Dr. CHENG Yi received his B.Sc. in 1994 and Ph.D. in 2000, both from Department of Chemical Engineering in Tsinghua University. In 2002, he received a Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation. He worked as a research fellow at Delft University of Technology (11/1998-11/2000), and then as a postdoc research associate at University of Western Ontario (02/2001-03/2003). In March 2003, he joined Tsinghua University as an associate professor, and was promoted as a full professor in December 2007. His research interests lie in the field of multiphase reactor engineering in relation to the applications for energy, environment and materials. In the early period, major efforts were made to understand the hydrodynamics and nonlinear dynamics in various fluidized beds by experimental techniques and mathematical modeling. In recent years, he has extended his research activities tremendously, that is, using unconventional means of process intensification (i.e., plasmas and confined micro-channel or micro-droplets) to solve reaction engineering problems. The industrial processes involve coal pyrolysis in thermal plasma, gas-solid method of CPVC synthesis, hydrogen production, and microreactor techniques for functional particle synthesis and chemicals. He has received several awards such as the first prize of Natural Science Award by the Ministry of Education of China (2013) and the first prize of Science and Technology Progress Award by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation.

1989~1994 B.Sc., Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

1994~2000 Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

1998~2000 Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology

2001~2003 Postdoc, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Western Ontario

2003~2007 Associated Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2007~present Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

Multiphase reaction engineering; Micro-chemical engineering; Plasmas; Fluidization; Industrial catalysis

[1] 程易，刘昌俊. 低温等离子体化工. 化学工业出版社，2020.

[2] Cheng Y, Wei F, Jin Y. Multiphase Reactor Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.

[3] Du RQ, Chen ZM, Wang SY, Zeng SM, Jia R, Zhang KZ, Lu DN, Wang HH*, Cheng Y.* Manipulating Interfacial Hydrophobic Microenvironment via Electrolyte Engineering Promotes Electrocatalytic Fatty Alcohol Oxidation Coupled with Hydrogen Production, JACS Au, 2025, 5, 1974-1982.

[4] Qian SR, Dai TY, Feng K, Li ZW, Sun XH, Chen YX, Nie KQ, Yan BH, Cheng Y*. Design Principle of Molybdenum-Based Metal Nitrides for Lattice Nitrogen-Mediated Ammonia Production. JACS Au, 2024, 4, 1975-1985.

[5] Mu Y, Fan JH, Chu BZ, Zhong SQ, Cheng Y*. Synthesis of N-vinyl Carbazole from Acetylene by a Continuous High-pressure Liquid-phase Process with Inherent Safety. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 493, 152642.

[6] Du RQ, Zhang KZ, Jia R, Zhao SQ, Cheng Y*. Continuous-Flow Electrochemical Microreactor with Three-Dimensional Micro-Structured Electrodes Promoting Bio-alcohol Upgrading Coupled with Hydrogen Production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 12, 32, 12171–12177.

[7] Chen YX, Wu YT, Qian SR, Li ZW, Xu CY, Du RQ, Mu Y, Dai TY, Yan BH, Cheng Y.* Continuous Flow Hydrothermal Synthesis of MoVNbTeOx in Micro Coil Tubular Reactor for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 496, 154377.

[8] Wu YT, Chen YX, Lv BY, Wang B, Choi Seojin, Bai NY, Chen XD, Cheng Y*. Thermo-Responsive Phase Change Oleogel Microcapsules for Co-Encapsulation of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Actives. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 68348−68357.

[9] Qian SR, Feng K, Li ZW, Chen YX, Sun XH, Wang YJ, Yan BH, Cheng Y*. Insight into the Dynamic Evolution of Co3Mo3N Bimetallic Nitride Surface During Ammonia Synthesis. ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13(21), 13846-14475.

[10] Chen YX, Yan BH, Cheng Y.* Microporous Exposure on Catalytic Performance of MoVNbTeOx Mixed Metal Oxides in the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane. Journal of Catalysis, 2023, 426, 308-318.

[11] Fu Z, Hua F, Yang SQ, Wang HZ, Cheng Y.* Evolution of Light Olefins during the Pyrolysis of Polyethylene in a Two-Stage Process. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2023, 169, 105877.

[12] Fu Z, Sun QD, Hua F, Yang SQ, Ji Y, Cheng Y.* A Molecular-Level Kinetic Model for the Primary and Secondary Reactions of Polypropylene Pyrolysis. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2023, 175, 106182.

[13] Wang ST, Wang H, Wu YT, Cheng Y.* Numerical Simulation of the Droplet Formation involving Fluids with High Viscosity Ratio by Lattice Boltzmann Method. Physics of Fluids, 2023, 35, 063107.

[14] Chen YX, Wu YT, Li ZW, Zheng YY, Yan BH,* Cheng Y.* A Raspberry Pi Pico Based Low-Cost, Research-Grade, Open-Source Thermal Conductivity Cell Detector for Chemical Laboratory Analysis. Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, 100, 9, 3477–3483.

[15] Yan P, Chen YX, Cheng Y.* Industrially Potential MoVNbTeOx@FoamSiC Structured Catalyst for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 427, 131813.

[16] Chen YX, Qian SR, Feng K, Li ZW, Yan BH*, Cheng Y.*. Determination of Highly Active and Selective Surface for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane over Phase-pure M1 MoVNbTeOx Catalyst, Journal of Catalysis, 2022, 416: 277-288.

[17] Yan LF, Wang H, Bai L, Fu YH, Cheng Y*. Suzuki-Miyura Cross-Coupling Reaction in Droplet-Based Microreactor. Chemical Engineering Science, 2019, 207, 352–357.

[18] Chen X, Cheng Y, Li TY, Cheng Y*. Characteristics and Applications of Plasma Assisted Chemical Processes and Reactors. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2017, 17: 68-77.

[19] Yan BH, Cheng Y*, Jin Y. Cross-scale Modeling and Simulation of Coal Pyrolysis to Acetylene in Hydrogen Plasma Reactors. AIChE Journal, 2013, 59, 2119-2133.

[20] Cheng Y*, Wu CN, Zhu JX, Wei F, Jin Y. Downer Reactor: from Fundamental Study to Industrial Application. Powder Technology, 2008, 183(3), 364-384.

2023 Master Teachers at University/College of Beijing City

2020 National First-Class Undergraduate Courses, China

2017 Ten-thousand Talents Program (National special support program for high-level personnel recruitment), China

2016 Teaching Excellence Award, Tsinghua University

2015 Youth Science and Technology Innovation Lead, Ministry of Science and Technology

2014 The First Prize, Science of Technology Progress Award, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation.

2013 The First Prize, The Ministry of Education Natural Science Award, China.

2010 P&G Youth Particuology Award, Chinese Society of Particuology

2010 National Awards for Chemical Engineers, China Petroleum & Chemical Industry Federation

2009 Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities, Ministry of Education

2008 Youth Outstanding Contribution in Science and Technology, China Petroleum & Petrochemical Industry Association

2008 The Best Young Teacher Awards, Tsinghua University

2002 Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of PR China, Chinese Ministry of Education