Yong Geng#
| Membership Number: | 7583 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | ENGINEERING |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | https://sese.sjtu.edu.cn/faculty/view/2 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-2284-1375 |
| Publication Link: | https://sese.sjtu.edu.cn/en/faculty/view/2 |
Present and Previous Positions
- April 2025 - present Dean, chair professor, China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 01/2015 - January 2026, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dean and Chair Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 11/2008 - 08/2014 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology at CAS
- 11/2007 - 10/2008 National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan, NIES Fellow, Center for Social System Studies
- 09/2020 - 08/2023 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), National Advisor of UNIDO ITPO Shanghai
- 09/2004 - 10/2007 Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China, Associate Professor, School of Management
- 05/2006 - 08/2006 & 05/2005–08/2005 University of Leipzig, Germany, Visiting fellow, Center for Environmental Technologies and Environmental Management
- 05/2000 - 08/2000 Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China, Visiting Scholar, Department of Management
- 12/1998 - 04/2000 Dalian University of Technology, China, Lecturer, School of Management
- 05/1997 - 12/1998 Dalian International Trust and Investment Company, China, Project manager
Fields of Scholarship
- Circular economy
- Carbon footprints
- Low carbon transition
- Climate change
- Critical minerals
- Renewable energy
- Resource efficiency
Honours and Awards
- Since 2018 Highly cited researcher by Clarivate annually
- Annually since 2020 Top 2% scientist by Stanford University
- 2025 Shanghai Technological Innovation Award (First Class), Resource recovery from organic wastes
- 2025 Distinguished Fellow, World Federation of Engineering Organizations
- 2025 Graedel Prize for a senior author, International Society for Industrial Ecology
- 2024 Globalize the circular economy, First class award, the ninth national philosophy and social science award, Ministry of Education (No. 2024-0102)
- Uncovering the material flows of key minerals toward carbon neutrality, Grand prize, All-China Environment Federation (No. ACEF-ZR-2022-001)
- Promoting roof solar power in rural China, First class award, Central Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy (No. 2022-127)
- Promoting circular economy at the global level, First class award, Shanghai philosophy and social science award, Shanghai municipal government (2022)
- 2021 Personal award, National Environmental Leader of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China
- Waste separation and its energy saving and emission reduction effect, Second class award, Shanghai science and technology award, Shanghai Municipal Government (20184096-2-R03)
- 2017 Personal award, Distinguished Professor of "Changjiang Scholar Program" managed by Ministry of Education of China
- 2016 Personal award, Winner of Shanghai outstanding academic leaders program, Shanghai Municipal Government
- 2014 Personal award, Winner of Special government allowances of the State Council
- 2024 Integrated low carbon development in Liaoning, second class award, Liaoning science and technology award, Liaoning Provincial Government (2013-J-2-3801)
