Wenmei Xue

Wenmei Xue has served as a board member for Tri-State Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS) since 2015. She holds a BA in Physical Chemistry and a MS in Inorganic Chemistry from Lanzhou University, as well as a PhD in Organometallic Chemistry from the University of Hong Kong. She is currently a senior chemist at BASF Corporation. A significant part of her research has focused on catalysts for environmental applications. She was the recipient of the 2010 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award from the R&D Council of New Jersey and the 2015 Excellence in Catalysis Award from the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York, in recognition of her contribution to the discovery and development of Cu–CHA catalysts for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx from diesel vehicles.