闫勇，男，内蒙古丰镇市人。英国皇家工程院院士、IEEE Fellow、北京航空航天大学教授、博士生导师。自2024年7月1日起担任北航国际创新研究院“碳中和国际研究中心”主任及首席科学家，曾任英国肯特大学工程学院教授、科研创新主任、测控研究中心主任。分别于清华大学（1980-1988）和英国Teesside大学（1989-1992）获得学士、硕士和博士学位。2011年当选为国际电气电子工程师学会会士（IEEE Fellow），2020年当选为英国皇家工程院院士。主要兼职包括国际测量学会(IMEKO) 能源测量分会TC20副主席、国际火焰研究学会（IFRF）理事、英国燃料与能源研究学会委员会执行理事、Measurement: Energy期刊总主编、Measurement期刊主编、浙江大学求是讲座教授等。
从事检测技术与自动化装置学科的科研和教学工作三十多年。主要研究方向为二氧化碳封存链中的检测技术、多相流检测技术、燃烧过程检测技术、智能感知与状态监测。在静电传感器、数字成像监测、智能仪表等领域取得了国际领先水平的研究成果，已获得20多项国际国内科研奖励，包括2017年度IEEE仪表与测量学会最佳应用奖等。已发表540余篇学术论文，其中有240多篇SCI期刊论文，60多篇发表于顶级学术期刊IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, h-index 54，论文被引用一万多次。拥有40多项国际国内发明专利，已指导46名博士生毕业和20多名博士后出站。
Yong Yan has been the Director and Lead Scientist of International Center for Carbon Neutralization at Hangzhou International Innovation Institute of Beihang University since. He was a Professor of Electronic Instrumentation, Director of Research and Innovation, and Head of Instrumentation and Control Research Group at the School of Engineering, University of Kent, UK from June 2004 to June 2024. He gained the BEng, MEng and PhD degrees from Tsinghua University (1980-1988) and Teesside University in the UK (1989-1992), respectively. In recognition of his contributions to pulverised fuel flow metering and burner flame imaging, he was named an IEEE Fellow in 2011 and elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2020. He serves as the Vice Chair of International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) TC20 (Measurements of Energy & Related Quantities), Council Member of International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF), and Member of the Executive Committee of Fuel and Energy Research Forum (FERF), Editor-in-Chief of the Measurement: Energy journal, Editor of the Measurement journal, and Qiushi Chair Professor (part-time) at Zhejiang University.
Professor Yan has been undertaking active research and education in the field of instrumentation and measurement for more than three decades. His research interests include measurement techniques for the Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) chain, multiphase flow metering, combustion process monitoring, and intelligent sensing and condition monitoring. He has made world-leading achievements in electrostatic sensors, digital imaging based measurement, and intelligent instrumentation. He is a recipient of more than 20 prizes and awards in recognition of his research achievements, including the Best Applications Award of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society in 2017. He has published more than 540 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings, of which 240 papers are in SCI indexed journals and 60 papers in the top journal, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. His h-index is 54 with over 10,000 citations. He is a named inventor in more than 40 granted patents and has supervised 46 PhD students and over 20 post-doctoral research associates to sucessful completion.
