EDUCATION
Ph.D., 03/2007, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Major in Chemical engineering/Biochemical engineering
M.S., 07/2003, Chinese Agricultural University in biochemistry, Beijing, China
Major in Food science
B.E., 07/1994, Shandong Light Industry College, Jinan China
Major in Food engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
07/2012---present, Research Scientist, Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA
l Fermentation of agricultural waste for ethanol
l Pyrolysis of municipal waste for bio-oil and bio-oil upgrading
l Design and buildup of reactors for treating the waste
l Environmental assessment of treating the waste, e.g. waste water from the industry
l Development of biocomposite based on the waste
l Economical analysis of treating the waste
l Resource mapping and analysis of municipal state waste in North Carolina
06/2009---06/2012, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA
l Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil: PMMA as the support of the catalyst
l Biomass pretreatment technologies for thermochemical conversion of biomass to bio-oil to achieve maximal bio-oil yield and best bio-oil quality (SERC, MSU funded)
l Bio-conversion of biomass: fermentation of fiber from DDGS into alcohol, fermentation of sugar in bio-oil into alcohol
l Design and set up of bio-oil reactor: free fall reactor with electronic heating and water cooling
06/2007---05/2009, Research Associate, Harvard
University,
l the melatonin-MT1 receptor axis modulates mutants mutant huntingtin-mediated toxicity
09/2003---04/2007,Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, National Key Lab of Biochemical Engineering, Beijing, China
l Pretreatment of wheat straw, hydrolysis, ethanol production
l Anerobic digestion: biogasification of steam-exploded wheat straw by a two-phased digestion system
l Rapid liquefaction of wheat stover and preparation of biodegradable poly-urethane foam (PUF)
l Development of polyethylene resin and high water-absorption resin as an inert support for fermentation
09/2000---06/2003, Graduate Research Assistant, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
l Identification of substrate of polyphenol oxidase in the pear
l Biochemical characteristics of polyphenol oxidase.
Assistant engineer, 08/1994---06/2000, Yada Medicine Co. Ltd,
Assistant engineer, 07/1992---08/1994,
Department of healthy food, Zibo Food Institute,
HONORS AND AWARDS
The Second-class scholarship of Institute
of Process Engineering, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, 2004
The Third-class scholarship of Institute of Process
Engineering, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, 2005
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICES
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
Association of Chinese Agricultural,
Biological, and Food Engineers (AOCABFE)
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
1.
2009
Mississippi State University Biofuel Conference, poster presentation, Jackson,
2.
2010
ASABE International Conference, poster presentation, Pittsburgh,
3.
2010
Mississippi State University Biofuel Conference, poster presentation,
Jackson,
4.
2011
ASABE International Conference, poster presentation, Louisville,
Services
1. 01/2010-now: reviewer of “Transactions of the ASABE”
2. 01/2010-now: reviewer of “Process Biochemistry”
3. 01/2010-now: reviewer of “Applied Energy”
4. 01/2011-now: reviewer of “Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering”
5. 01/2011-now: reviewer of “International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering”
6. 01/2010-now: reviewer of “Carbohydrate Polymers”
7. 01/2010-now: reviewer of “Carbohydrate Polymers”