余艾冰教授于1963年1月生于廣東開平。1982年獲中國東北工學院（現(xiàn)東北大學）學士學位，1985年獲碩士學位。1990年獲澳大利亞伍侖貢大學博士學位。1990至1992年在澳大利亞聯(lián)邦科學與工業(yè)研究機構(gòu)(CSIRO)礦物與過程工程所從事博士后研究。后執(zhí)教于新南威爾士大學材料科學與工程學院，歷任講師(1992-1995)、高級講師(1995-1998)、副教授(1998-2001)，教授(2001-)及大學杰出教授（2007-2014）。他曾兼任學�；驀�家研究中心領(lǐng)導，包括新南威爾士大學顆粒體系仿真與模擬研究中心主任,澳大利亞功能納米材料研究中心副主任,寶鋼澳大利亞研發(fā)中心技術(shù)委員會主任,中澳礦物、冶金和材料聯(lián)合研究中心主任等職。2014五月起任澳大利亞蒙納士大學副校長，并兼任兼蒙納士大學蘇州校區(qū)校長和蒙納士大學-東南大學聯(lián)合研究院院長。最近，創(chuàng)立了澳大利亞顆粒技術(shù)仿真與模擬研究中心和江蘇省產(chǎn)業(yè)研究院工業(yè)過程模擬與優(yōu)化研究所。

余教授是顆�？茖W與技術(shù)和過程工程領(lǐng)域杰出的科學家，是顆粒填充、顆粒及多相流、以及計算機模擬與仿真多個研究領(lǐng)域的權(quán)威。他至今已發(fā)表900余篇學術(shù)論文（其中超過600篇發(fā)表于SCI國際學術(shù)期刊), 為不同的國際學術(shù)會議作了數(shù)十次大會特邀主題報告。其科研成果已被廣泛應用于冶金、材料、化工和礦物加工工業(yè),同中國、澳大利亞和許多國家的研究機構(gòu)及許多跨國公司建立了高層次的緊密的合作伙伴關(guān)系。為新南威爾士及蒙納士大學直接吸引了超過7500萬澳元的科研經(jīng)費(包括五十多項研究基金項目），已經(jīng)培養(yǎng)超過40多名博士后、80多名博士及20多名碩士；目前直接領(lǐng)導著一個由十五位教研人員及三十多名研究生組成的世界級的研究團隊。曾成功組織了多次國際學術(shù)會議，并參予組織了數(shù)十次國際、國內(nèi)學術(shù)會議。他目前是Powder Technology期刊的執(zhí)行編輯，Handbook of Powder Science and Engineering的主編, 在其研究領(lǐng)域內(nèi)曾任超過20個學術(shù)期刊任編委，包括Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Powder Technology, Granular Matter, ISIJ International, National Science Review等。

余教授先后榮獲多個澳大利亞國家級獎項及學術(shù)稱號,其中包括CSIRO博士后研究員（1990-91），ARC伊麗莎白二世研究員(1993-97)和澳大利亞國家教授(2005-09)。2007年被新南威爾士大學任命為Scientia Professorship(杰出教授）和授予科學博士（Doctor of Science）學位。2008-2013年被澳大利亞聯(lián)邦政府任命為澳大利亞學術(shù)地位最高的聯(lián)邦教授（ARC Federation Fellow）。2002年獲美國鋼鐵協(xié)會Josef Kapitan獎; 2010年榮獲澳大利亞科學院應用科學領(lǐng)域終身成就獎-伊恩沃克獎章(Ian Wark Medal and Lecture),新南威爾士州2010年度科學家稱號,以及由澳紐化工專業(yè)協(xié)會授予的2010 ExxonMobile大獎; 2011年被澳大利亞工程師學會選入前100位學術(shù)、科研及企業(yè)界最有影響的工程師。2016年被Elsevier選入化工領(lǐng)域高被引學者。

余教授于2004年當選為澳大利亞工程院院士，2011年當選為澳大利亞科學院院士，是澳大利亞極少的具有工程背景的雙院院士之一。他在兩院曾任不同職務，包括澳大利亞工程院理事會委員、新南威爾士州分院名譽秘書長(即分院副院長)，澳大利亞科學院應用物理與工程科學學部委員會委員（兼主任委員）、新南威爾士州分院院長等職。

余教授現(xiàn)任或曾任澳大利亞國家研究基金專家評委,澳大利亞研究質(zhì)量評審委員會委員，澳大利亞國家功能納米材料先進中心副主任，中澳礦物、冶金和材料聯(lián)合研究中心主任（澳大利亞政府成立的六個研究中心之一），澳大利亞顆粒學會秘書長，澳大利亞海外獎學金專家評委，澳大利亞-中國海外研究基金專家評委;中國科學院海外評審專家,長江教授海外評審專家,全澳華人專家學者聯(lián)合會主席,中國國務院僑辦專家咨詢委員會委員，中華全國華僑特聘專家，北京和廣州市海外科技顧問，江蘇省海外交流協(xié)會名譽會長,福建龍凈海外首席專家和寶鋼集團寶鋼教授等職。

余教授2017年當選為中國工程院外籍院士。

Over 1,000 publications including 13 edited books, special issues and conference proceedings, >650 papers in learned journals and book chapters, and >300 papers in conference proceedings mainly in the fields of particle science and technology, and process engineering, plus 13 patents (please see the list of publications at the back for details). To date (Jan 2018), the number of citations for his 623 collected SCI publications is >14,834, with an h-index at 56 according to the ISI Web of Science (according to the Google Scholar: citations=22,482, h-index=69, and i10-index=386). This number is extremely high in mineral/metallurgical/chemical engineering science.

