Professor Ye Jinhua Elected as Foreign Member of Academia Europaea

Recently, Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe) announced the results of its 2025 membership election, and Professor Ye Jinhua from Hebei University was elected as a Foreign Member.

Professor Ye Jinhua, a recipient of China’s Major Talent Program, joined Hebei University as a full-time professor in April 2023. She currently serves as the Director of the Light-Driven Carbon Neutrality Research Center at the College of Physical Science and Technology. With a long-standing focus on the research and development of photo-functional materials and their applications in environmental protection and new energy, Professor Ye has led over a dozen major research projects, including initiatives funded by the Japanese government, industrial partners, China’s National "973" Program, and key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Her work has yielded numerous groundbreaking achievements of international significance.

She has published more than 600 high-impact papers in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Catalysis, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Journal of the American Chemical Society, accumulating approximately 80,000 citations with an H-index of 134. In 2016, she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) from 2016 to 2023. She also serves as an Associate Editor for the internationally renowned journals Science Advances and ACS Nano.

Academia Europaea (also known as the European Academy of Humanities and Sciences), founded in 1988, is an international scientific organization established by the UK Royal Society and several leading national academies representing Europe’s highest academic standards. It comprises over 5,500 members, including more than 90 Nobel laureates.

Membership primarily consists of distinguished scholars from European countries, representing the pinnacle of academic excellence in humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, mathematics, engineering, and medicine. Foreign membership is granted to exceptional scientists outside Europe who maintain long-term collaboration with European academia. New members are elected annually through a rigorous peer-review process initiated by nominations from two existing members. While the majority of elected members are European scientists, the acceptance rate for foreign members is less than 5%. Those elected are conferred the title of MAE (Member of Academia Europaea), signifying their outstanding contributions and international reputation in their respective fields.