Yang Fan, Assistant Professor

Profile:

Yang Fan, doctor in engineering, deputy director of Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Energy and Environmental Safety, deputy director of Center for Frontier Science and Engineering Applications of Surface and Interfacial, Shenzhen Technology University, assistant professor of Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen foreign high-ranking peacock plan talent, Shenzhen Nansha County navigation talent. Yang Fan graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2006 with a B.Eng. degree, from the University of Alberta (fourth in Canada) in 2009 with an M.Eng. degree, and from the University of Alberta in 2015 with a doctorate degree under the guidance of Professor Xu Zhenghe, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Royal Canadian Academy of Sciences, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering, with a specialization in materials chemistry. From August 2007 to June 2009, Yang Fan worked at Syncrude R&D Center, the second largest oil sands energy company in Canada, as a researcher and conducted master's level research. His research focused on the response mechanism of solid particle wettability changes in crude oil extraction and its impact on the stability of emulsions in the crude oil industry. From March 2010 to August 2015, he worked at Canmet ENERGY as a researcher and conducted his doctoral research on stabilizing and demulsifying mechanisms of oil-water emulsions under the influence of different oil components using liquid thin film technology. From January 2016 to November 2017, Yang Fan founded his own technology company (www.leenkwink.ca) in Calgary, Canada. The company provides new liquid crystal thin film optical valves for the Canadian market and develops a series of nano-silver molecular sieve composite products for applications. Leenk & Wink Inc. was featured in Venture Canada in 2017 as an emerging technology company in Alberta.

Yang Fan has a deep understanding of chemical materials synthesis and related interfacial phenomena, with many years of experience in materials chemistry research. His main experiences include: emulsifying and demulsifying oil-water systems, researching materials surface modification techniques, synthesizing and applying nanosilver composites, new functional nanoparticles, etc. He has participated in several NSERC grants with significant results and has extensive training and experience in top international R&D research centers. He has been recognized by ExxonMobil, Shell, Suncor and Syncrude Energy for his research on oil-water emulsion stabilization mechanisms in the petroleum industry.

His current research interests include designing and preparing new anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, developing magnetic interface agents, and developing super-sparse coatings. He won the first prize in the "Environmental Protection and New Materials" group and the third prize in the finals of the 2019 Guangdong University Achievement Transformation Competition for his leading development of "Highly wear-resistant superhydrophobic coating composite technology".  He also won the second prize in the "new materials" group in Pingshan District and the third prize in the finals of the 2020 Shenzhen Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

Academic Background:

September 2009 - November 2015, University of Alberta, Canada, Chemical Engineering, Doctoral Program, Under the Supervision of Xu Zhenghe and Tadeusz Dabros

September 2006 - June 2009 University of Alberta, Canada, Materials Science, Master,  Under the Supervision of Jacob Masliyah, Xu Zhenghe and Kevin Moran

Septemebr, 2002 - June 2006 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Materials Science, Bachelor of Science

Work Experience:

April 2020 - Present Shenzhen Technology University, School of New Materials and New Energy, Assistant Professor

March 2018 - April 2020 Southern University of Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Cross-Science, Research Assistant Professor, Master

December 2017 - March 2018 Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Materials, Senior Research Scholar

January 2016 - November 2017 Leenk&Wink Inc (Canada), Founder and General Manager

March 2010 - August 2015 Canmet ENERGY, Interface Science Division, Research Fellow (at Doctor’s Stage)

2007.08-2009.06     Syncrude Inc.，Syncrude科研中心，研究员（硕士阶段）
August 2007 - June 2009, Syncrude Inc., Syncrude Research Center, Research Scientist (at Master's Stage)

Major Honors:

Shenzhen overseas introduction of high-level talents

Shenzhen Nanshan District Pilot Talents

Guangdong Province Talent Card

First Prize in "Environmental Protection and New Materials" Group of 2019 Guangdong Provincial University Achievement Transformation Competition (Project Name: Technology and Application of Highly Wear-Resistant Superhydrophobic Coating Composites)

Third Prize of the 2019 Guangdong Provincial University Achievement Transformation Competition Finals (472)

Research Interests:

(1)Magnetic functionalized materials

(2)Silicon carbon negative electrode materials

(3)Functional coating materials

Research Projects:

 (1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Juvenile Project, Basic Research on Preparation of Graphene-Silicon Composite Lithium Battery Anode Material by Upgrading Crystalline Silicon Wire Sawing Waste Mortar, principal investigator.

