Jianhua Yan

Prof. Jianhua Yan is a Vice President of Zhejiang University since 2016. He was awarded as Cheung Kong Scholar in China owing to his significant academic contribution to the field of waste-to-energy technology. His research interests focus on the clean and efficient incineration of solid wastes, incineration pollution control, and sustainable treatment and utilization of incineration ash. He has developed clean incineration technologies for municipal solid waste, integrated technologies of...See more

Prof. Jianhua Yan is a Vice President of Zhejiang University since 2016. He was awarded as Cheung Kong Scholar in China owing to his significant academic contribution to the field of waste-to-energy technology. His research interests focus on the clean and efficient incineration of solid wastes, incineration pollution control, and sustainable treatment and utilization of incineration ash. He has developed clean incineration technologies for municipal solid waste, integrated technologies of sludge drying and incineration, dioxin emission control and online measurement technologies. He established the first dioxin analytical laboratory in China in 2005. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed journal papers, 8 books and 67 invention patents. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy. In addition, as the first author, he won the second prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award in China. See less