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Associate Professor

Chuanzhao LI

Associate Professor
Programme Leader, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering
Programme Leader, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Programme Leader, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Chemical Engineering
Programme Leader, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Chemical Engineering
PhD (Chemical Engineering) , National University of Singapore, Singapore
Cluster:
Food, Chemical and Biotechnology
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SIT Appointments

  • Programme Leader, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Chemical Engineering
    – Present
  • Programme Leader, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
    – Present
  • Programme Leader, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering
    – Present
  • Programme Leader, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Chemical Engineering
    – Present
  • Associate Professor
    – Present
  • Programme Director - SIT-NU BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
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  • Deputy Programme Director - SIT MEngTech in Chemical Engineering
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  • Deputy Programme Director, SIT-NU BEng (Hons) in Chemical Engineering
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Education

  • PhD (Chemical Engineering)
    National University of Singapore , Singapore
  • MEng (Chemical Engineering)
    Tianjin University , China
  • BEng (Chemical Engineering)
    Tianjin University , China

Achievements

  • Singapore Millennium Foundation (SMF) Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Gold Prize, IHPC-IBM Supercomputing Contest, HPC Quest 2003
  • President’s Graduate Fellowship, National University of Singapore
  • Best Lecturer Award, Newcastle University, 2014,2015
  • Best Paper Award, ICES, 2007, 2010

Professional Memberships

  • Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy.
  • Executive Committee, Bio Energy Society of Singapore.
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Research Interests

  • Reaction engineering and catalysis

    Combine various spectroscopy and chemometrics tools to look at complex reactions/catalysis to understand the mechanisms and kinetics for process development

  • Biomass conversion to chemicals

    Identify viable feed-stocks and routes to make high value added chemicals from biomass

  • Crystallization
  • Process development

    Process synthesis, simulation, scale-up, design and engineering

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Journal Papers

  • Nobbs, J.; Zainal, Z.; Tan, J.; Drent, E. Stubbs, L.; Li, C.; Lim, S.; Kumbang, D.; van Meurs, M. Bio–based Pentenoic Acids as Intermediates to Higher Value-Added Mono- and Dicarboxylic Acids. ChemistrySelect 2016, 1(3), 539-544.

  • Luo, H.; Wang, C.; Rusli, W.; Li, C.; Widjaja, E.; Wong, P.; Stubbs, L.; van Meurs, M. Highly active self-assembled group-IV-metal multinuclear catalysts for ethylene polymerization. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2015, 798, 354-366.

  • Cheng, S.; Li, C.; Guo, L.; Garland, M. Determining the pure component spectra of trace organometallic intermediates by combined application of in-situ Raman spectroscopy and band-target entropy minimization analysis, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 2014, 70.

  • Li, C.; Garland, M. Catalytic Binuclear Elimination Reaction, in Catalysis from A to Z , Cornils, B., Herrmann, W. A., Wong, C., Zanthoff, H. (eds.), Wiley, 2013.

  • Seayad, A.; Ramalingam, B.; Chai, C. L. L.; Li, C.; Garland, M.; Yoshinaga, K., Self-supported chiral titanium cluster (SCTC) as a robust catalyst for the asymmetric cyanation of imines under batch and continuous flow at room temperature. Chemistry – A European Journal 2012, 18 (18), 5693-5700.

  • Garland, M.; Li, C.; Guo, L. Four Criteria for Evaluating Pure Component Spectral Estimates and the Subsequent Identification of Intermediates in Homogeneous Catalysis. ACS Catalysis 2012, 2(11), 2216-2445.

  • Li, C.; Gao, F.; Cheng, S.; Tjahjono, M.; van Meurs, M.; Tay, B.; Jacob, C.; Guo, L.; Garland, M., From stoichiometric to catalytic binuclear elimination in Rh–W hydroformylations. Identification of two new heterobimetallic intermediates. Organometallics 2011, 30 (16), 4292-4296.

  • Li, C.; Chen, L.; Widjaja, E.; Garland, M., The catalytic binuclear elimination reaction: Confirmation from in situ FTIR studies of homogeneous rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation. Catalysis Today 2010, 155(3-4), 261-265.

