Prof. Johannes G. de Vries
Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), Rostock, Germany
Johannes G. de Vries obtained his PhD in chemistry from the University of Groningen, supervised by R. M. Kellogg, in 1979. After a postdoc with J. B. Hendrickson at Brandeis University, Waltham, USA, his first job was as a medicinal chemist with Sandoz in Vienna and in London. From 1988–2013, he worked for DSM in Geleen, The Netherlands as a Principal Scientist in the area of Homogeneous Catalysis. From 1999–2018, he was parttime professor at the University of Groningen. In 2014, he became Department Head of Catalysis with Renewables at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock, Germany. His research interests are in the areas of homogeneous hydrogenation, asymmetric catalysis, nanocatalysis and catalytic conversion of renewable resources and platform chemicals. He is the recipient of the 2013 Paul N. Rylander Award from the Organic Reactions Catalysis Society for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Catalysis in Organic Chemistry.
Prof. Jeffrey Chi-Sheng WU
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Jeffrey Chi-Sheng Wu is a distinguished professor and former chairman of the Chemical Engineering Department at National Taiwan University. He received his PhD. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, USA.Professor Jeffrey C.S. Wu has long-term research activity in solar energy conversion. His research interests include (a) photoreduction of CO2 to fuel, (b) photocatalytic water splitting for H2, and (c) photocatalytic oxidation of air pollutants. (d) Catalytic hydrogenation of CO2. He is a fellow of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers since 2022. Prof. Wu received many awards including, the FutureTech Award of the National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan in 2024; the Qin-Lang Chair Professor of NTU Engineering College in 2022, Outstanding Paper of Taiwan Catalysis Society in 2020, Yang Bing Yan Chair Professor of NTU Engineering College in 2018, Outstanding Engineering Professors Award of the Chinese Institute of Engineers Taiwan in 2016; Outstanding Cross-Sector Collaboration Award of 2nd National Industrial Innovation in 2012; “Lai Tzai-Der award” of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2009, “Chemical Technology Award” of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2006, and “Silver medal of National Invention,” Taiwan in 2004. He also serves as a member of the editorial boards in several SCI journals. He is the author and co-author of over 160 SCI journal papers. His h-index is 55 (April 2025) with a total of citations > 10546.
Prof. Feng-Shou Xiao
Zhejiang University, China
Feng-Shou Xiao, distinguished professor in Zhejiang University, Non-EU Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, who received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in the Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, China. From there he moved to Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China then to Hokkaido University, Japan for Ph. D. research. In 1990, he was awarded his Ph.D. degree at Jilin University. After postdoctoral work at the University of California at Davis, USA, he joined the faculty at Jilin University in 1994, where he became a full professor in 1996 and distinguished professor in 2003. Since the end of 2009, Prof. Xiao as a distinguished professor has moved to Zhejiang University. Currently, he is an associate editor of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, also serving as Vice-president of the Asia-Pacific Association of Catalysis Societies. 2025, he was elected as Non-EU Fellow of European Academy of Sciences. His research is mainly focused on zeolites, porous materials, and catalysis.
