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Fengqi You

Fengqi You, Ph.D.

Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
Professional Experience
  • Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (07/2016-present)
    • Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    • Operations Research and Information Engineering
    • Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Civil and Environmental Engineering
    • Center for Applied Mathematics
    • Applied Information Systems
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Systems Engineering
    • Computer Science
    • Cornell AI for Sustainability Initiative (Director)
    • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture (Co-Director)
    • Cornell University AI for Science Institute (Co-Director)
    • Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Program at Cornell (Co-Lead)
    • Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability (Senior Faculty Fellow)
  • Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (09/2011-06/2016)
  • Argonne Scholar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois (12/2009-08/2011)
Selected Honors and Awards
  • EES Solar Outstanding Paper Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2025
  • AIChE Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024
  • Amazon Research Award, 2024
  • Dorothy and Fred Chau Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Project Supervision, Cornell University, 2024
  • AAAS Fellow, 2023
  • De Gruyter Best Paper Award, 2023
  • Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE Fellow), 2022
  • AIChE George Lappin Award, 2022
  • Stratis V. Sotirchos Lectureship Award, Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas, 2022
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2021
  • AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum Education Award, 2021
  • ASEE Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, 2020
  • American Automatic Control Council (AACC) O. Hugo Schuck Award, 2020
  • AIChE Innovations in Green Process Engineering Award, 2020
  • Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker Excellence in Teaching Award, 2020
  • AIChE Excellence in Process Development Research Award, 2019
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award, 2018
  • Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Outstanding Young Researcher Award, AIChE, 2018
  • Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Award, 2018
  • AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum Research Award, 2017
  • AIChE Environmental Division Early Career Award, 2017
  • I&EC Research Inaugural Class of Influential Researcher, 2017
  • Zdenek Burianec Memorial Award, 2017, 2022
  • Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professorship, Cornell University, 2016-present
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2016-2021
  • Croll Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, Cornell University, 2016
  • Excellence in Review Award, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, & 2019
  • Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Investigator Award for Energy Research, 2013
  • Searle Faculty Fellow for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University, 2012-2013
  • W. David Smith Jr. Award, CAST Division, AIChE, 2011
  • Northwestern University Faculty Recognition Award, 2011
  • Top Reviewer Award, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2011 & 2013
  • Ken Meyer Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010
  • Argonne Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Argonne National Laboratory, 2009-2011
  • ChEGSA Symposium Speaker Award, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008
  • Yang Outstanding Research Award, Yang Foundation, 2005
  • Best Undergraduate Diploma Thesis, Tsinghua University, 2005
  • First-Class Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Tsinghua University, 2003 and 2004
Journal Editorial Activities
  • Senior Associate Editor, Science Advances, 2020-present
  • Associate Editor, Applied Energy, 2024-present
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 2020-present
  • Consulting Editor and Editorial Board, AIChE Journal, 2017-present
  • Editorial Board, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017-present
  • Editor, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2018-present
  • Field Chief Editor, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 2019-present
  • Subject Editor, Advances in Applied Energy, 2021-present
  • Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on AI for Science, 2025-present
  • Editorial Board, PRX Energy, 2021-2024
  • Guest Editor, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017-2018
  • Guest Editor, Energy, 2018-2019
  • Guest Editor, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021-2022
  • Guest Editor, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021-present
  • Editorial Board, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2015-present
Recent Plenary and Keynote Lectureships
  • Plenary, 28th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES), 2025
  • Keynote, 11th Applied Energy Symposium on Low Carbon Cities and Urban Energy System (CUE2025), 2025
