Yan Sun

Dr. Eng., Professor, Cheung Kong Scholar
Department of Biochemical Engineering,
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology,
Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, P. R. China.

1990 – 1991        Soken Chemical Eng. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
1991 – 1992        Lecturer, Dept. Chem. Eng., Tianjin University.
1992 – 1993        Associate Professor, Dept. Chem. Eng., Tianjin University.
1993 – present    Professor, Dept. Biochem. Eng., Tianjin University.
2000 – present    Cheung Kong Professor of the Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University

Molecular Basis of Biological Processes (graduates, 2016-present).
Advanced Bioseparations (graduates, 1993-2015).
Bioseparations Engineering (undergraduates, 1995-2000).
Principles and Applications of Bioaffinity Interactions (graduates, 1996-99).
Advances in Biotechnology (undergraduates, 2005-2010).

       Bioseparations:
       – Protein adsorption and chromatography
       – Affinity ligand design and affinity purification
       – Protein refolding
       – Aqueous two-phase systems
       – Reverse micelles
       Biocatalysis:
       – Computation-based enzyme design
       – Development of multi-enzyme systems
       – Artificial biocatalytic photosynthesis
       – Enzyme modifications/immobilizations
       Inhibition of amyloid protein aggregation:
       – Inhibitor design and development
       – Amyloid formation mechanism

07/2017-09/2017:
   Visiting Professor, Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, Demark.
09/2013-03/2014:
   Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, USA.
06/2007-09/2007:
   Guest Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
12/2002-02/2003:
   Guest Scientist, GKSS National Research Center, Germany.
03/1999-09/1999:
   Senior Research Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK.
09/1996-11/1996:
   Visiting Professor, Dept. Chemistry and Biotechnology, Univ. Tokyo, Japan.
09/1993:
   Visiting Professor, Dept. Ind. Chemistry, Kyushu Sangyo University, Kyushu, Japan.

Editor, Journal of Chromatography A (2016.7-)
Associate Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering (2012.1-)
Associate Editor, Biochemical Engineering Journal (2002- )
Editorial Board, Journal of Chromatography A (2007.9-)
Editorial Board, Separation and Purification Technology (2006-)
Editorial Board, Recent Patents on Biotechnology (2007.1-)
Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering (2007.11-2012.12)
Editorial Board, Bioprocess Engineering (1997-2001)
Editorial Board, The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering
Editorial Board, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
Editorial Board, Journal of Food Science and Biotechnology

- One single book: Bioseparations Engineering (in Chinese), 3rd ed., 2013, Chemical Industry Press, Beijing.
- Two book chapters.
- 380 Research papers, 10 Review papers.
- 50 patents (2 US patents)

2012 – Second Class Natural Science Research Award, Ministry of Education of China
2011 – YABEC Award (Young Asian Biochemical Engineers' Community Award), Organizing Committee of YABEC 2011 and Asian Federation of Biotechnology, 2011
2005 – Supervisor of Top 100 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, China
2005 – Entitled Biochemical Engineering Expert of Tianjin
2004 – First Class Natural Science Research Award, Tianjin
2002 – Second Class Natural Science Research Award, Ministry of Education of China
2000 – National Natural Science Foundation for Outstanding Young Scientists, Natural Science Foundation of China
1997 – National Award for Excellent Scholarship Studied Abroad, China