News

October 29, 2026
Our recent work on waste-derived graphite is highlighted in Yale School of the Environment News, and the story has made it to the front page of Yale Today! The story features...
September 17, 2026
The Yao Lab is delighted to welcome two new members this fall: Roujia Zhong, who joins us as a PhD student, and Yixiao Yang, who joins as a Master’s student. We look...
July 13, 2026
Seven members of the Yao Lab presented posters at the Gordon Research Conference on Industrial Ecology. PhD student Hannah Wang won first prize in the student poster...
January 30, 2026
Our new study examining the role of biodegradable plastics in shaping the future environmental impacts of the global plastics system has been published. Using a global...
December 8, 2025
Congratulations to Youyi Xu, a third-year PhD student in Yao Lab, for successfully passing her qualifying exam!
October 3, 2025
We are excited to welcome three new members to the Yao Lab: Dr. Zhenyang Chen, PhD student Xiang Zhao, and Master’s student Clara Zwolanek! 
September 29, 2025
Dr. Yuan Yao recently spoke in a webinar hosted by the National Academies about Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Technoeconomic Analysis (TEA) of Emerging Greenhouse Gas...