DE222 Honoree: Yushan Yan – Delaware Business Times [Video]

Title: Henry B. du Pont Professor & CEO

Workplace: University of Delaware & Versogen

Alma Maters: California Institute of Technology, University of Science and Technology of China

Board: Versogen, Inc.

Q&A: What’s something interesting about you that isn’t on your resume? “I enjoy long solo walks, no music, no nothing, just a blank mind!”

Yushan Yan, the chair of the University of Delaware’s chemical and biomolecular engineering program and a researcher who has worked on fuel cell technology for decades, is leading the state’s efforts to capitalize on the green hydrogen industry. He serves as the founding director of UD’s Center for Clean Hydrogen, a public-private partnership that will invest in the advancement of hydrogen technologies. Yan also founded the green hydrogen startup Versogen, which has developed a proprietary membrane and electrolyzer to produce carbon-free hydrogen from water. The startup has raised millions and plans to hire dozens of workers in Delaware.