(a) Membership of Professional Societies:

1996-1999 Vice-President, Chinese Australian Academic Society

2000-2003 Vice-President, Australian Chinese Society of Science and Technology

2003-2006 Secretary, Australasian Particle Technology Society

2004-           Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers

2004-                             Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (http://www.atse.org.au/)

2006-2010           Honorary Secretary, NSW Division, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (also member of ATSE Assembly/Council in 2008-10)

2007-                     President (07-08), Chair of Advisory Board (09-10) and Honorary President (11- ), Federation of Chinese Scholars in Australia (http://www.focsa.org.au/)

2010-                     Elected Committee Member, Association pour l'Etude de la Micromécanique des Milieux Granu (AEMMG)

2011-                     Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (http://www.science.org.au/)

2013-2014           Chair, NSW Region, Australian Academy of Science (the position held until moving to Monash Univ.in Melbourne)

2013-2016           Member and then Chair from 2014, Sectional committee of physical and engineering sciences, Australian Academy of Science

2013-                     Australian representative, Chemical Reaction Engineering Committee

2014-                     Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales (http://www.royalsoc.org.au/)

2017-                     Foreign Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering

(b) Professional (Editing/Refereeing) Service:

Being active in refereeing papers for many international journals (e.g. Powder Technology, Chemical Engineering Science, Journal of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Langmuir, Physical Review (PRL & PRE), Nature, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, and Minerals Engineering).

More importantly, involved in various editorial work as listed below:

1999          Engineering Editor, SCIENCE-ADVANCING INTO THE NEW MILLENNUM, People's Education Press (China), 1999 (ISBN 7-107-13208-3)

2002          Co-editor, Proc. Int. Blast Furnace Lower Zone Symposium, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2005 (ISBN 920806 30 X)

2003-        Associate Editor, Chinese Science Bulletin, Springer (ISSN: 1001-6538)

2004          Guest Editor, Steel Research International (for a special issue on process metallurgy), Wiley InterScience (ISSN: 1611-3683)

2005-        Member of Editorial Board and Thematic Editor (2009-), Particuology, Elsevier (ISSN: 1672-2515)

2005-08    Member of Editorial Board, Science in China – B: Chemistry, Springer (ISSN: 1006-9291)

2007-        Member of Editorial Board, 4 journals published by Bentham Science Publisher: Recent Patents on Engineering (ISSN: 1872-2121), Recent Patents on Nanotechnology (ISSN: 1872-2105), Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering (ISSN: 1874-4788), and Recent Patents on Materials Science (ISSN: 1874-4648)

2007-       Member of Editorial Board, Powder Technology, Elsevier (ISSN: 0032-5910)

2008-        Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation (IJESMS), Interscience Publishers (ISSN: 1755-9758)

2008-        Member of Editorial Board, Granular Matter, Springer (ISSN: 1434-5021)

2008         Guest Editor, Special issue on simulation and modeling of particulate systems, Particuology, Elsevier (ISSN: 1672-2515)

2009-11   Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, American Chemical Society Publications (ISSN: 0888-5885)

2009          Guest Editor, Minerals Engineering (special issue on computational mineral processing), Elsevier (ISSN: 0892-6875)

2010          Guest Editor (for a special issue on iron and steel making), Steel Research International, Wiley InterScience (ISSN: 1611-3683)

2011-       Member of Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Rare Metals, The Nonferrous Metals Society of China (ISSN: 0258-7076)

2011-14    Member of Advisory Board, ISIJ International, The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISSN: 0915-1559)

2012-        Member of Advisory Board, ISRN Chemical Engineering (ISSN: 2090-861X)

2012-        Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Material Science and Engineering, OMICS Publishing Group (ISSN: 2169-0022)

2013-        Member of Editorial Board, Rare Metals, Springer (ISSN: 1001-0521)

2013-        Associate Editor, Journal of Energy Chemistry, Elsevier (ISSN: 2095-4956)

2013-        Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Nano Studies & Technology, SciDoc Publisher (ISSN: 2167-8685)

2013-        Member of Editorial Board, National Science Review (NSR), Oxford Journals (ISSN: 2095-5138)

2013-       Editor, Powder Technology, Elsevier (ISSN: 0032-5910)

2014-        Editor-in-Chief, Handbook (or Book Series) of Powder Science and Engineering, Springer

2014          Guest Editor, International Journal of Mineral Processing, Elsevier (ISSN: 0301-7516)

In addition, being a Member of the ARC College of Experts (Engineering and Environmental Sciences Panel, 2006-08) and Panel Member (Engineering and Technology), DEST Research Quality Framework (2007), Panel Member for DIISR International Science Linkages Scheme (2008-), Member, DIISR Research Workforce Strategy - Chemical Sciences Analysis Team (2010), and providing grant assessment for other funding agents (e.g. EPSRC (UK), NSFC (China)).

    Graduated >30 postdoc fellows, and >100 research students (>80 PhDs), most of them are active in universities and industrial R&D laboratories (~15 PhD graduates won ARC APD or APDI fellowships); since 1993, ~150 PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists studying/working in his research group/lab.