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microalgae with the subsequent biofuels and bio-based chemical production. He is fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and has received numerous prestigious domestic and international academic awards. He has published nearly 350 SCI-indexed journal papers (including twelve ISI Hi-Ci papers) with a total citation of over 10,000 times and an h-index (Web of Science) of 53. He also authored seven books and owns more than 40 patents. He is now the editor, associate editor, guest editor, and editorial board member of twelve SCI-indexed journals. He also serves as executive committee member of Asia Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB).
Dr Christiane HerrmannDr Christiane Herrmann is a research scientist in the Department of Bioengineering at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering Postdam-Bornim (ATB). She received her Ph.D. degree from the Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany) in 2010 and was awarded for the best doctoral graduation at the ATB (2009- 2011). From 2014 to 2015 she worked as a senior post-doctoral researcher in the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland. Her research focuses on anaerobic digestion, bioprocess engineering, bioenergy production, biomass supply and algae. She has published 22 peer-reviewed journal articles and has delivered more than 20 conference presentations. She is associate editor of the journal Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability and serves as reviewer for 18 peer-reviewed journals. Since 2012 she acts as a member of the guideline committee 'VDI 4630 - Fermentation of organic materials' of the Association of German Engineers.
Dr Ao XiaDr Ao Xia is an assistant professor in College of Power Engineering at Chongqing University (CQU). He completed his PhD research in 2013 in Energy Engineering from Zhejiang University (ZJU). He was awarded the Chu Kochen Scholarship for the highest honours at ZJU. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at University College Cork (UCC) during 2014-2016. His research interests include algae, biofuels, biogas, fermentation and anaerobic digestion. He has published 36 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented 6 keynote/invited lectures in international conferences. He serves as a referee on 10 peer-reviewed journals and has received the Top Reviewer Award from Bioresource Technology (2015).