Environmental Chemistry, Functional Materials for Pollution Control, CO₂ Capture and Coversion, Sustainability

Professor Jun He focuses on the fundamental research in environmental chemistry and applications of new energy and environmentally friendly catalytic materials. To date, he has led or participated in more than twenty research projects, including the NSFC, Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Team Project, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation Key Project, Ningbo Municipal Innovation Team, Ningbo 2025 & 2035 Major Projects, Ningbo Municipal Key Commonweal Project, and Municipal Natural Science Foundation projects. He has published over 170 SCI papers, with representative works appearing in internationally renowned journals such as Nat. Commun., Angew. Chem., Adv. Funct. Mater.,Carbon Energy, Appl. Catal. B-Environ. Energy, Chem. Eng. J., Environ. Sci. Tech., and J. Hazard Mater., Atmos. Chem. Phys., JGR Atmos. etc. His work has attracted more than 7,000 citations on Google Scholar, with an H-index of 49, and he holds six grated invention patents. In addition, Prof. He has supervised 21 PhD and 7 MRes students to successful completion, and currently there are 14 students on PhD study. He serves as an expert reviewer for key research programs and talent projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology and dozens of provincial Dept. Sci & Tech. Professor He’s team is rooted in applied basic research and has deeply integrated into collaborative research with local companies such as Geely Automotive Research Institute and enterprises producing industrial and automotive catalysts.

Education History

1) 1997-2001 BSc in Environmental Science, Nankai University, PR China

2) 2001-2003 MEng in Environmental Engineering, Nankai University, PR China

3) 2005-2009 PhD in Environmental Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Previous Appointments

1) 2002-2005 EIA Consultant, Tianjin, PR China

2) 2009-2010 Research Fellow, Singapore-Delft Water Alliance Research Center, Singapore

3) 2010-2011 Technology Scientist, Siemens Global Water Research Center, Singapore & Germany

4) 2011-2014 Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, PRC

5) 2014-2020 Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, PRC

Awards of Excellence

1) Outstanding Researcher Award from the British Council, 2007

2) Outstanding Ph.D. Award from the Singapore World Future Foundation, 2010

3) Zhejiang provincial leading mid-career discipline talent, Zhejiang Department of Education, 2017

4) Distinguished Young Scientist in Frontiers of Engineering from Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), 2021

5) Yongjiang Talent (Tier 1), municipal level, 2022

6) Bao Steel Outstanding Teacher 宝钢优秀教师奖" ,2024

Service Roles in UNNC

1) 2015-2017 Deputy Head for Teaching, Department of Chemical and Environmental  Engineering, UNNC

2) 2017-2022 Deputy Director in Energy Strand, International Doctoral Innovation Center (IDIC) (investment of CNY 60 million), UNNC 

3) 2022-2023 Member of Research Committee in China Beacon Institute (CBI), UNNC

4) 2021-2023 Academic Lead of Research Group in Faculty Research Committee (FRC), UNNC

5) 2016-present Head of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Research Group in FoSE, UNNC

PGR Recruitment

Vacancies for both Master of Research and PhD students are always available. Please do not hesistate to contact via the above university email. 

• CHEE 2035 Analytical Measurement
• CHEE 2041 Environmental Assessment
• CHEE 3040 Air Pollution