Aiping Yu
About
Prof. Aiping Yu is a University Research Chair professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo and a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering. The immersion in academia and industry for over 26 years has empowered her with multidisciplinary expertise in nanomaterials development, processing, and chemical functionalization for engineering applications in energy storage and multifunctional polymer composites. Prof. Yu has achieved 9 US patents/provisional patents, 3 books/book chapters, and more than 260 refereed journal articles. Broadly speaking, her research has achieved a significant impact on her field and related industries. She is listed in the World’s Top 1% highly cited researchers in 2024 and 2025. She is the recipient of two prestigious national awards: the NSERC Steacie Memorial Fellowship and the RSC Rutherford Memorial Award. In 2023, she was recognized as Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100. She is now Canada’s foremost researcher in the design and development of cost-effective nanosized materials for energy storage and polymer applications