1979 - 1983哈爾濱師范大學(xué)，理學(xué)學(xué)士；

1983 - 1986 中科院大連化學(xué)物理研究所，理學(xué)碩士；

1986 - 1990 中科院大連化學(xué)物理研究所，理學(xué)博士；

1989 英國Birmingham大學(xué)作訪問學(xué)者。

1990 - 1993 中科院大連化學(xué)物理研究所，助研；

1993 - 1995 中科院大連化學(xué)物理研究所，副研；

1995 - 至今 中科院大連化學(xué)物理研究所，研究員；

2001 美國Univ. of Southern California作訪問學(xué)者。

長期從事無機膜與膜催化基礎(chǔ)及應(yīng)用研究工作。

應(yīng)邀分別在 12 Int’l Conf. on Inorganic Membranes (ICIM) (2012，荷蘭)和14 ICIM (2016，美國)等本領(lǐng)域重要國際會議上作大會邀請報告；應(yīng)邀在第十九屆全國分子篩學(xué)術(shù)大會上作大會報告。任 6 Int’l Conf. on Catal. in Membrane Reactor (2002, Dalian)和7 Int’l Zeolite Membrane Meeting (2016, Dalian)國際會議主席以及多個與膜和膜過程相關(guān)的系列重要國際會議學(xué)術(shù)委員或顧問。

在Science、JACS、Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.、Adv. Mater.、AIChE J.、J. Membr. Sci.等權(quán)威雜志上發(fā)表SCI文章300余篇，SCI引用10,000余次，H-index 55；英文專著1部（Springer）和中文專著1部（科學(xué)出版社）；

Peng Y, Li YS, Ban YJ, Jin H, Jiao WM, Liu XL,Yang WS,Metal-organic framework nanosheets as building blocks for molecular sieving membranes,Science, 346(6215)(2014)1356-1359Peng Y, Li YS, Ban YJ,Yang WS,Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets for Membrane-Based Gas Separation,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 56(2017)9757-9761Li WP, Zhu XF, Chen SG,Yang WS,Integration of Nine Steps into One Membrane Reactor to Produce SynthesisGases for Ammonia and Liquid Fuel,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 55(30)(2016)8566-8570Ban YJ, Li ZJ, Li YS, Peng Y, Jin H, Jiao WM, Guo A, Wang P, Yang QY, Zhong CL,Yang WS,Confinement of Ionic Liquids in Nanocages: Tailoring the Molecular Sieving Properties of ZIF-8 for Membrane-Based CO₂Capture,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54(51)(2015)15483Yu TW, Chu WL, Cai R, Liu YC,Yang WS,InSitu Electrochemical Synthesis of Oriented and Defect-Free AEL Molecular-Sieve Films Using Ionic Liquids,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54(44)(2015)13032-13035Liu Y, Zhu XF, Li MR, Liu HY, Cong Y,Yang WS,Stabilization of Low-Temperature Degradation in Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conducting Perovskite Oxygen Permeation Membranes,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52(11)(2013)3232-3236Liu XL, Li YS, Zhu, GQ, Ban YJ, Xu LY,Yang WS,An Organophilic Pervaporation Membrane Derived from Metal-Organic Framework Nanoparticles for Efficient Recovery of Bio-Alcohols,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50(45)(2011)10636-10639Liu Y, Li YS,Yang WS,Fabrication of Highly b-Oriented MFI Film with Molecular Sieving Properties by Controlled In-Plane Secondary Growth,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132(6)(2010)1768Liu Y, Ban YJ,Yang WS,Microstructural Engineering and Architectural Design of Metal-Organic Framework Membranes,Adv. Mater., 29(2017)1606949Xu XC,Yang WS, Liu J, Lin LW,Synthesis of a High-permeance NaA Zeolite Membrane by Microwave Heating,Adv. Mater.,12(3)(2000)195-198Liu Y, Zhu XF, Li MR, O’Hayre RP,Yang WS,Nanoparticles at Grain Boundaries Inhibit the Phase Transformation of Perovskite Membrane,Nano Lett., 15(11)(2015)7678-7683Li WP, Cao ZW, Cai LL, Zhang LX, Zhu XF,Yang WS,H₂S-tolerant oxygen-permeable ceramic membrane for hydrogen separation with performance comparable to palladium-based membranes,Energy Environ. Sci., 10(1)(2017)101-106Zhu Y, Li WP, Liu Y, Zhu XF,Yang WS,Selectionof Oxygen Permeation Models for Different Mixed Ionic-Electronic ConductingMembranes,AIChE J., 63(9)(2017)4043-4053Li WP, Cao ZW, Zhu XF,Yang WS,High-rate hydrogen separation using an MIEC oxygen permeable membrane reactor,AIChE J., 63(4)(2017)1278-1286Liu Y, Zhu Y, Li MR, Zhu XF,Yang WS,Oxygen Transport Kinetics of MIEC Membranes Coated with Different Catalysts,AIChE J., 62(8)(2016)2803-2812Liu Y, Zhu XF,Yang WS,Degradation Mechanism Analysis of Ba_0.5Sr_0.5Co_0.8Fe_0.2O_3-dMembranes at Intermediate-Low Temperatures,AIChE J., 61(11)(2015) 3879-3888Zhu XF, Liu HY, Cong Y,Yang WS,Permeation model and experimental investigation of mixed conducting membranes,AIChE J., 58(6)(2012)1744-1754He YF, Zhu XF,Yang WS,The Role of A-Site Ion Nonstoichiometry in the Oxygen Absorption Properties of Sr_1+xCo_0.8Fe_0.2O₃Oxides,AIChE J., 57(1)(2011) 87-95He YF, Zhu XF, Li QM,Yang WS,Perovskite Oxide Absorbents for Oxygen Separation,AIChE J., (55)(12)(2009) 3125-3133Zhu XF,Yang WS,Composite membrane based on ionic conductor and mixed conductor for oxygen permeation,AIChE J., 54(3)(2008)665-672

專利授權(quán)60余件；在國際上，首次實現(xiàn)微波合成分子篩膜工業(yè)放大；完成了多套萬噸級有機物分子篩膜脫水工業(yè)應(yīng)用示范以及10萬噸/年乙醇分子篩膜脫水工業(yè)應(yīng)用。

國務(wù)院政府特殊津貼(1993)和國家杰出青年基金獲得者(2007)；973項目首席科學(xué)家(2007)。1998年獲中國化學(xué)會青年化學(xué)獎；2006年獲遼寧省自然科學(xué)一等獎(第一完成人)；2014年獲廣東省自然科學(xué)一等獎（第二完成人）；2015年獲國家自然科學(xué)二等獎(第一完成人)。