Min Yang
Professor
Biography
Professor Yang Min is a researcher at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a doctoral supervisor, and a member of the Communist Party of China. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and currently serves as the Director of the National Engineering Research Center for Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery and as the Associate Editor of ES&T Water.
Professor Yang obtained his PhD from Hiroshima University, Japan, in March 1992, and subsequently worked in Japan for six years before returning to China in 1998. He has long been dedicated to the study and application of technologies for identifying and controlling characteristic pollutants in water, with significant achievements in the identification and regulation of odor compounds in drinking water and the resource recovery and harmless treatment of wastewater in industries such as oilfields and antibiotics.
His contributions include the publication of three monographs, over 400 research papers, and more than 40 authorized invention patents. Professor Yang has been listed among Elsevier’s Most Cited Chinese Researchers for nine consecutive years. His research outcomes have been applied in the construction and operation of 37 engineering projects. He has led or participated in drafting six national and industry standards or guidelines.
Professor Yang has played a critical role in providing scientific and technological support during major events such as the nitrobenzene pollution incident in the Songhua River, cyanobacterial blooms in Taihu Lake, the Wenchuan earthquake, and the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also supported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in addressing drinking water safety issues for embassies in challenging regions, assisted the Ministry of Commerce in establishing the “China-Sri Lanka Water Center,” and aided the Ministry of Ecology and Environment in planning the “China-Cambodia Environmental Cooperation Center.”
His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Natural Science Award in 2007 and 2017, the CAS Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Award in 2021, and the National Science and Technology Progress Award (second place) in 2023.
Education
Ph.D. | Hiroshima University
Min’s Publications
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WR2023a: Tengxin Cao, Ming Su, Min Yang, et. al. Early warning of MIB episode based on gene abundance and expression in drinking water reservoirs. Water Research 2023;231:119667. 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119667.
How to know when MIB episode comes? / Gene may tell you. Try / qPCR with mic gene! -
WR2024: Jang Fang, Ming Su, Min Yang, et. al. Mitigating harmful cyanobacterial blooms in drinking water reservoirs through in-situ sediment resuspension. Water Research 2024;267:122509. 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122509.
Cyanobacterial bloom in source water? / No solution? Try / in-situ Sediment Resuspension -
WR2022: Jinping Lu, Ming Su, et. al. Driving forces for the growth of MIB-producing Planktothricoides raciborskii in a low-latitude reservoir. Water Research 2022;220:118670. 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118670.
MIB persists long / Warm reservoirs bloom anew / Odor challenges. -
WR2023b: Jinping Lu, Ming Su, Min Yang, et. al. MIB-derived odor management based upon hydraulic regulation in small drinking water reservoirs: Principle and application. Water Research 2023;244:120485. 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120485.
Small reservoirs / Adjust HRT to halt / MIB odors. -
WR2021: Ming Su, Min Yang, et al. Identification of MIB producers and odor risk assessment using routine data: A case study of an estuary drinking water reservoir. Water Research 2021;192:116848. 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116848.
MIB detection done, / Estuary's risk forecasted, / Water treatment strain. -
npj Clean Water: Ming Su, Yiping Zhu, Tom Andersen, Xianyun Wang, Zhiyong Yu, Jinping Lu, Yichao Song, Tengxin Cao, Jianwei Yu, Yu Zhang, and Min Yang. Light-Dominated Selection Shaping Filamentous Cyanobacterial Assemblages Drives Odor Problem in a Drinking Water Reservoir. npj Clean Water 2022;5:37. 10.1038/s41545-022-00181-2.
Light shapes their niche / Pseudanabaena reigns / Odors subside slow -
ER2023: Ming Su, Min Yang, et. al. Biosynthesis of 2-methylisoborneol is regulated by chromatic acclimation of Pseudanabaena. Environmental Research 2023;221:115260. 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115260.
Green light promotes / MIB synthesis and PE / Odor risks increase