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Yang Yang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University, affiliated with the Coulter School of Engineering & Applied Sciences and the Institute for a Sustainable Environment. They hold dual roles as faculty advisor to the NYWEA Student Chapter and undergraduate advisor for the Class of 2023. Yang’s research focuses on advanced materials for environmental remediation, including PFAS destruction, decentralized water treatment, and electrochemical oxidation technologies. They have received prestigious awards such as the NSF CAREER Award (2023) and the ES&T Letters Excellence in Review Award (2024).
- Education: Ph.D. in Environment from Tsinghua University (2014), B.S. from South China University of Technology (2009), visiting scholar at Caltech (2013).
Research interests include synthesis of electro-active materials, advanced oxidation techniques, and sustainable water treatment systems. Notable grants include the NSF-funded CAREER project on piezoelectric mechanochemical destruction of PFAS (2023–2028) and collaborations with organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for reactive electrochemical membrane development.
Publications emphasize PFAS degradation, electrochemical ozonation for harmful algal blooms, and novel catalytic materials. Students advised include Shasha Yang (2021 awards) and Farideh Hosseini Narouei (2021 fellowship). Labs and teams focus on translating lab-scale innovations into scalable environmental solutions.
