Wei Su
Education and Work Experience:
· Feb. 2018 – Present
Professor, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
· Dec. 2016 – Jan. 2018
Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, USA
· Dec. 2012 – Jan. 2015
Postdoctoral Lecturer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
· Sep. 2006 – Jan. 2012
PhD, Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
· Jul. 2004 – Jul. 2006
Engineer, Industrial Group, University of Science and Technology Beijing
· Sep. 2000 – Jul. 2004
Bachelor of Science, Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Resources Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
1. Collaborative Control and Resource Utilization of Multiple Industrial Flue Gas PollutantsFocusing on industrial flue gas purification technologies, conducting research on key theories and technologies for desulfurization, denitrification, dust removal, and pollutant resource utilization.
2. Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Technologies Development and engineering demonstration of novel high-efficiency materials, equipment and processes for CO₂ capture and conversion.
3. Preparation and Application of Energy and Environmental Materials Design, synthesis, characterization and engineering application of environmental functional materials, adsorption and catalytic materials, and carbon sequestration materials.
Undergraduate Courses: Principles of Environmental Engineering, Air Pollution Control Engineering;
Post-graduate Courses: Advances in Energy and Environmental Engineering, CO₂ Capture and Resource Utilization.
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Category A), Pollution and Carbon Reduction from Iron and Steel Flue Gas, 2026–2030
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program, Low-temperature Synergistic Removal of NOx and UP-POPs from Sintering Flue Gas over Carbon-Manganese Bifunctional Catalysts, 2023–2026
3. National Science and Technology Major Project, Integrated Environmental Governance in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, Research on Low-cost Pollution Reduction and Efficiency Improvement Materials and Key Technologies for Hebei Iron and Steel Industry, 2024–2028
4. BHP-HBIS-Tencent, Carbon Quest Program: R&D and Demonstration of 1000-ton Steel Slag Carbonation and Carbon Sequestration Technology, 2023–2026
5. Commissioned by Tiananmen Area Administrative Committee of the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, Research on the Special Plan for Environmental Sanitation Management in Tiananmen Area, 2015–2016
1. Premier Fund of the State Council, Research on Air Pollution Control and Regulatory Policies in the Metallurgical Industry, 2019
2. Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Program, Evaluation and Screening of VOCs Control Technologies and Emission Reduction Potential in Key Industries in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, 2019–2021
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Formation Mechanism and Inhibition of SO2, NOx and Dioxins in Iron and Steel Sintering Flue Gas, 2018–2021
4. National Key R&D Program, Integrated Control and Coupling Key Technologies for Multiple Pollutants in Flue Gas from Iron and Steel Industry, 2017–2020
5. Public Welfare Project of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Research on Environmental Risk Control Technology in the Treatment and Utilization of Coal Chemical Residues, 2012–2014
Recruits master’s and doctoral students annually.
work covers industrial flue gas treatment, carbon capture and conversion, and biomass resource utilization.
Representative papers
[1] Cui YK, Xing Y, Zheng Y, et al. Understanding the Key Role of Cations in Water Tolerance during the CO2/CO Separation Process under Low-Humidity Conditions, Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59(10): 5109-5118
[2] Che ZC, Cheng S, Cui Y, et al. Sintering flue gas circulation optimization under the combined benefits of carbon dioxide and air pollutant emission reduction, Energy, 2025, 322: 135546
[3] Ma MY, Su W, Wang Y, et al. Absorption of HCl on sodium-based absorbents at medium and high temperatures: The effect of competing absorption of SO2 and H2O, Fuel, 2024, 358: 130007
[4] Li ZJ, Xing Y, Ma MY, et al. Towards the co-benefits of carbon capture, utilization and sequestration: A life cycle assessment study for steel slag disposal, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024, 443: 141166
[5] Su W, Liu XM, Tian JL, et al. Carbon-water nexus of China's iron and steel industry through CCUS technology development, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2025, 525: 146508
[6] Wang JQ, Xing Y, Jia HQ, et al. TiO2-coated CeCoOx-PVP catalysts derived from Prussian blue analogue for synergistic elimination of NOx and o-DCB: The coupling of redox and acidity, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 476:146390
[7] Cui YK, Su W, Xing Y, et al. Experimental and simulation evaluation of CO2/CO separation under different component ratios in blast furnace gas on zeolites, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 472: 144579
[8] Su W, Liu P, Cai CQ, et al. Hydrogen production and heavy metal immobilization using hyperaccumulators in supercritical water gasification, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 402: 123541
[9] Wang JQ, Xing Y, Su W, et al. Bifunctional Mn-Cu-CeOx/γ-Al2O3 catalysts for low-temperature simultaneous removal of NOx and CO, Fuel, 2022, 321:124050
[10] Li X, Wang L, Xing Y, et al. Research progress in photo/electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 by functionalized MOFs [J]. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2022, 6: 3301–3322.
[1] Multi-stage dense-phase synergistic absorption system suitable for high-concentration and high-fluctuation flue gas, CN114762795B
[2] A dense-phase steel slag carbonation device, CN202411272621.5
[3] Method for preparing porous carbon materials from biomass raw materials activated by regenerated strong alkali, CN114275781B
[4] Catalyst for simultaneous removal of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide and preparation method thereof, CN112892547B
[5] Carbon sequestration method combining bipolar membrane electrodialysis and selective electrodialysis, CN202511390248.8
[6] Industrial carbon dioxide capture, utilization and sodium-based resource method based on cavitation air flotation, CN202510457512.7
[1] National Standard Determination of Carbon Dioxide Fixed by Carbonation of Steel Slag, GB/T 39713-2020
[2] National Standard Steel Slag for Sintering, GB/T 32577-2016
[3] National Standard Technical Specification for Steel Slag Processing and Metal Recovery, GB/T 39714-2020
[4] Industrial Standard Technical Specification for Flue Gas Denitrification by Grate Kiln Pelletizing Process in Iron and Steel Enterprises, YB/T 4862-2020
[5] Industrial Standard Technical Specification for Medium-temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction Denitrification of Sintering Flue Gas, YB/T 4752-2019
[6] Industrial Standard Technical Specification for Cyclonic Tube Electrostatic Precipitation for Wet Desulfurization Flue Gas from Sintering/Pelletizing, YB/T 4863-2020
[1] Director of Technical Department, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Iron and Steel Industry Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Industrial Technology Innovation Alliance
[2] Director, USTB–USTB Environment Joint R&D Center for Industrial Flue Gas Treatment
[3] Expert, Beijing Municipal Commission of City Administration
[4] Reviewer for more than 30 authoritative domestic and international journals including Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal, Environmental Science & Technology, Fuel, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
· 2023 Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances in Ecology and Environment
· 2022 First Prize of Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award
· 2021 First Prize of Metallurgical Science and Technology Award
· 2021 Leading Technology List of "Innovation China" by China Association for Science and Technology
· 2020 Young Top-notch Talent in National Environmental Protection Professional and Technical, Ministry of Ecology and Environment
· 2019 First Prize of Environmental Technology Progress, Chinese Environmental Association
· 2018 Third Prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award
· 2018 Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress, Ministry of Education
· 2018 Second Prize, 4th China Overseas Returnees Entrepreneurship Competition
· 2017 Beijing Science and Technology Nova
· 2016 First Prize of China Industry-University-Research Innovation Achievement
· 2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Supervisor
· 2013 Excellent Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Science and Technology Beijing
