本科毕业于江苏省常州大学化学工程与工艺专业（2015-2019），曾赴清华大学（新竹）交换学习（2017.9-2018.1），2019年进入中国海洋大学攻读化学工程硕士学位。曾于青岛海水稻研究发展中心及英国保诚公司（香港营业部）实习工作。他的科研兴趣包括多相催化、光化学转化等方向。
文章发表：
Yuan Yao, Guangmin Ren, Zizhen Li, Hongcun Bai, Xiude Hu and Xiangchao Meng*, “Nitrogen Vacancy-induced Deposition of Pd Nanoparticles onto g-C3N4 with Greatly Improved Photocatalytic Activity in H2 Evolution”, Solar RRL 5: 2100145 (2021)
Zizhen Li#, Yuan Yao#, Xinyu Gao, Hongcun Bai and Xiangchao Meng*, “Interfacial charge transfer and enhanced photocatalytic mechanisms for Pt nanoparticles loaded onto sulfur doped g-C3N4 in H2 Evolution”, Materials Today Energy 22, 100881 (2021)
Yuan Yao#, Xinyu Gao# and Xiangchao Meng*, “Recent Advances on Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Seawater Splitting for Hydrogen Evolution”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46, 13, 9087-9100 (2021)
Yuan Yao, Xinyu Gao, Zizhen Li*, Xiangchao Meng*, “Photocatalytic Reforming for Hydrogen Evolution: A Review”, Catalysts 10 (3), 335 (2020)
Xinyu Gao, Yuan Yao, Xiangchao Meng*, “Recent Development on BN-based Photocatalysis: A Review”, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 120, 105256 (2020)
奖励及荣誉称号：
国家奖学金、校级优秀毕业生、化学化工学院2021年度人物学术之星、2022年度硕士研究生学术（实践）创新奖学金