Tan Xiaoyao, Ph.D., male, second-level professor of Tianjin University of Technology, doctoral tutor, Elsevier China high-cited scholar. 1984-1988, Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, Xiangtan University; 1991-1995, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ph.D., Industrial Catalysis, Dalian University of Technology, 1995-1997. He has served as an associate professor and professor of chemical engineering at Shandong University of Technology. He was interviewed at the National University of Singapore (1998-2000), the University of Bath (2001), and the Imperial College of Technology (2004-2006), Canada, 2002-2003. Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Sherbrooke University, 2009-2010 Royal Academy of Engineering, UK and China. In 2010, he was appointed as a special professor in Tianjin.

Facing the country''''s major needs in the fields of resources, energy and environment, it is committed to research on energy clean production and chemical process strengthening technology. The technology of impregnating activated carbon desulfurization technology and ceramic hollow fiber membrane preparation and application technology was developed. It has been successfully applied to many enterprises and achieved remarkable economic and social benefits. He has presided over nearly 30 national 863 projects, the National Natural Science Foundation, national military supporting projects and international cooperation projects. He has published more than 240 academic papers and published 8 academic monographs. The paper was cited nearly 5,000 times (H factor 32), and 2014-2018 was selected as Elsevier China''''s highly cited scholar for five consecutive years. Undertake 5 courses for undergraduate and graduate students. It has obtained 41 national invention patents and 7 patents. He won the second prize of scientific invention of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the second prize of natural science of Shandong Province, the third prize of natural science of Tianjin, and the cooperation exchange award of the Royal Academy of Engineering. More than 50 master''''s and doctoral students have been instructed and trained. Many graduate students have won national scholarships and outstanding academic dissertations. Most of the graduates have become the technical backbone of enterprises or research institutes.