Editors

About the Editor

Editors-in-Chief: Professor Zhen Fang, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. 

Zhen Fang is a Professor and Leader of the Biomass Group at Nanjing Agricultural University. He is the inventor of the “fast hydrolysis” process, and was listed in the “Most Cited Chinese Researchers” in energy for 2014-2018 (Elsevier-Scopus). Professor Fang specializes in thermal/biochemical conversion of biomass, nanocatalyst synthesis and their applications, pretreatment of biomass for biorefineries, and supercritical fluid processes. He holds Ph.D.s from China Agricultural University and McGill University. Professor Fang is an associate editor of Biotechnology for Biofuels and the Journal of Supercritical Fluids. He has more than 20 years of research experience in the field of renewable energy and green technologies at top universities and institutes around the globe, including 1 year in Spain (University of Zaragoza), 3 years in Japan (Biomass Technology Research Center, AIST; Tohoku University), and more than 8 years in Canada (McGill). He has worked for 7 years as engineer in energy, bioresource utilization and engine design in industry before moving to academia.

Editorial Board Members:

Professor Jamal Chaouki, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada;

Professor Liang-shih Fan, Ohio State University, USA;

Professor Charles Q. Jia, University of Toronto, Canada;

Professor Vijaya Raghavan, McGill University, Canada;

Professor Yonghao Ni, University of New Brunswick, Canada;

Professor Norman R. Scott, Cornell University, USA;

Professor Richard L. Smith, Jr., Tohoku University, Japan;

Professor Ying Zheng, University of Edinburgh, UK