Zhen Fang

Zhen Fang is professor and leader of biomass group, College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University. He is the inventor of the "fast hydrolysis" process, the elected fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Professor Fang specializes in thermal/biochemical conversion of biomass, nanocatalysts synthesis and their applications, pretreatment of biomass for biorefineries, and supercritical fluid processes. He obtained his PhDs from China Agricultural University (Beijing) and McGill...See more

Zhen Fang is professor and leader of biomass group, College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University. He is the inventor of the "fast hydrolysis" process, the elected fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Professor Fang specializes in thermal/biochemical conversion of biomass, nanocatalysts synthesis and their applications, pretreatment of biomass for biorefineries, and supercritical fluid processes. He obtained his PhDs from China Agricultural University (Beijing) and McGill University (Montreal). Professor Fang is Associate Editor of the international journals, Biotechnology for Biofuels and Journal of Renewable Materials. He has more than 20-year international research experience at top universities and institutes around the world, 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) in renewable energy and green technologies. See less