Tang, You-Zhi (Canada)

Dr. Tang is an internationally recognized cleantech expert. After receiving his PhD from Dalhousie University in 1987, He served as a senior manager and executive in major Canadian engineering and environmental companies, with technical and management responsibilities in air quality, IAQ and OH&S, environmental science and engineering, as well as sustainability practice for businesses. He is now a shareholder / director of several cleantech companies. Dr. Tang is Adjunct Professor for 4 universities. He was a UNDP senior advisor, served as a peer reviewer for US Centre for Indoor Air Research (CIAR) in 1990’s, Review Expert for the Ontario Green Fund, Advisor for one of the largest science parks in the world, Past President of Air & Waste Management Association-Ontario Section. Dr. Tang was an invited speaker at numerous international conferences and forums and has been featured in many media articles and TV shows, as well as three books on Chinese Canadian elites. He was a recipient of many awards including the Green Toronto Award – 2007 Environmental Award of Excellence, Toronto Community Climate Action Hero Award (2009), Canada China Low Carbon International Development Award (2011), 2015 Global Chinese Influential Person in Environmental Science & Technology by Hong Kong Satellite TV, 2019 Qilu Friendship Award, and 2022 Hebei Provincial Science & Technology Award.