The Journal of the American Chemical Society(JACS) names Professor Jihong Yu as Executive Editor, published by the American Chemical Society.

JACS founded in 1879, is the flagship journal of the American Chemical Society and the world's preeminent journal in all of chemistry and interfacing areas of science. This periodical is devoted to the publication of fundamental research papers and publishes approximately 19,000 pages of Articles, Communications, and Perspectives a year. Published weekly, JACS provides research essential to the field of chemistry.

Prof. Jihong Yu is from the State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, and is the director of International Center of Future Science, Jilin University.

Her main research interest is in the designed synthesis and application of zeolitic nanoporous materials in catalysis, separation and host-gust assembly. She has co-authored over 350 research papers including Science, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., Chem, JACS, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., etc.; obtained over 20 authorized Chinese Invention Patents; edited 7 books. She was the winners of the National Prize for Natural Science, and IUPAC 2017 Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award, etc. She was the Associate Editor of Chemical Science (2012-2020) and joined JACS as an Executive Editor in 2021. Currently, she serves as Editorial Board Members of Materials Horizons, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, National Science Review, ACS Central Science, Chem, etc. She is the chair of Chinese Zeolite Association, and Vice President of Chinese Chemical Association.

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