Marcus Baumann

Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin

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- Graduated from Philipps-University Marburg 2007
- PhD with Prof. Steve V. Ley (Cambridge) in 2010
- Humboldt postdoc with Prof. Larry E. Overman (UC Irvine) 2011-2013
- postdoc with Prof. Ian R. Baxendale (Durham) 2013-2017
- since 2017 Assistant Professor for Continuous Flow Chemistry at University College Dublin

 

Shinichiro Fuse

Professor, Nagoya University

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Shinichiro Fuse has been a professor of chemistry at Nagoya University since 2019. He earned his B.S. degree in 2000 and his Ph.D. in 2005 from Tokyo Institute of Technology under the supervision of Prof. Takashi Takahashi. He was a researcher at ChemGenesis Incorporated between 2005 and 2006, and a postdoctoral fellow from 2006 to 2008 at Harvard University in the group of Prof. Daniel E. Kahne. In 2008, he joined the faculty at the Tokyo Institute of Technology as an assistant professor. He then moved to the Chemical Resources Laboratory at the same university as an associate professor in 2015. His research is aimed toward the development of efficient synthetic processes based on a deep understanding of organic chemistry using flow synthesis, automated synthesis, theoretical calculations, and machine-learning technologies.

 

Volker Hessel

Professor,, The University of Adelaide

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Prof. Volker Hessel studied chemistry at Mainz University/D. 1994: Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz/Germany (Director R&D); 2005: Professor Eindhoven University of Technology/NL; 2018: Deputy Dean (Research), Professor University of Adelaide, Australia; 2019: part-time professor University of Warwick/UK.

He is author of 678 peer-reviewed publications (h-index: 90; >37,000 citations). He received the AIChE Excellence in Process Development Research Award, IUPAC ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry. He is program lead in the ARC Centre of Excellence Plants for Space (P4S), and is Research Director of the Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources. He received several EU’s research excellence grants (ERC Advanced/Proof of Concept/Synergy, FET OPEN). He is a member on the College of Experts for the National Research Foundation (NRF) within the Prime Minister’s Office”.

 

Wu Jie

Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, National University of Singapore

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Beijing Normal University (B.S., 2006)
Boston University (PhD, 2012)
MIT (Postdoc, 2012-2015)
Assistant Professor, NUS (2015-2021)
Associate Professor, NUS (2021-now).
[Field of research] Photocatalysis, Flow Chemistry, Automated Synthesis

 

Christophe Len

Professor, Chimie ParisTech, CNRS

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Prof. Dr. Christophe Len received his Ph.D. in 1995 from the Université de Picardie Jules Verne followed by a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Hull (UK). In 1997, he became assistant Professor at UPJV and was promoted to full Professor in 2004 at the Université de Poitiers (France). In 2010, he moved as full Professor to the Université de Technologie de Compiègne – UTC (France). Since 2017, he has developed his research at Chimie ParisTech (France). He has published ~ 250 original publications and review articles, 11 book chapters, and 12 patents (H 49, 7497 citations, Scopus). Among recent awards and recognition to his scientific career, he was promoted Honorary Professor of the University of Hull, England (2012–2018), Honorary Professor at the University of Delhi, India (2022), Honorary Professor at the Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (2022-2025) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, 2015). In 2017, he was honored with the 2017 Glycerine Innovation Award sponsored by the American Cleaning Institute and the National Biodiesel Board. His current research explores organic chemistry and continuous flow.

 

Chao Liu

Head and Director FEEP Lab, Process Enabling Technology Platform, WuXi STA

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Dr. Chao Liu has been heading FEEP lab, WuXi STA since 2022, which is an integrated group driving flow, biocatalysis, electro and photochemistry applications, from process research to nonGMP/ GMP production for projects at different stages, aiming to improving the greenness, efficiency, and cost effectiveness of API manufacturing via synergizing the deep understanding of organic chemistry and continuous flow equipment. He finished a dual-PhD-program from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University (Prof. Yuliang Li and Liangbin Gan), Beijing, China and obtained Ph.D. in organic chemistry from PKU in 2012. Afterwards he worked as postdoc in the University of Tokyo with Prof. Eiichi Nakamura, transferred to Towa Pharmaceutical, and then HighChem Ltd in Japan. Particularly he studied flow chemistry as cooperating researcher in Flow Chemistry Team, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, with Prof. Shun-ya Onozawa, Yoshihiro Kon and Shu Kobayashi.

 

Di Sha

Chief Scientist, Ou Shisheng (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd.

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Di Sha, MD, PhD is the Chief Scientist at Ou Shisheng(Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. As such, she is responsible for all aspects of the biology applications, including equipment R&D, testing, and sales/customer support.

 

Shengyang Tao

Dean, Dalian University of Technology

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Shengyang Tao is a professor at Dalian University of Technology and currently serves as the dean of the School of Chemistry. He studied at the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, from 2000 to 2008, and successively obtained his Bachelor's and Doctorate degrees. He joined the Dalian University of Technology in 2008 and has long been engaged in research in microfluidics, continuous flow reactions, and intelligent chemistry. He has published over 100 academic papers in journals such as Nature Communications, AIChE J, and Advanced Science and has developed a series of novel microfluidic chips and continuous-flow chemical reactors. Currently, his research interests focus on microfluidic chips, continuous flow photochemistry, artificial intelligence-enhanced reaction screening and optimization.

 

Kai Wang

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

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Prof. Kai Wang obtained his Ph. D degree in 2010 from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. During 2015 to 2016, he worked as a visiting scholar in Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is now working as an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University. His research interest is flow chemistry and electrochemical synthesis.

 

Wei Wang

Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University

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Wei Wang is a full professor at School of Chemical Engineering in Sichuan University, China. He received his B.S. degree in 2007 and Ph.D. degree in 2012 from Sichuan University. His research currently focuses on microfluidics, interfacial science, and functional materials. He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and holds more than 50 Chinese patents.

 

Fang Zhao

Associate Professor, East China University of Science and Technology

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Fang Zhao obtained her PhD degree from Tsinghua University (China) in 2016, after which she worked as a postdoc for two years in Prof. Noël’s group at Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands). Since 2018, she works at the School of Chemical Engineering in East China University of Science and Technology (China), during which she did research in Prof. Jensen’s group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (the US) from September 2018 to August 2019. The research interest of Fang Zhao focuses on continuous flow synthesis of fine chemicals and automated flow systems.