• Drinking water safety technology; Adsorption; Advanced Oxidation Treatment.

• ‍‍Ph.D. (2004~2007)   Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
• M.S. (2014~2004)   Environmental Engineering, Ocean University of China, China.
• B.S. (1994~1998)   Water Supply and Drainage Engineering, Qingdao Technological University, China. ‍‍

• 2007~, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Prof., Associate Prof., Prof.
• 2014.9-2015.2, NEDO overseas research fellow, Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi   Electric Corporation, Japan     
• 2014.1-2014.6,Visiting Scholar, EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory, USA‍‍

(1)       Qingyuan Guo, Kai Yang, Jianwei Yu*, Chunmiao Wang, Xiaodong Wen, Liping Zhang, Min Yang, Ping Xia, Dong Zhang, Simultaneous removal of multiple odorants from source water suffering from septic and musty odors: Verification in a full-scale water treatment plant with ozonation, Water Research, 2016, 100: 1-6. 

(2)       Xia Lia, Jianwei Yu*, Qingyuan Guo, Ming Su, Tingting Liu, Min Yang, Yu Zhao, Source-water odor during winter in the Yellow River area of China: Occurrence and diagnosis, Environmental Pollution, 2016, xxx, 1-7. 

(3)       Wanfeng Wang, Jianwei Yu*, Wei An, Min Yang, Occurrence and profiling of multiple nitrosamines in source water and drinking water of China, Science of the Total Environment, 2016, 551-552: 489-495. 

(4)       Qingyuan Guo, Jianwei Yu*, Kai Yang, Xiaodong Wen, Haifeng Zhang, Zhiyong Yu, Hongyan Li, Dong Zhang, Min Yang, Identification of complex septic odorants in Huangpu River source water by combining the data  from gas chromatography-olfactometry and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography using retention indices, Science of the Total Environment, 2016, 556: 36-44.

(5)       Jianwei Yu*, Feng-Chen Yang, Wei-Nung Hong, Chia-Ling Liu, Min Yang, Tsair-Fuh Lin, Prediction of powdered activated carbon doses for 2-MIB removal in drinking water treatment using a simplified HSDM model, Chemosphere, 2016, 156, 374-382.

(6)       Ming Su, Jianwei Yu*, Junzhi Zhang, Hui Chen, Wei An, Rolf D. Vogt, Tom Andersen, Dongmin Jia, Jingshi Wang, Min Yang*, MIB-producing cyanobacteria (Planktothrix sp.) in a drinking water reservoir: Distribution and odor producing potential. Water Research 68, 2015, 444-453.

(7)       Jianwei Yu*, Juan Liu, Wei An, Yongjing Wang, Junzhi Zhang, Wei Wei, Ming Su, Min Yang*, Multiple Linear Regression model for bromate formation based on the survey data of source waters from geographically different regions across China, Environmental science and pollution research international, 2015,         22(2):1232-1239.

(8)       Qingyuan Guo, Xia Li, Jianwei Yu*, Haifeng Zhang, Yu Zhang, Min Yang, Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry for screening of potent swampy/septic odor causing compounds in two drinking water sources of China, Anal. Methods, 2015, 7, 2458-2468.

(9)       Yongjing Wang, Jianwei Yu*, Dong Zhang, Min Yang, Addition of hydrogen peroxide for the simultaneous control of bromate and odor during advanced drinking water treatment using ozone, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2014, 26: 1-5. 

(10)   Jianwei Yu*, Wei An*, Cao Nan, Min Yang*, Junong Gu, Zhang Dong, Lu Ning, Quantitative method to determine the regional drinking water odorant regulation goals based on odor sensitivity distribution: Illustrated using 2-MIB, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2014, 26(7):1389-1394.

(11)   Jianwei Yu*, Wei AN, Min Yang, Junnong Gu, Nan Cao, Youjun Chen, Quick response to 2-MIB episodes based on native population odor sensitivity evaluation. Clean: Air, Soil, Water, 2014, 42 (9): 1171-1317.

