Prof. Weishen Yang received PhD from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1990. He is a full professor of DICP, CAS since 1995; As a visiting scholar, he worked in Birmingham University, UK in 1989, and University of Southern California, USA in 2001. He received the 2 ^nd prize in State Nature Science Award in 2015; the 1 ^st prize in Guangdong Province Science and Technology Award in 2014; the 1 ^st  prize in Liaoning Province Nature Science Award in 2006.

Prof. Yang has published >400 referred journal papers (SCI citations >27,000; H-index 82) in Science, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., JACS, Adv. Mater., Nano Lett., AIChE J., J. Membrane Sci.…, 2 books, 4 book chapters and >100 patents on material synthesis with strong emphasis on the rational design and molecular-level engineering of functional nano-materials for applications in catalysis (e.g., catalytic conversion of C ₁-C ₄ alkanes), separation (e.g., zeolite membrane, MOF membrane, Pd membrane, and mixed-conducting membrane), and fuel cells (e.g., SOFC). He also scaled up the synthesis of Zeolite type-A membrane by microwave for the first time in the world and commercially applied the membrane in dewatering of iso-propanol in 2012 (50,000 t/a), ethanol in 2016 (30,000 t/a) and 2017 (100,000 t/a, the largest scale in the world).

His research is not only supported by national funding agencies such as the National Natural Science Funds of China for Distinguished Young Scholars, Ministry of Science and Technology of China and Chinese Academy of Science, but also by international companies such as BP (UK), UOP (USA), Rohm-Haas (USA), Teikoku Oil Co. (Japan), and Hyflux (Singapore).

In recent years, he was invited to give plenary lectures on 12th International Conference on Inorganic Membrane (ICIM) in the Netherlands 2012, 14th ICIM in USA 2016, and 19th National Zeolite Conference in Wuhan. He also served as co-chairmen of 7th International Zeolite Membrane Meeting held in Dalian, China, 2016.