science in chemical engineering from the East China University of Science and Technology in 2002, and a PhD in chemical and environmental engineering from the University of California, Riverside in 2008.[4]
She joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Waterloo in 2009, after working as a research scientist in the plastics industry.[5] She was an associate professor when she received the Steacie fellowship in 2020.[5] In spring 2022 she was appointed a University Research Chair.[1]
Research
[edit]As of 2022, Yu was director of the Carbon Nanomaterials Laboratory for Renewable Energy and Multi-functional Composites at Waterloo and a researcher at the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.[6] Her university profile lists research interests in the synthesis of 2D and carbon nanomaterials and control of their size, morphology and porosity, with applications to lithium-ion, sodium-ion and zinc-ion batteries, supercapacitors and multifunctional polymer composites.[7]
When the Royal Society of Canada announced her 2022 medal, the announcement said her research had led to a lower-cost graphene material and to lithium-ion supercapacitors based on graphene sponge and MXene.[8]
Awards and honours
[edit]- 2020 – E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, one of six awarded that year by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, with a research grant of $250,000 over two years[2][5]
- 2022 – Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry, Royal Society of Canada[9]
- 2023 – Member, College of the Royal Society of Canada[3]
- 2023 – Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100, BMO STEM category, Women's Executive Network[10]
- 2025 – Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering[11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Chemical engineering researcher honoured with a prestigious award". University of Waterloo. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- 1 2 "And the winners are…". Canadian Chemical News. Chemical Institute of Canada. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- 1 2 "Find Members: Prof. Aiping Yu". Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ "About". Aiping Yu Research Group, University of Waterloo. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Aiping Yu awarded NSERC's Steacie Memorial Fellowship". University of Waterloo. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ "Aiping Yu honoured with national award". Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ "Aiping Yu". University of Waterloo. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ "Two Waterloo researchers among the RSC medal & award winners". University of Waterloo. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ "Past Award Winners". Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ "Dean Wells and Prof Yu named among Canada's most powerful women". University of Waterloo. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ "Profs honoured for professional excellence in engineering". University of Waterloo. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2026.