Bor-Yann Chen
National I-Lan University, Taiwan
Biography
Bor-Yann Chen has expertise in biomass energy and bioremediation for biotechnology. His serial studies focused on applications in wastewater decolorization, bioremediation engineering, environmental toxicology and biofuel cells. He has completed PhD from University of California, Irvine in 1995 and used to be NRC awarded Research Associate to work in NRMRL/US EPA, Cincinnati Ohio. He is a distinguished Professor in Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National I-Lan University, Taiwan. He has published 150+ SCI-peer reviewed articles in reputed journals and has many national awards (e.g., Professor Yen-Ping Shih Best Paper Awards of 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2016 from Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers). Recently his findings also deciphered chemical structures of electron shuttles and recalcitrant dyes which are crucial to simultaneous pollutant biodegradation and biomaterial/bioenergy recycling for sustainable green technology. Considering environmental friendliness, this study explored natural bioresources (e.g., medicinal herbs and edible flora) for bioenergy and high-value production generation. He provided different alternatives to re-evaluate indigenous biomaterials with electrochemical potentials for bioenergy extraction, biorefinery development and derived applications.