C.V. of Wei Du
Dr. Wei Du, associate professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China
Ø Education:
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Ph.D., Biochemical
Engineering, South China University of Technology, 2002
·
B.S. Biochemical
Engineering. South China University of Technology. 1997
Ø Academic experience:
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2006-present, Department of Chemical
Engineering, Tsinghua University, Associate Prof.
·
2009-2010, Chemistry Department, MIT，Visiting scholar
·
2004-2006, Department of Chemical
Engineering, Tsinghua University, Assistant Prof.
·
2002-2004, Department of Chemical
Engineering, Tsinghua University, Postdoctoral
Ø Honors and Awards:
· Chinese Petroleum Chemical Industry Association Award for outstanding contributions to youth，2014
· “Program for New Century Excellent Talents in
University of Ministry of Education of China”, Chinese Ministry of Education,
2013
· “top 10 excellent young scientist at Tsinghua
University”, Tsinghua
University, 2011
· Jinqiao Award, China Technology Market Association, 2007
· The first prize of scientific and Technological Progress Award, Chinese petroleum and Chemical Industry Association, 2006
· “the excellent postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua
University”, Tsinghua
University, 2004
Ø Research interest &
publications
Dr. Wei. Du is dedicated to the research of
biorefinery of renewable resources for bioenergy and bio-based chemicals
production. Some achievements (such as enzyme-mediated biodiesel production
from renewable oil sources) have been industrialized with Dr. Wei Du as one of
the principle investigators. She has applied for about
20 invention patents of China, in which 15 have been authorized in China and 3
international patent applications (PCT) have been authorized in many countries.
As the corresponding author, she has more than 50 academic papers published in SCI indexing journals, such as Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Biotechnology & Bioengineering，Green Chemistry, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining(Biofpr)，Bioresource Technology，Catalysis Communications， Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology，Biotechnology Progress , Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic et al. The total citation number of these publications is more than 1500 times. Based on the announcement of Elsevier in 2014, she is listed as one of Most Cited Chinese Researchers.
Some representative publications
with Prof. Du as the corresponding author are listed as follows:
(1). Li, Yang; Du, Wei;
Liu, Dehua. Exploration on the effect of phospholipids on free lipase-mediated
biodiesel production. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic,2014,102:88-93
(2). Qi, Feng;
Kitahara, Yuki; Wang, Zitian; Zhao, Xuebing; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Novel mutant
strains of Rhodosporidium toruloides by plasma mutagenesis approach and their
tolerance for inhibitors in lignocellulosic hydrolyzate. Journal of Chemical
Technology and Biotechnology, 2014,89(5): 735-742,
(3).
Li, Qiang; Xu, Jingyang; Du, Wei; Li
Yang; Liu, Dehua. Ethanol as the acyl acceptor for biodiesel production.
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, 25:742-748
(4).
Li, Yang; Du, Wei*; Liu, Dehua. Effect of phospholipids
on free lipase-mediated methanolysis for biodiesel production. Journal of
Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2013, 91(1):67-71
(5).
Duan, Zhangqun; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Improved synthesis
of 1,3-diolein by Novozym 435-mediated esterification of monoolein with oleic
acid. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2013, 89(1):1-5
(6).
Xu, Jingyang; Du, Wei; Zhao,
Xuebing. Microbial oil production from various carbon
sources and its use for biodiesel preparation. Biofuels, Bioproducts and
Biorefining, 2013, 7(1):65-77
(7). Ren, Hongjie; Li, Yang; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Free lipase-catalyzed esterification of oleic acid for fatty acid ethyl
ester preparation with response surface optimization. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 2013, 90(1):73-79
(8). Duan, Zhangqun; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Rational synthesis of 1,3-diolein by
enzymatic esterification. Journal of Biotechnology, 2012, 159(1):44-49
(9). Duan, Zhangqun; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. The mechanism of solvent effect on
the positional selectivity of Candida antarctica lipase B during 1,3-diolein
synthesis by esterification. Bioresource Technology, 2011, 120(23):11048-11050
(10).
