Faculty

Current Position

Professor, Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

 

Office

R311, 2nd Medical Building

 

Academic Degrees

Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

 
Experience

Short-term Domestic Visiting Scholar, Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica
Postdoctoral Researcher, Inst. of Chemistry, Academia Sinica

 

Specialty

Environmental EngineeringEnvironmental Health and Intervention

 

Research Interests

Photocatalysis and its environmental applications
Indoor Air Quality and its control techniques
Nano-silver antimicrobial effectiveness

IHP Thesis Advisee

1. Sepridawati Siregar. Association Between of Long -Term PM2.5 Exposure with Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: Evidence from Indonesian Family Life Survey. 2021

2. Melinda Neumann. Indoor air pollution emitted from cooking using biomass fuel in the Shiselweni Region of Eswatini (Swaziland)

 

Selected Publications

• Sepridawati Siregar, Nora Idiawati, Puji Lestari, Abiyu Kerebo Berekute, Wen-Chi Pan, Kuo-Pin Yu*. Chemical composition, source appointment and health risk of PM2.5 and PM2.5-10 during forest and peatland fires in Riau, Indonesia. Aerosol and Air Quality Research 2022 Accepted. 
• Sepridawati Siregar, Nora Idiawati, Wen-Chi Pan, Kuo-Pin Yu*. Association between satellite-based estimates of long-term PM2.5 exposure and cardiovascular disease: evidence from the Indonesian Family Life Survey. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2022; 29:21156–21165.
• Abiyu Kerebo Berekute, Kuo-Pin Yu*, Yi-Hsueh Brad Chuang. Enhanced photocatalytic activity of novel α-Bi2O3@g-C3N4 composites for the degradation of endocrine-disrupting benzophenone-3 in water under visible light. Sustainable Environment Research 2022; 32(17). 
• Chien Su, Abiyu Kerebo Berekute, Kuo-Pin Yu*. Chitosan@TiO2 composites for the adsorption of copper(II) and antibacterial applications. Sustainable Environment Research 2022; 32(27). 
• Yen-Chi Chen, I-Jen Wang, Chih-Ching Cheng, Yu-Chiao Wu, Chun-Hsuan Bai, Kuo-Pin Yu*. Effect of selected sampling media, flow rate, and time on the sampling efficiency of a liquid impinger packed with glass beads for the collection of airborne viruses. Aerobiologia 2021; 37:243–252. 
• I-Jen Wang, Yen-Chi Chen, Chien Su, Ming-Hsuan Tsai, Wan-Tien Shen, Chun-Hsuan Bai, Kuo-Pin Yu*. Effectiveness of the nano-silver/TiO2-chitosan antiviral filter on the removal of viral aerosols. Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery 2021; 34:293–302.
• Ming-Hsuan Tsai, Abiyu Kerebo Berekute, Yu Wei Tsai, Kun-Yi Lin, Kuo-Pin Yu*. Removal of benzophenone aerosols by a rice straw-based activated carbon filter combined with negative air ionizer. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2021; 9(2):105141. 
• Jhih-Yang Yin, Haitao Wang, Kuo-Pin Yu, Jechan Lee, and Kun-Yi Andrew Lin. Degradation of Sunscreen Agent 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid using Monopersulfate activated by MOF-derived Cobalt Sulfide Nanoplates. Journal of Water Process Engineering 2021; 44:102282. 
• Kuo-Pin Yu, Yen-Chi Chen, Yun-Jhe Miao, Sepridawati Siregar, Yu Wei Tsai, Whei-May Grace Lee. Effects of oil drops and the charcoals proximate composition on the air pollution emitted from charcoal barbecues. Aerosol and Air Quality Research 2020; 20(6):1480-1494. 
• Yen-Chi Chen, Xuan-En Yang, Kun-Yi Lin, Wei-Wen Huang, Chi-Chi Lin, Kuo-Pin Yu*. Feasibility of using bed filters packed with rice-straw-based activated carbon and selected biomass waste for the control of frying fume exhaust. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020; 27:38321–38333. 
  
• Yen-Chi Chen, Chun-Hsing Liao, Wan-Tien Shen, Chien Su, Yu-Chiao Wu, Ming-hsuan Tsai, Shui-Shu Hsiao, Kuo-Pin Yu*, Chao-heng Tseng. Effective disinfection of airborne microbial contamination in hospital wards using a zero-valent nano-silver/TiO₂-chitosan composite. INDOOR AIR 2019; 29(3):439-449 (SCI). (Impact factor: 4.739; Rank: 7.14%)
• Yen-Chi Chen, Kuo-Pin Yu*, Wen-Cheng Shao, Chao-heng Tseng, Wen-Chi Pan. Novel mold-resistant building materials impregnated with thermally reduced nano-silver. INDOOR AIR 2018; 28(2): (SCI). (Impact factor: 4.739; Rank: 7.14%)
• Kuo-Pin Yu*, Ke Ruo Yang, Yen Chi Chen, Jia You Gong, Yen Ping Chen, Hui-Chi Shih, Shih-Chun Candice Lung. Indoor air pollution from gas cooking in five Taiwanese families. BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT 2015; 93:258-266 (SCI). (Impact factor: 4.971;Rank: 1.89%)
• Kuo-Pin Yu*, Yi-Ting Huang, Shang-Chun Yang. The antifungal efficacy of nano-metals supported TiO₂ and ozone on the resistant Aspergillus niger spore. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2013; 261:155-162 (SCI). (Impact factor: 9.038; Rank: 4.58%)
• Kuo-Pin Yu*, Chi-Chi Lin, Shang-Chun Yang, Ping Zhao. Enhancement effect of relative humidity on the formation and regional respiratory deposition of secondary organic aerosol. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2011; 191:94-102 (SCI). (Impact factor: 9.038; Rank: 4.58%)
• Kuo-Pin Yu, Wen-Yueh Yu, Ming-Chih Kuo, Yuh-Cherng Liou, Shu-Hua Chien. Pt/titania-nanotube: a potential catalyst for CO₂ adsorption and hydrogenation. APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL 2008; 84:112-118 (SCI). (Impact factor: 16.683; Rank: 0.96%)
• Kuo-Pin Yu*, Grace Whei-May Lee. Decomposition of gas-phase toluene by the combination of ozone and photocatalytic oxidation process (TiO₂/UV, TiO₂/UV/O₃, and UV/O₃). APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL 2007; 75:29-38 (SCI). (Impact factor: 16.683; Rank: 0.96%)