Zhaoyilin

Dr. Zhao Yilin, female, master instructor, and associate professor. She pursued her doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering and Technology at Beijing University of Chemical Technology from September 2016, and conducted joint training at the University of Waterloo, Canada in 2018. She joined the university as a faculty member after graduating in June 2020. Relying on the National Key Laboratory of Green Biomanufacturing and Beijing Key Laboratory of Biomanufacturing of Green Chemicals, her research mainly focuses on biomimetic catalysis and low-grade biomass conversion. In recent years, she has published more than 30 SCI papers as the first or corresponding author in internationally renowned journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Food Chemistry, Nanoscale and Journal of Environmental Management. She has filed 4 Chinese invention patents, with 2 authorized. She has presided over 2 National Natural Science Foundation projects and participated in the National Key R&D Program for Green Biomanufacturing. She has won the Third Prize in the 5th Beijing University Teacher Innovation Competition and the Excellence Award in the Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (provincial and ministerial level). She serves as a Youth Editorial Board Member of Advanced Powder Materials and a reviewer for journals including Journal of the American Chemical Society and Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, and is a member of the Secretariat of the Biochemical Engineering Special Committee of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China.

1. Research on Biocatalysis and High-Value Conversion of Biomimetic Nanozymes

Inspired by the catalytic mechanism of natural enzymes, biomimetic catalytic materials are constructed and applied in pollutant remediation, biomarker detection, and green conversion processes.  

2. Precise Design and Application of Natural Enzyme/Biomimetic Enzyme Hybrid Systems

Focusing on the synthesis and high-value conversion of CO₂-based acetic acid, efficient and low-carbon conversion systems are developed to provide theoretical and technical support for green biomanufacturing and carbon neutrality.

Teaches core undergraduate courses including Biochemical Separation Engineering and Fundamentals of Biochemistry. Co-authored two monographs, including Biochemical Separation Engineering 2.0 (a national 14th Five-Year Plan textbook). The course Biochemical Separation Engineering was awarded a National Demonstration Course for Ideological and Political Education (ranked 5th). Received the Third Prize in the 5th Beijing University Teacher Innovation Competition.