Prof. Yongfei Yang

Yongfei Yang is a professor, vice dean of School of Petroleum Engineering at China University of Petroleum (East China). He is an active InterPore member, acting as secretary-general of China InterPore Chapter, secretary of InterPore Foundation and the Chair of Thematic Workshops Committee. He is the associate editor of Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (JNGSE) and editorial board member of the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (JPSE). He is also the co-chair of InterPore 2022 Qingdao Local Committee. He is also a life member of International Society of Core Analysts (SCA). His research interests include theory and applications of fluid flow in porous media, the applications of digital rock and pore network model technology in oil and gas field development, etc. He is the principal investigator of 10+ research projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, the Ministry of Education, and 10+ projects supported by oil companies in China. He has published more than 100 journal papers in the Chemical Engineering Journal, Water Resources Research, Fuel, and Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, and others. He has authorized 10+ Chinese patents and 3 American/Australia patents. He teaches courses including Fluid Flow in Porous Media, Gas Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir Displacement Mechanism, and Introduction to Petroleum Industry etc.