Success Stories: EB-1A Approval for Associate Professor in China in the Field of Environmental Science
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Position at the Time of Case Filing: Associate Professor
National Origin: China
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
Residence at the Time of Filing: China
Approval Notice Date: April 25, 2014
Processing Time: 3 months, 29 days
In this case, the client that we had the pleasure of working with was an Associate Professor in China in the field of environmental science. He had conducted his research in the highly specialized areas of natural organic matter (NOM) analysis focusing on the development of multi-way fluorescence, chemometrics and toxicity modeling, and of environmentally friendly chemical reactions focusing on the development of novel catalysts for green chemistry processes. This work had resulted in at least 24 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 1 patent, and numerous poster and oral presentations at national and international conferences. At the time that his case was filed, these publications been cited at least 165 times, indicating the major significance of his work. He had also conducted at least 27 paper reviews for journals related to the field of environmental science. His superior level of achievement was confirmed in the following quote from an independent recommender, “By discovering less costly alternatives for these increasingly-important processes for analyzing natural organic matter, [he] has demonstrated his ingenuity and versatility, and has certainly proven that he is a very prominent scientist in our mutual field of specialization.” It was our goal to prove that our client qualified for classification as an Alien of Extraordinary Ability given that he sought enter the United States to continue work in the area of extraordinary ability, and that his continued research would substantially and prospectively benefit the United States. With the proof and documentation that we provided, his case was approved in 3 months and 29 days.