Dr. Chuan Xia is a Professor of Materials and Energy at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). He obtained his Ph.D. at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2018 followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard university and Rice university. In 2020 he joined UESTC, where he initiated an active research group focusing on developing methods for controlling the architecture of molecules and materials, understanding their fundamental properties, and utilizing such structures to develop novel catalysts. Dr. Jie Zeng obtained Bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2002, and PhD in Condensed Matter Physics in 2008. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Washington University in St. Louis from 2008 to 2011 and was promoted to Research Assistant Professor in 2011. In 2012, he relocated to USTC to take the position of Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Yao Tu is a professor in Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Yu received his B.Sc. degree in Shandong University, and Ph.D. from Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a Postdoc fellow in Sysbio Lab in Chalmers University of Technology before joining the faculty at SIAT. Artificial synthesis of C6 glucose from carbon dioxide (CO2) represents a substantially untapped opportunity to tackle food crisis, but nevertheless, has rarely been realized. Here the Cuan research group describes a hybrid electro-biosystem, coupling spatially-separate CO2 electrolysis with yeast fermentation, that efficiently converts CO2 to glucose with a high yield.
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Recycling of CO2 to Glucose and Fatty Acid
Chuan Xia
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Dr. Chuan Xia is a Professor of Materials and Energy at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). He obtained his Ph.D. at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2018 followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard university and Rice university. In 2020 he joined UESTC, where he initiated an active research group focusing on developing methods for controlling the architecture of molecules and materials, understanding their fundamental properties, and utilizing such structures to develop novel catalysts. He is the author of 60+ refereed journal articles, and has 4 issued China/USA patents. In the recent five years, as the first author/corresponding author, he has published more than 20 papers in prestigious journals such as Science, Nat. Nanotechnol., Nat. Energy, Nat. Catal., Nat. Chem. He has won the KAUST outstanding Ph.D. student award, J. Evans Attwell-Welch postdoctoral fellowship, best applied paper award of AIChE.
Jie Zeng
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Dr. Jie Zeng obtained Bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2002, and PhD in Condensed Matter Physics in 2008. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Washington University in St. Louis from 2008 to 2011 and was promoted to Research Assistant Professor in 2011. In 2012, he relocated to USTC to take the position of Professor of Chemistry. His current research interest focuses on the field of CO2 catalytic conversion. He has been awarded Evonik Chemical Innovation Award Presented in Partnership with the Chinese Chemical Society (2019) and Special Award of China Youth Science and Technology Award (2020).
Tao Yu
Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT)
Dr. Tao Yu is a professor in Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Yu received his B.Sc. degree in Shandong University, and Ph.D. from Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a Postdoc fellow in Sysbio Lab in Chalmers University of Technology before joining the faculty at SIAT. His works were published in Cell, Nature Metabolism，Nature Catalysis, Cell Research, Nature Communications and other influential journals. His research interests are to develop biotechnological solutions to address global challenges in sustainable manufacturing, renewable energy, and food security. Major research directions: Synthetic metabolism or Metabolic rewiring, Evolution engineering and Metabolic engineering.