(12)   Daolin Sun, Jianwei Yu*, Min Yang, Wei An, Yunyun Zhao, Ning Lu, Shengguang Yuan, Dongqing Zhang, Occurrence of taste and odor in drinking water of major cities across China. Frontiers of environmental science and engineering, 2014, 8(3): 411-416.

(13)   Yunyun Zhao, Jianwei Yu*, Ming Su, Wei An, Min Yang, A fish odor episode in a north China reservoir: occurrence, origin, and possible odor causing compounds. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2013, 25(12) 1–6.

(14)  Yongjing Wang, Jianwei Yu*, Po Han, Jing Sha, Tao Li, Wei An, Juan Liu, Min Yang*, Advanced oxidation of bromide-containing drinking water: a balance between bromated and trihalomethane formation controls. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2013, 25 (11): 1–8.

(15)  Juan Liu, Jianwei Yu, Dong Li, Yu Zhang, Min Yang^*, Reduction of bromate in a biological activated carbon filter under high bulk dissolved oxygen conditions and characterization of bromate-reducing isolates, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2012, 65, 44-50.

(16)  Haifeng Zhang, Shuoyi Ren, Jianwei Yu, Min Yang*, Occurrence of selected aliphatic amines in source water of major cities in China, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2012, 24 (11):1885-1890.

(17)An Wei, Zhang Dongqing, Xiao Shumin, Yu Jianwei, Yang Min^*, Quantitative health risk assessment of Cryptosporidium in rivers of southern China based on continuous monitoring. Environmental Science and Technology. 2011, 45(1):5951-8

(18)  Wanfeng Wang, Shuoyi Ren, Haifeng Zhang, Jianwei Yu, Wei An, Jianying Hu, Min Yang^*, Occurrence of nine nitrosamines and secondary amines in source water and drinking water: Potential of secondary amines as nitrosamine precursors. Water Research, 2011, 45(16): 4930-4938.

(19)  Zonglai Li, Jianwei Yu, Min Yang^*, Jing Zhang, Dynamics of cyanobacterial population and harmful metabolites during a cyanobacterial bloom in Yanghe Reservoir in North China, Harmful Algae, 2010, 9(5): 481-488.      . 

(20)  Yu Jianwei, Zhao Yanmei, *Yang  Min, Lin Tsair-Fuh, Guo Zhaohai, Gu Junnong, Occurrence of odour-causing compounds in different source waters of China, Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-AQUA, 58(8), pp 587-594,  2009/12/1.‍‍

(21)   Min Yang, Jianwei Yu, Zonglai Li, Zhaohai Guo, Michael Burch, Tsair-Fuh Lin, Taihu Lake Not to Blame for Wuxi’s Woes, Science, 2008, 319(5860):158.

(22)  Yu, Jianwei, Yang, Min, Lin, Tsair-Fuh, Guo, Zhaohai, Zhang, Yu, Gu, Junnong, Zhang, Suxia，Effects of surface characteristics of activated carbon on the adsorption of 2-methylisobornel (MIB) and geosmin from natural water，Separation and Purification Technology, 56(3), pp 363-370,  2007.

• Hazardous pollutants such as odor causing compounds identification, evaluation and control in drinking water;
• Advanced treatment technology development and application in drinking water

1.    2014-2017 NSFC: Recognition of the Key Septic Odor Causing Compounds in River Water Sources by Combining Odor Fingerprint Technology with QSAR (PI)

2.    2015-2017 Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment: Odor causing compounds identification and control technology research and engineering demonstration (PI)

3.    2012-2015 Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment:  Key treatment technology of ozone combined with BAC development for HP River source water (Sub-project PI)

4.    2015-2017 Join Research with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation: Verification of high efficient decomposition and safety of the wastewater treatment using gas-liquid discharge， ( PI)

5.    2013-2015 Exploring project of the State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control: Odor fingerprint construction and application in drinking water by using GCxGC/TOFMS combining with sensory GC.