Ren, Hongjie; Du, Wei; Lv,
Liangliang. Study on Free Lipase-Catalyzed Ethanolysis for Biodiesel
Preparation in an Oil/Water Biphasic System. Journal of the American Oil
Chemists' Society, 2011, 88(10):1551-1555
(11).
Sun, Ting; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.
Comparative study on stability of whole cells during biodiesel production in
solvent-free system. Process Biochemistry, 2011, 46(3):661-664
(12).
Du, Wei; Klibanov, Alexander M.
Hydrophobic Salts Markedly Diminish Viscosity of Concentrated Protein
Solutions. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2011, 108(3):632-636,
(13).
Li, Wei; Li, Renwang; Li, Qiang; Du
Wei. Acyl migration and kinetics study of 1(3)-positional specific lipase of
Rhizopus oryzae-catalyzed methanolysis of triglyceride for biodiesel production.
Process Biochemistry,2010,45(12):1888-1893
(14).
Duan, Zhangqun; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.
Novozym 435-catalyzed 1,3-diacylglycerol preparation via esterification in
t-butanol system. Process Biochemistry, 2010, 45(2):1923-1927
(15).
Li, Wei; Du, Wei; Li, Qiang.
Dependence on the properties of organic solvent: Study on acyl migration
kinetics of partial glycerides. Bioresource Technology, 2010, 101(15):5737-5742
(16).
Sun, Ting; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Improved
catalytic performance of GA cross-linking treated Rhizopus oryzae IFO 4697
whole cell for biodiesel production. Process Biochemistry, 2010, 45(7):1192-1195
(17).
Duan, Zhang-Qun; Du, Wei; Liu,
De-Hua. The solvent influence on the positional selectivity of
Novozym 435 during 1,3-diolein synthesis by esterification. Bioresource Technology,
2010, 101(7):2568-2571
(18).
Li, Wei; Du, Wei; Li, Qiang. Study
on acyl migration kinetics of partial glycerides: Dependence
on temperature and water activity. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic,
2010, 63(1):17-22
(19).
Lv, Dan; Du, Wei; Zhang, Guoling.
Mechanism study on NS81006-mediated methanolysis of triglyceride in oil/water
biphasic system for biodiesel production. Process Biochemistry, 2010, 45(4):446-450
(20).
Sun, Ting; Du, Wei; Zeng, Jing.
Exploring the effects of oil inducer on whole cell-mediated methanolysis for
biodiesel production. Process Biochemistry, 2010, 45(4):514-518
(21).
Duan, Zhangqun; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.
The pronounced effect of water activity on the positional selectivity of
Novozym 435 during 1,3-diolein synthesis by esterification. Catalysis
Communications, 2010, 11(5):356-358
(22).
Sun, Ting; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Prospective and impacts of whole cell mediated
alcoholysis of renewable oils for biodiesel production. Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining, 2009, 3(6):633-639
(23).
Xu, Yunzhen; Liu, Hongjuan; Du, Wei Integrated
production for biodiesel and 1,3-propanediol with lipase-catalyzed
transesterification and fermentation. Biotechnology Letters, 2009, 31(9):1335-1341
(24).
Li, Qiang,Du, Wei;Liu, Dehua.Perspectives of microbial
oils for biodiesel production. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2008, 80(5): 749-756
(25).
Chen, Xin; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.
Effect of several factors on soluble lipase-mediated biodiesel preparation in
the biphasic aqueous-oil systems. World Journal of Microbiology and
Biotechnology, 2008, 24(10):2097-2102
(26).
Li, Wei; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Study
on factors influencing stability of whole cell during biodiesel production in
solvent-free and tert-butanol system. Biochemical Engineering
Journal, 2008, 41(2):111-115
(27).
