High-solid and Multi-phase Bioprocess Engineering

Prof. Hongzhang Chen is working at State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He is the chief scientist of National Basic Research Program of China, and also the chief scientist of the Innovative Engineering Program 'Biomass and Solid-state Fermentation', which is supported by CAS. Prof. Chen's research interest focuses on high-solid bioprocess engineering, including the exploration of new types of solid-state fermentation techniques, devices and processes, and development of clean fractionation using steam explosion techniques for efficient pretreatment in cellulose conversion to obtain useful biorenewable materials, chemicals and biofuels. The research projects mentioned above are supported by the National Basic Research Program (973 Program), the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program), National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Technology R&D Program, CAS Innovation Program, and etc. Prof. Chen and his group have published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific papers in national and international journals and 27 books. He also holds 172 national patents and 1 international patent. Noteworthy, over 10 patents have been industrialized.