Yue Wu is the Herbert L. Stiles Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University in 2006 and was a Miller Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, from 2006 to 2009. He began his independent academic career at Purdue University in 2009 and joined Iowa State in 2014.

His research connects the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials with catalysis, energy conversion, and thermal transport. His group investigates two-dimensional transition-metal carbides (MXenes), metal–support interactions, and supported catalysts for gas-phase and electrochemical reactions. His broader work includes thermoelectric nanocomposites for waste-heat recovery and solid-state cooling, thermal transport in MXenes, and high-entropy alloys for catalytic and mechanical applications.

His publications include articles in Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Catalysis, and Advanced Materials. His scholarship has an h-index of 51 and 18,220 citations (Google Scholar, August 18, 2026). His research has received support from ONR, NSF, AFOSR, DARPA, and industry. Honors include the 2026 D. R. Boylan Eminent Faculty Award for Research, 2020 Iowa State University Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award, 2017 Midwest Energy News 40 Under 40 award honorees, 2016 AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Young Investigator Award, 2015 “Rising Star” selected by the 2015 Council of Chemical Research Annual Meeting, 2010-2012 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship. He teaches core chemical engineering and advanced materials courses and mentors graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP & ACTIVITIES

•  American Institute of Chemical Engineering

• American Chemical Society

• Materials Research Society

• Reviewer for Nano Letters, Journal of American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Environmental Science and Technology, IEEE Electronic Device Letters, Chemistry of Materials, ACS Nano, Nanoscale, Nano Research, Chemical Review, Applied Physics Letters, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, etc.

• Top-five reviewer for Nano Letters in 2005-2006.

• Reviewer for funding agencies including ACS Petroleum Research Fund, National Science Foundation, and AFOSR.

• Reviewer for Qatar National Research Fund.

• Chair for Nanoscience-Characterization and Applicationsin 2008 ACS Spring Meeting at New Orleans.

• Co-Chair and Judge for Nanoscale Science Engineering Forum Poster Session in 2011 AIChE meeting.

• Session chair for “Batteries and Fuel Cells” in American Vacuum Society Conference in November, 2012.

• Organizer and session chair for “Thermal Transport in Electronic Materials” and “Nanomaterials for Thermal-to-Electric Conversion” in 2013 AIChE meeting.

• Co-Chair and Judge for Nanoscale Science Engineering Forum Poster Session in 2013 AIChE meeting.

• Session chair for Symposium "R: Materials Challenges and Integration Strategies for Flexible Energy Devices and Systems" in 2014 MRS Spring meeting.

• Symposium organizer for “Thermoelectric and Thermal Interface Materials” in The Electrochemical Society AiMES 2018 Meeting at Cancun, Mexico, September 30 – October 4, 2018.