 (2) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Key Project, Basic Research on Oily Sludge Treatment and Crude Oil Recovery Chemical Process by Switching Emulsion System, Participant

 (3) Guangdong Leading Talents Program, Preparation and Application of Magnetic Response Functional Carbon Materials, Participant

Published Papers:

(1) F. Yang, P. Tchoukov, E. Pensini, D. Harbottle, T. Dabros, J. Czarnecki, Z. Xu. Asphaltene subfractions responsible for stabilizing water in crude oil emulsions part 1: interfacial behaviors [J]. Energy & Fuels, 2014, 28(11): 6897-6904.

(2) F. Yang, P. Tchoukov, E. Pensini, D. Harbottle, T. Dabros, J. Czarnecki, Z. Xu, Asphaltene subfractions responsible for stabilizing water in crude oil emulsions part 2: molecular representations and molecular dynamic simulations [J]. Energy & Fuels, 2015, 29(8): 4783-4794.

(3) F. Yang, P. Tchoukov, P. Qiao, X. Ma, E. Pensini, T. Dabros, J.Czarnecki, Z. Xu, Studying demulsification mechanisms of water in crude oil emulsion using a modified thin liquid film technique [J]. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2018, 540:215-223.

(4) J. Bi, F. Yang, E. Pensini , D. Harbottle , P. Tchoukov , J. Sjöblom , T. Dabros , Jan Czarnecki , Zhenghe Xu. Interfacial layer properties of a polyaromatic compound and its role in stabilizing water in oil emulsions [J]. Langmuir, 2015, 31(38): 10382-10391.

(5) P. Tchoukov, F. Yang, Z. Xu, T. Dabros, J. Czarnecki, J. Soblom. Role of Asphaltenes in Stabilizing Thin Liquid Emulsion Films [J]. Langmuir, 2014, 30 (11),: 3024–3033.

(6) M. Kupai, F. Yang, D. Harbottle, K. Moran, J. Masliyah, Z.Xu. Characterising rag -forming solids [J]. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2013, 91(8): 1395-1401

(7) A. Avia, F. Yang, M. Shi, S.M. Kuznicki. Extraction of ethane from natural gas at high pressure by adsorption on Na-ETS-10 [J]. Chemical Engineering Science, 2011, 66(13): 2991-2996

(8) M. Shi, A. Avia, F. Yang, T.M. Kuznicki, S.M. Kuznicki. High pressure adsorptive separation of ethylene and ethane on Na-ETS-10 [J]. Chemical Engineering Science, 2011, 66(12): 2817-2822.

(9) E. Pensini, D. Harbottle, F. Yang, P. Tchoukov, Z. Li, J. Masliyah, Z. Xu, Demulsification mechanism of asphaltene-stablized water in oil emulsions by a polymeric ethylene oxide-propylene oxide demulsifier [J]. Energy & Fuels, 2014, 28(11): 6760-6771.

(10) E. Pensini, P. Tchoukov, F. Yang, Z. Xu. Effect of humic acids on bitumen films at the oil-water interface and on emulsion stability: potential implications for groundwater remediation [J]. Colloids & Surfaces A Physicochemical & Engineering Aspects, 2018, 544: 53-59.

Patent Information:

 (1) Xu Zhenghe, Yang Fan, Yi Tingting. Nanocomposite anode sheet and method for producing the same in lithium-ion battery. Chinese patent application for invention (Application No. 201910447521.4). Application date: May 27, 2019

 (2) Xu Zhenghe, Yang Fan, Lu Zhouguang, Xie Hanjie. An amphiphilic magnetically responsive particle, and its preparation method and use. Chinese patent application (Application No. 201910447521.4). Application date: April 18, 2019

 (3) Xu Zhenghe, Yang Fan, Yi Tingting. Nanocomposite negative electrode material and method of producing and using the same. Patent for invention filed in China (Application No. 201910313814.3). Application date: April 18, 2019

 (4) Xu Zhenghe, Yang Fan, Lu Zhouguang, Xie Hanjie. Preparation of double core-shell hydrophobic magnetic iron oxide microspheres and their application in highly acidic oil-water mixtures. Invention patent filed in China (Application No. 201810678839.9). Application date: June 27, 2019

Contact Information:

E-mail: yangfan@sztu.edu.cn

Office Address: Room 205, New Teaching Building, Shenzhen Technology University, Pingshan District, Shenzhen, China