C.V. of Wei Du

Dr. Wei Du, associate professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China

Ø  Education:

·   Ph.D., Biochemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, 2002

·   B.S. Biochemical Engineering. South China University of Technology. 1997

Ø  Academic experience:

·   2006-present, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Associate Prof.

·   2009-2010, Chemistry Department, MITVisiting 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 youth2014

·   “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 & BioengineeringGreen Chemistry, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining(Biofpr)Bioresource TechnologyCatalysis Communications Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyBiotechnology 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