Prof. Jihong Yu is from the State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, and is the director of International Center of Future Science, Jilin University.
Her main research interest is in the designed synthesis and application of zeolitic nanoporous materials in catalysis, separation and host-gust assembly. She has co-authored over 350 research papers including Science, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., Chem, JACS, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., etc.; obtained over 20 authorized Chinese Invention Patents; edited 7 books. She was the winners of the National Prize for Natural Science, and IUPAC 2017 Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award, etc. Currently, she serves as the Associate Editor of Chemical Science, and Editorial Board Members of Materials Horizons, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, National Science Review, ACS Central Science, Chem, etc. She is the chair of Chinese Zeolite Association, and Vice President of Chinese Chemical Association.

Education
1995  Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University
1992  M.S., Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University
1989  B.S., Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University

Positions
2016-                Director of Center of Future Science, Jilin University
2007-2010         Cheung Kung Professorship, Ministry of Education of China
1999-present     Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University
1997-1998         Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University
1995-1996         Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University
05-08/2004        Guest Professor, Department of Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
1997-1998         CREST Foreign Researcher, Physics Department, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
1996-1997         Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hongkong

Professional Membership
Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Fellow of Royal Chemical Society (FRSC)
Council Member of International Zeolite Association (IZA)
Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
Vice President of Chinese Chemical Society (CAS)
Chair of Chinese Zeolite Associate (CZA)
Deputy Director of Committee of Women Chemists of Chinese Chemical Association (CAS)
Vice Chair of the Jilin Provincial Association for Science and Technology

Awards/Honors
2019     Member of the Academia Europaea
2017     IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award
2016     Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
2015     Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2014     National Key Talent Project, Young and Middle Aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions
2013     National High-Level Talents Special Support Plan

Professional Service
Member of Crystal Growth & Design Editor Search Committee (2019)
Advisory board member of Chem (2019-)
Associate Editor of Chemical Science (2012-)
Advisory Board Member of Chemistry of Materials (2009-2014)
Regional Editors of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2008-2012) and Solid State Sciences (2007-2008)
Election Committee Member of the Breck Award of International Zeolite Association (2007)
Secretary of the Council of the International Zeolite Association (2013-2016)
Council Member of the International Zeolite Association (2013-)

Research Interest
Structure design, rational synthesis and application of zeolitic nanoporous materials
1. Theoretical study: structure prediction, property screening, data mining
2. Synthesis: synthesis of new zeolites, developing new synthetic routes, mechanistic study
3. Applications: catalysis, separation, host-guest assembly (light emitting, biomedicine, etc)

Publications 
Coauthored over 350 papers in international journals, including Science, Chem. Rev., Acc. Chem. Res.,Chem. Soc. Rev., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nat. Commun., Chem. Sci., etc., 7 books, and over 20 patents.
Total citations: > 12000 - H-index = 62, M-index=2.58 (Web of Knowledge); > 15500 - H-index = 72, M-index= 2.95 (Google Scholar).
1. Red room-temperature phosphorescence of CDs@zeolite composites triggered by heteroatoms in zeolite frameworks
    Wang, B. L.; Mu, Y.; Zhang, H. Y.; Shi, H. Z.; Chen, G. R.; Yu, Y.; Yang, Z. Q.; Li, J. Y.*; Yu, J. H.*, ACS Central Science, 2019, 5, 349?356. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00844
2. Enhancing CO2 adsorption and separation properties of aluminophosphate zeolites by isomorphous heteroatom substitutions
    Yu, Y.; Xu, L.; Krishna, R.; Liu, Y.; Cui, Y.; Du, J.; Liang, Z.; Song, X.*; Yu, J. H.*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 43570-43577. DOI:10.1021/acsami.8b11235
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Patents
1.  An alcohol assisted route for the crystallization of a chiral polymorph A-enriched zeolite beta.
     W. Yan, T. Lu, J. Yu, R. Xu, Chinese Patent No. ZL201710094680.1, 2018.
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Projects 
2019.1-2023.12     Atomic Scale Structural Investigation on Zeolitic Catalytic Materials by Electron Microscopy Technique, Key Project of NSFC, 3.1 million (RMB)