Advances in Bioenergy

Dr. Yebo Li is a professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University (OSU). His research area is bioproducts and bioenergy with focuses on biogas production and upgrading, fermentation and separation, and thermochemical conversion of biomass for the production of biopolyols and polyurethanes. Dr. Li has written more than 230 peer reviewed journal articles and conference presentations and been awarded five patents. He has served as Division Editor, Associate Editor, and sat on Editorial Boards for several journals like Transactions of ASABE, and International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. He is also the Co-Editor of a bioenergy textbook: Bioenergy-Principals and Applications. Dr Li has received many awards including the 2012 Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award from the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Chun Chang, professor, doctoral supervisor. He graduated from Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China), and obtained doctor's degree in 2007. Then, he worked in the Ohio state university as a visiting scholar during 2015-2016. At present, he works in the School of chemical engineering of Zhengzhou University (Zhengzhou, China). He is the deputy director of Henan biomass high value engineering technology center (Henan province, China) and the deputy director of Henan Engineering Laboratory of biorefinery technology and engineering equipment (Henan Province, China). Professor Chang mainly engaged in the research of “Biomass conversion and Utilization. He hosted more than 20 national and provincial level projects, and won one first prize, one second prize and one third prize of scientific and technological progress of Henan Province. In recent years, he has published over 100 scientific papers, obtained 15 authorized patents and compiled 5 books.