2005.9 — 2009.7在东北大学获得环境工程工学学士学位；
2009.9 — 2015.7在大连理工大学获得环境工程工学博士学位；
2015.9 —至今任河南师范大学环境学院教师。
1.生物电化学水污染控制技术
2.水中微污染物控制理论与技术
主持项目：
1. 河南省高等学校重点科研项目（18A610001）：基于生物电化学系统的含重金属小麦籽粒能源化研究
参与项目：
1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目（No. 21177017）：蒽醌/石墨烯纳米复合材料电极的电催化氧还原性能及其在异相electro-Fenton-like体系中的应用研究
2. 国家“十二五”辽河水专项项目：抚顺腈纶厂丙烯腈废水处理示范工程；辽阳石油化纤行业总排废水深度处理技术
3. 横向项目：电化学催化氧化法处理反渗透浓水的技术研究；清洗液、淬火液、切削液混合废水混凝沉淀/臭氧催化氧化处理实验
代表性论文：
1. Guang-En Yuan*, Yunbei Li, Jinghua Lv, Guoquan Zhang, Fenglin Yang. Integration of microbial fuel cell and catalytic oxidation reactor with iron phthalocyanine catalyst for Congo red degradation. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 120 (2017) 118–124.
2. Guang-En Yuan, Honghu Deng, Xiangli Ru, Xin Zhang*. Electricity Generation from Heavy Metal-Containing Wheat Grain Hydrolysate Using Single-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells: Performance and Long-Term Stability. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 13 (2018) 8589-8601.
3.Guang'en Yuan, Guoquan Zhang, Jie Chen, Lei Fu, Lei Xu, Fenglin Yang*. The electrochemical activities of anthraquinone monosulfonate adsorbed on the basal plane of reduced graphene oxide by π−π stacking interaction. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2013, 17(10): 2711-2719.
4.Guang'en Yuan, Guoquan Zhang*, Yufei zhou, Fenglin Yang*. Synergetic adsorption and catalytic oxidation performance originating from leafy graphite nanosheet anchored iron(II) phthalocyanine nanorods for efficient organic dye degradation. RSC Advances, 2015, 5(33): 26132-26140.
5.Lei Xu, Guoquan Zhang, Jie Chen, Yufei Zhou, Guang’en Yuan, Fenglin Yang. Spontaneous redox synthesis of Prussian/graphene nanocomposite as a non-precious metal catalyst for efficient four-electron oxygen reduction in acidic medium. Journal of Power Sources, 240 (2013): 101-108.
6.Lei Xu, Guoquan Zhang, Guang’en Yuan, Fenglin Yang. Anti-fouling performance and mechanism of anthraquinone/polypyrrole composite modified membrane cathode in novel MFC-aerobic MBR coupled system. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 22533-22543.
7.Yufei Zhou, Guoquan Zhang, Jie Chen, Guang’en Yuan, Lei Xu, Lifen Liu, Fenglin Yang. A facile two-step electroreductive synthesis of anthraquinone/graphene nanocomposites as efficient electrocatalyst for O2 reduction in neutral medium. Electrochemistry Communications, 2012, 22, 69-72.
8.Guangyi Zhang, Hanmin Zhang, Yanjie Ma, Guang’en Yuan, Fenglin Yang, Rong Zhang. Membrane filtration biocathode microbial fuel cell for nitrogen removal and electricity generation. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2014, 60(0): 56-63.
9.Guangyi Zhang, Hanmin Zhang, Cuiya Zhang, Guoquan Zhang, Guang’en Yuan, Fenglin Yang, Fan Gao.Simultaneous nitrogen and carbon removal in a single chamber microbial fuel cell with a rotating biocathode. Process Biochemistry, 2013, 48(5–6): 893-900.