Lecture 1: Innovative Technologies to Convert Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuels, Chemicals and Materials
Time: 15:00 – 17:00p.m., May 25th, 2015
Place: Room 405, Shaw Engineering Building, Wushan Campus

Lecture 2: Biomass Production and Conversion: Status Quo and Future Directions (for undergraduates)
Time: 19:00 – 21:00p.m., May 26th, 2015
Place: Room 408, Building No. 35, Wushan Campus

Speaker: Dr. Xuejun Pan (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Brief introduction to Dr. Xuejun Pan:
Dr. Xuejun Pan is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his PhD degree in Applied Bioscience at Hokkaido University, Japan. Dr. Pan conducted postdoctoral research at Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, and University of British Columbia. Dr. Pan’s research interests include biomass pretreatment and fractionation, enzymatic and chemical saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass for sugars production, high-value and functional products from cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, catalytic conversion of biomass sugars to chemicals, and drop-in hydrocarbon fuels from biomass. He was elected as Fellow of International Academy of Wood Science in 2013 and won Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow Award in 2011 and NSF Career Award in 2009.