初園園，女，博士，天津工業大學教授，碩士生導師。美國西北太平洋國家實驗室(PNNL)訪問學者，天津大學化工學院流動站博士后。致力于能源催化和電催化等領域的基礎和應用研究。主持自然科學基金1項，省部級項目1項，發表收錄論文40余篇，申請專利10余項，授權專利4項。省部共建分離膜與膜過程國家重點實驗室骨干成員，天津市水質安全評價與保障技術工程中心成員。
2011年-至今年受聘于天津工業大學化學與化工學院（2018年前為環境與化學工程學院）化學工程與工藝系從事教學科研工作，主講化學反應工程、新能原材料等課程。
發表論文（列出第一作者或通訊作者）
1. Yuan Yuan Chu, Zhen Bo Wang*, Da Ming Gu, Ge Ping Yin. A Novel Structural Designing of Pt/CeO2C Catalyst with Improved Performance for Methanol Electro-Oxidation by β-Cyclodextrin Carbonization. Advanced Materials. 2011, 23: 3100-3104.
2. Yuan Yuan Chu, Xiaoyao Tan, Zhangfeng Shen, Pengyun Liu, Ning Han, Jian Kang, Xiaoguang Duan, Shaobin Wang*, Lihong Liu, Shaomin Liu*. Efficient removal of organic and bacterial pollutants by Ag-La0.8Ca0.2Fe0.94O3-δ perovskite via catalytic peroxymono sulfate activation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2018, 356,53-66.
3. Yuan Yuan Chu*, Jun Cao, Zhao Dai, and Xiao Yao Tan. A novel Pt/CeO2 catalyst coated with nitrogen doped carbon with excellent performance for DMFCs. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2014, 2: 4038-4044.
4. Long Li, Jingjing Yang, Yongxiang Jin, Xiaoyao Tan, Zhao Dai, Yu Qian , Haitao Wang, Weili Qu, Yuanyuan Chu*. A novel structural design of hybrid nanotube with CNTs and CeO2 supported Pt nanoparticles with improved performance for methanol electro-oxidation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2016, 41: 9284-9294.
5. Jingjing Yang, Yuan Yuan Chu*, Long Li, Haitao Wang, Zhao Dai, Xiao-Yao Tan*. Effects of calcination temperature and CeO2 contents on the performance of Pt/CeO2/CNTs hybrid nanotube catalysts for methanol oxidation. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry.2016, 46:369-377.
6. Jingjing Yang, Xiaoyao Tan*, Yu Qian, Long Li, Yu Xue, Zhao Dai, Haitao Wang, Yuanyuan Chu*. Methanol oxidation on Pt/CeO2 @C–N electrocatalysts prepared by the in-situ carbonization of polyvinylpyrrolidone. 2016, 46: 779-789.
7. Long Li, Yuan-Yuan Chu*, Jun Cao, Zhao Dai, Shi Huai Zhao, Xiao-Yao Tan. Preparation of Pt/XC-72@C-N electrocatalysts by the in-situ carbonization of ionic liquid for methanol oxidation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2015, 40: 3900-3908.
8. Jun Cao, Yuan-Yuan Chu, Xiao-Yao Tan*. Pt/XC-72 catalysts coated with nitrogen-doped carbon (Pt/XC-72@C-N) for methanol electro-oxidation. Materials Chemistry and Physics 2014, 144: 17-24.
9. Yuan Yuan Chu*, Zhen Bo Wang*, Da Ming Gu, Ge Ping Yin. Synthesis of truncated-octahedral Pt-Pd nanocrystals supported on carbon black as a highly efficient catalyst for methanol oxidation. Fuel Cells. 2014, 1: 49-55.
10. Yuan Yuan Chu*, Zhen Bo Wang*, Jun Cao, Da Ming Gu, Ge Ping Yin. Ultrahigh durable PtPd/C nanowire networks catalyst synthesized by modified phase transfer method for methanol oxidation. Fuel Cells. 2013, 13: 380-386.
11. Da Ming Gu, Yuan Yuan Chu, Zhen-Bo Wang*, Zheng Zhi Jiang, Ge Ping Yin. Methanol oxidation on Pt/CeO2-C electrocatalysts prepared by microwave-assisted ethylene glycol process. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2011, 102: 9-18.
12. Yuan Yuan Chu, Zhen Bo Wang*, Da Ming Gu, Ge-Ping Yin. Performance of Pt/C catalysts prepared by microwave-assisted polyol process for methanol electrooxidation. Journal of Power Sources. 2010, 195: 1799-1804.
13. Yuan Yuan Chu, Zhen Bo Wang*, Zheng Zhi Jiang, Da Ming Gu, Ge Ping Yin. Facile synthesis of hollow spherical sandwich PtPd/C catalyst by electrostatic self-assembly in polyol solution for methanol electrooxidation. Journal of Power Sources. 2012, 203:17-25.
14. Yuan Yuan Chu, Zhen-Bo Wang*, Zheng Zhi Jiang, Da Ming Gu, Ge Ping Yin. Effect of pH value on performance of PtRu/C catalyst prepared by microwave-assisted polyol process for methanol electrooxidation. Fuel Cells. 2010, 10: 914-919.
15. Zhen Bo Wang*, Yuan Yuan Chu, Ai Fen Shao, Peng Jian Zuo, Ge Ping Yin. Electrochemical impedance studies of electrooxidation of methanol and formic acid on Pt/C catalyst in acid medium. Journal of Power Sources. 2009, 190: 336-340.
16. Yuan Yuan Chu，Zhao Hui Teng，Bing Wu，Ya Wen Tang，Tian Hong Lu，Ying Gao*. The effect of mixed support of carbon black and nanographite on catalytic activity of Pt catalyst for methanol electrooxidation. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 2008, 38: 357-1362.
