Since 2015, Yong GENG has served as the Dean and Chair Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Prior to this, was a Professor at the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) from 2008 to 2014.
He also held significant roles as a National Expert for evaluating China’s cleaner production activities at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in 2007 and as an NIES Fellow at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan, from 2007 to 2008. Earlier in the career, was an Associate Professor at Dalian University of Technology (DUT) and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leipzig, Germany. Began the academic journey as a Lecturer at DUT and gained industry experience as a Project Manager at Dalian International Trust and Investment Company.