题目：Recent Progress and Future Perspective of Algal Biofuels and Biomaterials

报告人：胡强 教授 (Arizona State University, USA)

时间：2012年2月23日上午9:30-10:30

地点：生命科学与技术学院东十一楼二楼会议室

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报告人简历：

Dr. Qiang Hu is a Professor and co-Director of the Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology at Arizona State University. He is also a co-director of Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation. Dr Hu has 25+ years of experience in fundamental and applied research on algae in topics ranging from photosynthesis, biosynthesis of lipids and carotenoids, growth physiology of high-density algal culture, photobioreactor system design, and application of algal mass culture technology for biofuels and chemicals, and for environmental bioremediation. He has authored or co-authored numerous research articles and book chapters and is the inventor or co-inventor on 20 patents and patent disclosures. Dr. Hu has served on a number of review panels for the DOE, NSF, USDA and NOAA bioenergy programs and was a contributor to the U.S. DOE National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap. Dr. Hu’s work was recognized in Time Magazine under the title “Green Crude” and listed as one of the “50 Best Inventions of 2008”. He received the 2007 Innovator of the Year Award from Arizona Technology Enterprises, was recognized with the Innovator of the Year-Academia Award at the 2009 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation, and was the recipient of the 2010 Award for Research Excellence from the Arizona BioIndustry Association.

Dr. Hu received a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Hubei University and a Masters of Science in Hydrobiology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, and a Ph.D. degree in Microalgal Biotechnology from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.