Catalytic Biomass Conversion to Hydrocarbon Fuels: Synthesis, Strategies and Upgrading

About Anders RiisagerHu LiSong Yang

Song Yang is a professor in the Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals Guizhou University. His research interests include catalytic biomass conversion biodiesel discovery of new agrochemicals and functional nanomaterials. Professor Yang has authored over 30 patents and more than 300 scientific papers in international journals (H-index: 43). He has been awarded with various honours and awards such as China National 'Ten-Thousand-Talent Plan' (2016) China National Young Scientific Innovation Talents (2014) China Distinguished Professor of Cheung Kong Scholars Program (2013) and China National S&T Award for Young Scientists (2013). He is currently Associate Editor of Current Nanoscience and Editorial Board Members of several international journals. Hu Li is Professor of Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals Guizhou University (GZU) China. His research focuses on the catalytic conversion of renewable and waste resources into chemicals and biofuels with functional materials. Dr. Li has published more than 10 patents and over 100 peer-reviewed papers on sustainable catalysis and green chemistry. Currently He is Associate Editor of Current Green Chemistry Editorial Board Member of Energy Sources Part A and Current Organocatalysis and Guest Editors of Current Organic Chemistry Journal of Chemistry and International Journal of Chemical Engineering. Anders Riisager is Full Professor at the Technical University of Denmark. Prof. Riisager´s research interest lies in catalysis with renewables from biomass catalysis and separation technology with ionic liquids as well as environmental catalysis. He received the 'Reinholdt W. Jorck and Hustrus Fond Research Prize' in 2011 and the 'Berzelius Prize' from the Nordic Catalysis Society in 2016.