Yu Fengbo

Personal information

surname and personal name ：Yu Fengbo 

Job Title: Researcher

Contact (email): yufengbo@ncu.edu.cn

Address: Environmental Building, Qianhu Campus, Nanchang University, No. 999 Xuefu Avenue, Honggutan District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province

Education and Work Experience

Education Background

2019.09 - 2024.01 Fudan University, PhD

2017.09 - 2019.07 Fudan University, Master

2013.09 - 2017.07 Liaoning University of Science and Technology, Bachelor

Work Background

2024.12~Present Nanchang University, School of Resources and Environment

Academic part-time position

Guest Editor, Processes (IF: 2.8)

Young Editorial Board Member, New Contaminants

Young Editorial Board Member, Energy and Environment Nexus

Field of investigation

Innovative Research and Development of Joule Thermal Environmental Functional Materials and Environmental Governance and Resource Utilization

1.Organic Solid Waste-Based Environmental Functional Materials and Pollution Control

2.Fenton-like Reaction for Purifying Organic Pollutants (Including VOCs)

3.High-Value Utilization of Organic Solid Waste (Biomass, Plastics, Sludge, etc.)

We warmly welcome ambitious students from environmental, chemistry, chemical engineering, and other related or interdisciplinary fields to join our team!

Research Overview

The research focuses on the high-value utilization of solid waste, with expertise in the innovative development of environmental remediation materials based on the "instantaneous Joule heating" green technology, as well as pollution control and resource recovery research. The applicant has published over 30 SCI articles, including first author or corresponding author publications in high-level journals such as PNAS, Nature Communications, One Earth (a sister journal of Cell), and Engineering (the journal of the Chinese Academy of Engineering). Related work has been widely reported by Science News and in German science videos for high school students (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/disinfectant-sawdust-kill-deadly-microbes-sustainable). Four invention patents have been applied for, two of which have been granted. The applicant has led five national and provincial/ministerial-level research projects and participated in national key R&D projects and National Natural Science Foundation of China projects. The applicant serves as a youth editorial board member for journals and a reviewer for several journals.

Rewards and Honors

Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai Municipality, Outstanding Graduate of Anshan Municipality

Excellent Student of Liaoning University of Science and Technology, Outstanding Student Cadre of the University, Outstanding Graduate of the University

Bronze Award in the Innovation Competition of the 1st National Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Third Prize in the National Undergraduate Mathematics Competition and First Prize in Liaoning Province, Third Prize in the National Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Design Competition and First Prize in Liaoning Province

Fudan University Scholarship, National Inspirational Scholarship, Liaoning Provincial Government Scholarship

Science and Technology Innovation Achievement Award of Liaoning University of Science and Technology

Perfect Score in the 2017 National Postgraduate Entrance Examination in Mathematics

Representative achievements

monograph

1. Sun L, Yu Fengbo, Jia C, et al. Application in Contaminated Soil Remediation[M]//Solid Waste-Based Materials for Environmental Remediation. CRC Press, 2024: 179-202.( Chapter)

Representative paper

1. Fengbo Yu, Chao Jia, Xuan Wu, Liming Sun, Zhijian Shi, Tao Teng, Litao Lin, Zhelin He, Jie Gao, Shicheng Zhang, Liang Wang, Shaobin Wang* and Xiangdong Zhu*, Rapid self-heating synthesis of Fe-based nanomaterial catalyst for advanced oxidation, Nature Communications, 2023, 14(1): 4975.

2. Fengbo Yu, Wei Zhao, Tao Qin, Wang Zhao, Yulian Chen, Xinyu Miao, Litao Lin, Hua Shang, Guodong Sui, Daxin Peng, Yi Yang, Yongguan Zhu, Shicheng Zhang*, Xiangdong Zhu*, Biosafety of human environments can be supported by effective use of renewable biomass, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022, 119(3): e2106843119.

3. Zhu X, Xiao B, Yu Fengbo*, et al. Continuous Joule Heating for Scalable and General Fusion Ternary Metal Oxides with Triple-Active Fenton-Like Activity[J]. Engineering, 2025.

4. Fengbo Yu, Xiangdong Zhu, Wenjie Jin*, Jiajun Fan, James H. Clark, Shicheng Zhang*, Optimized synthesis of granular fuel and granular activated carbon from sawdust hydrochar without binder, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 276, 122711.

5. Luo J, Yu Fengbo*. Cross-Linked Fungal Biotemplate Enables Highly Efficient Nanomaterial Recovery and Reutilization as Porous Carbon[J]. Sustainability, 2025, 17(7): 3084.

6. Jiao Y, Zhu X, Yu Fengbo (共一), et al. Upcycling trace amounts of biomass waste into flash graphene can boost crop yields by more than a quarter and offer climate benefits[J]. One Earth, 2025.

7. Fengbo Yu, Mengyuan Ji, Yong Jiang,...Xiangdong Zhu*, Lignocellulose-derived natural humic substances modulate carbon metabolism and antibiotic resistance [J], Agricultural Ecology and Environment, 1, e010 (2025).

8. Yu Fengbo, Luo J, Zhu J, et al. Ultrafast Joule heating: Synthesis-structure-property relationships and sustainable application[J]. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2026.

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Some of the main research projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - Youth Fund Project (Youth C), Principal Investigator, 2026.01.01-2028.12.31;

2. Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation - Youth Fund Project, Principal Investigator, 2025.09.01-2027.8.30;

3. Jiangxi Provincial Early-Stage Young Scientific and Technological Talent Training Program (2025), Principal Investigator, 2025.07.01-2030.06.30;

4. Open Fund of Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Biology and Pollution Control in Red Soil Areas (2025), Principal Investigator, 2025.07.01-2026.12.31;

5. Fengxin County Water Resources Bureau, Principal Investigator, 2025.05.01-2025.08.31;

6. Nanchang University High-Level Talent Research Start-up Fund, Principal Investigator, 2024.12.20-2029.12.19.