Biography

Yuye Tan graduated from University of Science & Technology Beijing（USTB）and got the PHD Degree of Mining Engineering in 2012. After graduation she became a lecturer at the Department of Resources Engineering, USTB. From Dec 2016 to Dec 2017, she visited Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, UBC as a visiting scholar. Then she came back to USTB and be promoted to an professor in 2023. NOW she is in a one-year visit on Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, UBC as a visiting professor from Sep 2023. Her interest including Mine filling materials and backfill mechanics\ Mining theory and technology for underground metal mine\Mineral resource economics and management. So far, she has been engaged in scientific research and teaching work in the mining industry for nearly 15 years, and has hosted and completed over more than 20 research projects. She won the China Metallurgical Youth Science and Technology Award in 2023, and won 4 provincial and ministerial science and technology prizes, 7 science and technology prizes in the past 10 years. She published more than 60 academic papers and 2 academic monographs. She held some important academic positions, including member of the Expert Committee of the China Non-Ferrous Metals Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, young editorial member of the Journal of Mining and Technology of China , Journal of Mining Science, and Mineral Processing Engineering, and be reviewer of well-known journals in the mining industry such as RMRE.