Chen, Xin; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.
Response surface optimization of biocatalytic biodiesel production with acid
oil. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2008, 40(3):423-429
(28).
Du, Wei; Li, Wei&; Sun, Ting; Chen, Xin;
Liu, Dehua. Perspectives for biotechnological production of biodiesel and
impacts. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2008,
79(3):331-337
(29).
Li, Wei;Du, Wei, Liu,
Dehua. Rhizopus oryzae whole-cell-catalyzed biodiesel production from
oleic acid in terf-butanol medium. Energy and Fuels, 2008,
22(1):155-158
(30).
Chen, Xin; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua; Ding, Fuxin. Lipase-mediated methanolysis of soybean oils for biodiesel production. Journal
of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2008,24(10):2097-2102
(31).
Li, Wei;Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Rhizopus
oryzae IFO 4697 whole cell catalyzed methanolysis of crude and acidified
rapeseed oils for biodiesel production in tert-butanol system. Process Biochemistry, 2007, 42(11): 1481-1485
(32).
Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua; Li, Lilin; Dai,
Lingmei. Mechanism exploration during lipase-mediated methanolysis of renewable
oils for biodiesel production in a tert-butanol system. Biotechnology Progress,
2007, 23(5): 1087-1090
(33).
Li, Wei; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Optimization
of whole cell-catalyzed methanolysis of soybean oil for biodiesel production
using response surface methodology. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B:
Enzymatic, 2007, 45: 122-127
(34).
Du, Wei;Wang, Li; Liu, Dehua. Improved
methanol tolerance during Novozym435-mediated methanolysis of SODD for
biodiesel production. Green Chemistry, 2007, 9(2): 173-176
(35).
Zeng, Jing; Du, Wei; Liu, Xinyi;
Liu, Dehua; Dai, Lingmei. Study on the effect of cultivation parameters and
pretreatment on Rhizopus oryzae cell-catalyzed transesterification of vegetable
oils for biodiesel production. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic,
2006, 43: 15-18
(36).
Wang, Li; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua, Li,
Lilin; Dai, Ningmei. Lipase-catalyzed biodiesel production from soybean oil
deodorizer distillate with absorbent present in tert-butanol system. Journal of
Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2006, 43: 29-32
(37).
Li, Lilin; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua;
Wang, Li; Li, Zebo. Lipase-catalyzed transesterification of rapeseed oils for
biodiesel production with a novel organic solvent as the reaction medium.
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2006, 43: 58-62
(38).
Du, Wei; Xu, YY; Liu, DH; Li, ZB. Study
on acyl migration in immobilized lipozyme TL-catalyzed transesterification of soybean
oil for biodiesel production. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic,
2006, 43: 68-71
(39).
Xu, YY; Du, Wei; Liu, DH. Study on
the kinetics of enzymatic interesterification of triglycerides for biodiesel
production with methyl acetate as the acyl acceptor. Journal of Molecular
Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2005, 32: 241-245
(40).
Du, Wei; Xu, YY; Zeng J; Liu, DH. Novozyrn
435-catalysed transesterification of crude soya bean oils for biodiesel
production in a solvent-free medium. Biotechnology and Applied Bichemistry,
2004, 40: 187-190
(41).
Du, Wei; Xu, YY; Liu, DH; Zeng, J. Comparative study on lipase-catalyzed transformation of
soybean oil for biodiesel production with different acyl acceptors. Journal of
Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2004, 30:125-129
(42).
Xu, YY; Du, Wei; Zeng, J; Liu, DH. Conversion
of soybean oil to biodiesel fuel using lipozyme TL IM in a solvent-free medium.
Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, 2004, 22(1): 45-48
(43). Du, Wei; Xu, YY;
Liu, DH. Lipase-catalysed transesterification of soya bean oil for biodiesel
production during continuous batch operation. Biotechnology and Applied
Bichemistry, 2003, 38: 103-106