Yong Wang Co-Edits Special Issue of Catalysis Today

(September 2014)

Yong Wang co-edited special issue of Catalysis Today

Congratulations to Dr. Yong Wang at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Institute for Integrated Catalysis and Dr. Ajay K. Dalai at the University of Saskatchewan on co-editing a special issue of Catalysis Today. The special issue of this Elsevier-published journal focuses on innovation in sustainable fuels and chemicals production, based on some of the papers presented at the 23rd North American Catalysis Society Conference, held in Kentucky last year.

Wang was chosen as a co-editor because of his international reputation. His research has significantly improved the energy efficiency of fuel and chemical production. Wang is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has won the Presidential Green Chemistry Award and been awarded 89 US patents.

Wang holds a joint appointment with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University. At PNNL, Wang is an Associate Director of PNNL's Institute for Integrated Catalysis. At WSU, he is the Voiland Distinguished Professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering.