News Brief: PNNL researcher gains ACS division award
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Category: ResearchType: News
Source: PNNL
Date: Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
April 05, 2017 
RICHLAND, Wash. - A catalysis researcher at the D.O.E.'s Pacific Northwest National Lab has won the American Chemical Society's tenth yearly Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division Fellow Award. Yong Wang, who holds a joint appointment at PNNL and Washington State University, was acknowledged for innovative contributions within applied chemistry or chemical engineering. A symposium in will be held in his honor during the 255th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, at which the award presentation will be made.
Wang is a Lab Fellow and the associate director of PNNL's Institute for Integrated Catalysis. He is widely acknowledged for his catalysis research in energy, renewable fuels and chemicals. He is a fellow of multiple professional societies, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Academy of Inventors, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has 240 peer-reviewed publications, holds 104 issued U.S. patents and has won 3 R&D 100 awards, given for the most significant new technologies each year.
A WSU news release provides more information on Wang's work and the award.
ACS is the biggest scientific professional society in the world, with nearly 157,000 members. The Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division focuses on converting science into commercially relevant products and processes.
Tags: Fundamental Science, Awards and Recognizes, Chemistry, Catalysis
Interdisciplinary teams at Pacific Northwest National Lab address many of America's most pressing issues in energy, the environment and national security through advances in basic and applied science. Founded in 1965, PNNL employs 4,400 staff and has an yearly budget of nearly $1 billion. It is managed by Battelle for the D.O.E.'s Office of Science. As the single biggest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, the Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information on PNNL, visit the PNNL News Center, or follow PNNL on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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