  • Plenary, Sustainable Process Innovation and Modelling (SPIL) Conference, 2025
  • Keynote, International Conference on Energy, Ecology, and Environment (ICEEE), 2024
  • Plenary, 11th Asian Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE Asia), 2024
  • Keynote, 2nd AI for Science (AI4S) International Symposium, 2023
  • Keynote, 15th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE), 2023
  • Plenary, 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE), 2023
  • Keynote, Quantum Computing Applications in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Workshop, AIChE, 2023
  • Plenary, 25th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES), 2022
  • Keynote, Panhellenic Scientific Conferences of Chemical Engineering, 2022
  • Plenary, Quantum Computing Applications in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Workshop, AIChE, 2022
  • Keynote, IEEE Quantum Computing Education for Workforce Development Colloquium, 2022
  • Keynote, IEEE CEO Summit on Quantum Computing, 2021
  • Keynote, Eighth Arab American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, 2021
  • Plenary, 5th SPIL International Scientific Conference: Energy, Water, Emission & Waste in Industry and Cities, 2021
  • Plenary, International Conference on Mathematics in (Bio)chemical Kinetics and Engineering (Mackie), 2021
  • Keynote, Quantum AI Sustainability Symposium, IEEE, 2021
  • Keynote, 31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE), 2021
  • Plenary, 3rd Sustainable Waste Management Conference, 2021
  • Plenary, 9th Asian Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE Asia), 2020
  • Plenary, 12th Global Chemical Engineers Symposium, 2020
  • Plenary, Green Process and Product Engineering Program, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2020
  • Plenary, 8th International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering (ICOSSE), 2019
  • Plenary, International Conference on Functional Materials and Chemical Engineering, 2019
  • Keynote, 5th International Conference on Sustainable Product and Process Engineering, 2019
  • Plenary, Brazilian Congress on Process Systems Engineering (PSE- BR), 2019
  • Plenary, Sustainable Engineering Forum, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2019
  • Plenary, Tsinghua-Waterloo Joint Forum, 2019
  • Keynote, 22nd Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES), 2019
  • Plenary, Qubits North America, 2019
  • Plenary, Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design (FOCAPD), 2019
  • Keynote, 29th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE), 2019
  • Plenary, 28th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE), 2018
  • Keynote, 13rd International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE), 2018
  • Plenary, 3rd Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), 2018
  • Plenary, Sustainable Engineering Forum, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2018
  • Keynote, 21st Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES), 2018
  • Chemical Engineering Forum Lecture, Tsinghua University, 2018
  • Plenary, Sustainable Engineering Forum, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2017
  • Keynote, 27th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, 2017
  • Keynote, Sustainable Process Integration Scientific Conference (SPIL), 2017
  • Keynote, 20th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES), 2017
  • Plenary, Sustainable Engineering Forum, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2016
  • Keynote, International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering (ICOSSE), 2016
  • Plenary, International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA/PRES), 2016
  • Keynote, 26th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE), 2016
  • Keynote, 4th International Conference on Sustainable Product and Process Engineering, 2016
  • Keynote, CAPE (Computer Aided Process Engineering) Forum, 2016
  • Keynote, 12th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering and 25th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (PSE2015/ESCAPE25), 2015
  • Japan Gateway Lecture, University of Kyoto, 2015
  • D. Lindsay Lecture, Texas A&M University, 2015
  • Keynote, Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES), 2015
  • Plenary, Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design (FOCAPD), 2014
  • Plenary, International Conference on Biorefinery towards Bioenergy (ICBB), 2013
  • Keynote, Center for Advanced Process Decision-making (CAPD), Carnegie Mellon University, 2012
Professional Service
  • Proposal Review Panels
    • Multiple programs at National Science Foundation, 2011-present
      • Environmental Sustainability
      • Graduate Research Fellowships Program
      • Manufacturing Machines and Equipment
      • Process and Reaction Engineering
      • SusChEM
      • National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes
    • Department of Energy
    • ACS Petroleum Research Fund
    • ETH Research Commission, Switzerland
    • Qatar National Research Fund
    • Ontario Research Fund, Canada
    • Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Kazakhstan
    • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada
    • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK
    • United Arab Emirates University Advanced Research Program, UAE
    • Swiss National Science Foundation
    • Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
    • Technology Foundation STW, Netherlands
    • Fondazione Cariplo, Italy
    • Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology and Space
    • Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
    • Chilean National Science and Technology Commission (CONICYT-Chile)
    • São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
    • Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
    • French National Research Agency (ANR)
    • Czech Science Foundation
    • Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA)
    • National Research Foundation of Singapore
    • National Science Center, Poland
    • The Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
    • Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in India
    • Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
    • Dutch Research Council
    • European Science Foundation
    • Research Council of Finland
  • Service at Cornell University
    • Undergraduate Advisor, College of Engineering, 2016-present
    • Graduate Field Committee, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2016-2023
    • Space Committee, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2016-2022
    • Computing Committee, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2018-2022
    • Website Committee, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2018-2022
    • Teaching Awards Committee, College of Engineering, 2018-2020
    • Ad Hoc Tenure Review Committee, 2017-present
    • Faculty Search Committee, Systems Engineering Program and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2017-2018
    • Faculty Search Committee, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, 2017-2018
    • Energy Institute Strategic Planning Committee, 2017-2018
    • University Travel Expense Policy Committee, 2018-2021
    • Faculty Leadership Committee, Cornell Institute of Digital Agriculture, 2017-present
    • Faculty Advisor, Cornell Energy Systems Club, 2018-2020
    • Associate Director, Cornell Energy Systems Institute, 2018-2023
    • Chair of Ph.D. Studies, Cornell Systems Engineering, 2018-2024
    • Faculty Search Committee, Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering Program, 2018-2019
    • Faculty Search Committee Co-Chair, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2021-2022
    • CESI Director Search Committee, Cornell Energy Systems Institute (CESI), 2021-2022
    • Awards & Recognitions Committee, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2019-present
    • Communication Committee, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2021-2022
    • M.Eng. Committee, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2021-2023
    • Postdoc Committee, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2023-present
    • Chair of Energy & Sustainability Graduate Admission Sub-Committee, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2021-2022
    • Associate Director, Cornell Institute of Digital Agriculture, 2021-2023
    • OVPRI Task Force on Generative AI in Academic Research, 2023
    • Chair of Awards Committee, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2024-2025
    • Research Committee, Cornell Generative AI Advisory Council, 2024-2025
    • Faculty Senator on behalf of Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University Faculty Senate, 2020-2022, 2024-present
    • College of Engineering Academic Integrity Hearing Board, 2024-present
    • Co-Director, Cornell Institute of Digital Agriculture (CIDA), 2023-present
    • Senior Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, 2021-present
    • Co-Director, Cornell University AI for Science Institute (CUAISci), 2022-present
    • Program Co-Lead, Schmidt AI in Science Fellowships at Cornell, 2022-present
    • Director, Cornell AI for Sustainability Initiative (CAISI), 2024-present
Selected Press Coverage
  • Major Media
    • The New York Times
    • The Wall Street Journal
    • The Washington Post
    • Reuters
    • Associated Press
    • BBC News
    • NPR
    • Bloomberg
    • The Guardian
    • CNN
    • ABC News
    • NBC News
    • Al Jazeera
    • CBC News
    • Forbes
    • Fortune
    • Harvard Business Review
    • MIT Technology Review
    • Scientific American
    • National Geographic
    • Wired
    • New Scientist
    • Newsweek
    • POLITICO
  • Science and Engineering Media
    • Science
    • Nature
    • Nature Reviews Materials
    • IEEE Spectrum
    • Communications of the ACM
    • Chemistry World
    • ScienceDaily
    • Tech Xplore
    • C&E News
    • Phys.org
    • Popular Science
    • Physics World
    • Technology Networks
    • Environmental News Network
    • Yale Environment 360
    • Inside Climate News
    • PV Magazine
    • Grist
  • Broader Media Reach
    • Research has been covered or syndicated by 300+ additional regional, international, university, government, trade, technical-news, and media-aggregation outlets.
Education
  • Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2009.
  • B.Eng., Tsinghua University, 2005.