Title：Biocatalysis, Oleochemicals and Functional Foods

Speaker：Ching T. Hou  Professor

Time：10:00-11:00am, Nov.29 , 2016

Location：ShuangQiao Conference Room, Building #13

Introduction of speaker：

Dr. Hou has been in the United States for 50+ years.  He is a senior scientist at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, ARS, USDA at Peoria, Illinois.  He is “Fellow” of five scientific societies:  Society of Industrial Microbiology 1994; American Academy of Microbiology 1996; American Oil Chemists Society 2006; Japan Oil Chemists Society 2011; and International Society of Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 2011.  He is one of the six panel members representing USDA for the US-Japan Food and Agriculture Panel (UJNR) since 1999. He published over 250 peer reviewed papers, 17 U.S. Patents, and edited/authored seven books.  To honor Dr. Hou’s scientific achievements and contributions, AOCS established a new award called “Ching Hou Biotechnology Award” in August of 2016.