Dongbing Li, Professor in Forestry Chemical Engineering

Contact

Office: Room 311, Office Building, College of Forestry
Lab: Room 3115/3117, Building #3, South Campus
Email: lid@nwafu.edu.cn

Education

PhD (2010), Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Western University, Canada
MESc (2004), Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
BESc (2001), Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, China

Employment

Professor, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, 2016-present
Postdoctoral Fellow/ResearchEngineer, Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR), Western University, Canada, 2011-2016
Director of R&D, Gold Champ HK Limited, Hong Kong, 2010-2011

Teaching Activities

Progress in Forestry Research (International Grad, shared with other professors)
Meters & Automation in Chemical Industry (3rd year UG)
Biofuels and Biochemicals, Separation Technologies and others (Grad, shared)

Research Interests

(Catalytic) Thermochemical Conversion Processes for Fuels and Chemicals
Carbon Based Advanced Materialsfor Energy and Biomedical Applications
Separation (Upgrading) Technologies based on Supercritical Extraction and Electrostatic Precipitation

Honors and Awards

Hundred Talents Plan, Provincial Government of Shaanxi, 2017
Award of Recognition, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, 2017
Counsellor of Excellence, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, 2017

Select Publications

Li, D.; C. Briens; F. Berruti. Improved lignin pyrolysis for phenolics production in a bubbling bed reactor - Effect of bed materials. Bioresource Technology, 2015, 189, 7–14.
Li, D.; C. Briens; F. Berruti. Oxidative pyrolysis of Kraft lignin in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor with air. Biomass & Bioenergy, 2015, 76, 96–107.
Li, D.; C. Briens; F. Berruti. Autothermal fast pyrolysis of birch bark with partial oxidation in a fluidized bed reactor. Fuel, 2014, 121, 27–38.