Jinguang Hu
Positions
Associate Professor
Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Contact information
Web presence
Phone number
office: 4032203990
Location
Office: URC2E-213
Preferred method of communication
Dr. Hu’s group is always looking for talented and highly motivated students and researchers. Potential candidates are encouraged to contact Dr. Hu directly by sending your CV along with a brief description of your previous research experience and future interests to jinguang.hu@ucalgary.ca
Background
Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy , University of British Columbia, 2014
Biography
Dr Jinguang Hu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary, Canada. He leads “Biomass & Biorefinery Research Lab” at the University of Calgary. His current research is supported by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) and focuses on biomass valorization, sustainable energy, bioinspired materials/systems, and protein engineering for Energy, Environmental and Biomedical application. He has published ~200 papers including top journals such as Energy Environ Sci, J Am Chem Soc, Angew Chem, ACS Catal, Adv Energy Mater, Adv Funct Mater, Appl Catal B, Chem Catal, Chem Eng J, Green Chem etc. He is the External Advisory Board member of the Canada Biomass Energy Network, a member of the “China-Canada Joint Centre for BioEnergy”, a Research Fellow of GBIC, a recipient of “S.C. Trindade Award”, and an active participator in the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy division. He currently serves as Editorial Board Members for Chemical Synthesis, Bioresources and Bioprocessing, Frontiers of Chemical Science & Engineering Resource Chemicals and Materials.
Research
Areas of Research
Biomass is a key proposed component of several climate mitigation strategies, with substantial involvement of future energy and material systems. My research aim at use biomass, catalysis, and microbes to create new concept of energy/materials/systems for sustainable bioeconomy. These hybrid technology approaches provide potential route to economically viable energy production (hydrogen + biofuels) + biomass CO2 captured negative emission technologies (NET) (biomaterials + biochemicals), thus are clearly an important early step in the complete decarbonization of our society. Our current main research objective centres on the development of an efficient hybrid biomass refinery process, with the goal of converting biomass into value-added bio-based chemicals, materials and liquid biofuels etc., together with sustainable green H2 production.
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| ENCH 535 | Principles of Biochemical Engineering | |
| ENCH 671 | Science & Technology Of Catalysts | |
| ENCH 673 | Engineering Principles in Biotechnology | |
| ENCH 551 | Chemical Engineering Laboratory | |
| ENCH 511 | Chemical Process Design |
Awards
- Schulich Early Research Excellence Award , 2023
- S.C. Trindade Award , 2016
Publications
- Biomass photoreforming for hydrogen and value-added chemicals co-production on hierarchically porous photocatalysts. Advanced Energy Materials. (2023)
- High-Density Cobalt Single-Atom Catalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. (2023)
- Development of Antifreezing, Printable, Adhesive, Tough, Biocompatible, High-Water Content Hydrogel for Versatile Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. (2023)
- In Situ Photo-Fenton-Like Tandem Reaction for Selective Gluconic Acid Production from Glucose Photo-Oxidation. ACS Catalysis . (2023)
- Multifunctional 3D MoSx/Zn3In2S6 nanoflower for selective photothermal-catalytic biomass oxidative and non-selective organic pollutants degradation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental . (2023)
- Rational design of carbon nitride for remarkable photocatalytic H2O2 production. Chem Catalysis. (2022)
- Meso-Microporous Nanosheet-Constructed 3DOM Perovskites for Remarkable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Advanced Functional Materials. (2022)
- Solar-Driven Glucose Isomerization into Fructose via Transient Lewis Acid–Base Active Sites. ACS Catalysis . (2022)
- Dual Physically Cross‐Linked Hydrogels Incorporating Hydrophobic Interactions with Promising Repairability and Ultrahigh Elongation. Advanced Functional Materials . (2021)
- Seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production: a solution looking for a problem? . Energy & Environmental Science . (2021)
In the News
Are you the profile owner?
Login to edit.