RESEARCH FOCUS
2021 | Fellow, American Chemical Society (ACS) | |
2020 | Stephen S. Chang Award for Lipid or Flavor Science, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) | |
2019 | Outstanding Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Grain and Oil Society (team award) | |
2019 | Second Prize of the Science and Technology Award, Chinese Association of Human Nutrition (team award) | |
2016 | USP Award for Outstanding Contribution to USP Standards, USP, Presented to Yu as a Member for the 2010-2015 Food Ingredients International Adulterants Expert Panel, U.S. Pharmacopeia Convent | |
2014 | Prize on ‘Formation Mechanism of (2)/(3)-Monochloropropanediol- and Glycidyl Fatty Acid Esters in Fats and Oils’, The German Society for Fat Science e. V. (DGF) | |
2012 | Fellow, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) | |
2012 | Award for an Innovative Response to a Public Health Challenge, U.S. Pharmacopeia Convention | |
2012 | Distinguished Agricultural Aluminum Award, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, west Lafayette | |
2011 | Fellow Award, American Chemical Society, Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division | |
2011 | Outstanding Food Science Award, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, west Lafayette | |
2008 | Young Scientist Research Award, American Oil Chemist Society | |
2008 | Excellence in Research Award, University of Maryland College Park, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Association | |
2007 | Research Highlights No. 7, USDA CSREES NRI | |
2007 | Featured Chemist for the Many Faces of Chemistry, American Chemical Society | |
2006 | Young Scientist Research Award, American Chemical Society, Agricultural and Chemistry Division | |
2006 | Excellence in Instruction Award, University of Maryland, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Association | |
2006 | General Research Board Award, University of Maryland | |
2002- 2003 |
Tenure Track Faculty Scholarly Excellence Award, Colorado State University, College of Applied Human Science |