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SUMMARY:IMX Talks - Sugar-Platform Biorefinery – Catalytic Conversion of
  Carbohydrates into Platform Chemicals
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Charles Chunbao XU\, Advanced Biorefinery Laboratory (AB
 L) at School of Energy and Environment\, City University of Hong Kong\nThi
 s seminar highlights roles of biomass/bioresources\, in particular carbohy
 drates (cellulose/hemicellulose\, starch) in carbon neutrality and bioecon
 omy in the global/national context\, and my past research in Western Unive
 rsity (Canada) and my current research in City University of Hong Kong\, 
  focusing on carbohydrates (sugar) catalytic conversion and valorisation\
 , including (1) Efficient Conversion of Glucose/Cellulose into 5-HMF\; (2)
  Inexpensive Heterogeneous Catalysts for Selective Oxidation of 5-HMF into
  FDCA\; (3) Selective 5-HMF Hydrogenation to Furan Diols\; (4) Selective h
 ydrogenation of furfural to pentanediol.\n\nBio: Prof. Xu is currently Cha
 ir Professor of Advanced Biorefinery and Director of Advanced Biorefinery 
 Laboratory (ABL) at School of Energy and Environment\, City University of 
 Hong Kong. He is Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE)\, Fellow
  of Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC) and Fellow of Chemical Institut
 e of Canada (FCIC). He was a professor\, the NSERC/FPInnovations Industria
 l Research Chair in Forest Biorefinery\, and Associate Director of the Ins
 titute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR) at Weste
 rn University. He has over 20 years of research experience in conversion o
 f biomass and organic solid wastes (forestry/agricultural residues\, food 
 wastes\, wastewater sludge\, microalgae\, lignin\, glycerol and sugars\, e
 tc.) into biofuels (sustainable aviation fuels\, green hydrogen) and green
  chemicals and biopolymer materials. He has authored/edited 3 books on bio
 refinery\, and published 20+ book chapters and 380+ peer-reviewed papers i
 n journals including some top ones such as Angew Chem Int Ed.\, Nature Com
 munications\, Advanced Functional Materials\, Applied Catalysis B\, etc. 
  According to Google Scholar\, his work has received over 25\,000 total ci
 tations with an H-index of 83 to date. As a recipient for 12 PCT/US/Canadi
 an/Chinese Patents issued and founder for two start-up companies\, Dr. Xu 
 has made outstanding contributions to applied science and engineering prac
 tice. He is recipient of the Excellent Research Award from the Japan Energ
 y Society\, the Syncrude Canadian Innovation Award and the Industrial Desi
 gn and Practice Award from the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers\, th
 e Changjiang Scholars Chair Professorship from the Ministry of Education o
 f China\, and the 2023 Humboldt Research Award from the German Humboldt Fo
 undation.\n\n 
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