  • Christiansen, A.; Li, C.; Garland, M.; Selent, D.; Ludwig, R.; Spannenberg, A.; Baumann, W.; Franke, R.; Borner, A. On the tautomerism of secondary phosphane oxides. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2010, 14, 2733-2741.

  • Ramalingam, B.; Seayad, A.; Li, C.; Garland, M.; Yoshinaga, K.; Wadamoto, M.; Nagata, T.; Chai, C., A Remarkable titanium-catalyzed asymmetric strecker reaction using hydrogen cyanide at room temperature. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2010, 352(13), 2153-2158.

  • Tjahjono, M.; Cheng, S.; Li, C.; Garland, M., Self-association of acetic acid in dilute deuterated chloroform: wide-range spectral reconstructions and analysis using FTIR spectroscopy, BTEM, and DFT. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2010, 114(46), 12168-12175.

  • Li, C.; Cheng, S.; Tjahjono, M.; Schreyer, M.; Garland, M., Concurrent synergism and inhibition in bimetallic catalysis: catalytic binuclear elimination, solute-solute interactions and a hetero-bimetallic hydrogen-bonded complex in Rh-Mo hydroformylations. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2010, 132(13), 4589-4599.

  • Christiansen, A.; Li, C.; Garland, M.; Selent, D.; Ludwig, R.; Franke, R.; Börner, A., Secondary phosphane oxides as preligands in rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation. ChemCatChem 2010, 2 (10), 1278-1285.

  • Widjaja, E.; Li, C.; Garland, M. The Combination of Raman Microscopy, Multiwell Plate Experimental Designs, and BTEM Analysis for High Throughput Experimentation. Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry 2009,11(2), 261-266.

  • Zhu, Y.; Loo, K.; Ng, H.; Li, C.; Stubbs, L.; Chia, F.; Tan, M.; Ship, C. Magnetic nanoparticle supported second generation Hoveyda-Grubbs catalyst for metathesis of unsaturated fatty acid esters. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2009, 351(16), 2650-2656.

  • Garland, M.; Li, C. A Review of BTEM Analysis for Catalytic Studies and a Recent Homogeneous Catalytic Example. Topics in Catalysis 2009, 52(10), 1334-1341.

  • Zhu, Y.; Lee, C.; Li, C.; Widjaja, E.; Chong, S.; Wang, C.; Tan, J.; van Meurs, M.; Hosmane, N.; and Maguire, J. Synthesis, Characterization, and Polymerization of a Neutral Tantalacarborane Sandwich Complex Derived from a Pentaanionic Exo-Polyhedrally Linked Bis(C2B10-carborane) Ligand. Organometallics 2009, 28 (1), 60–64.

  • Femoni, C.; Lapalucci, M.; Longoni, G.; Tiozzo, C.; Zacchini, S.; Heaton, B.; Iggo, J.; Zanello, P.; Fedi, S.; Garland, M.; Li, C. The loss of CO from [Rh12(μ12-Sn)(CO)27]4-: Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Structural Characterization of the Electron- deficient, Icosahedral [Rh12(μ12-Sn)(CO)25]4- and [Rh12(μ12-Sn)(CO)26]4- Tetra-anions. Dalton Trans 2009, 12, 2217-2223.

  • Li, C.; Chen, L.; Garland, M., Synthetic applications of synergism using catalytic binuclear elimination reactions. Further examples of rhodium-manganese and rhodium-rhenium-catalyzed hydroformylations. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2008, 350(5), 679-690.

  • Li, C.; Chen, L.; Garland, M., Synchronicity of mononuclear and dinuclear events in homogeneous catalysis. Hydroformylation of cyclopentene using Rh4(CO)12 and HRe(CO)5 as precursors. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2007, 129 (43), 13327-13334.

  • Cheng, S.; Tjahjono, M.; Rajarathnam, D.; Li, C. ; Lyapkalo, I. ; Chen, D.; Garland, M., Remote monitoring of a multi-component liquid-phase organic synthesis by infrared emission spectroscopy: The recovery of pure component emissivities by band-target entropy minimization. Applied Spectroscopy 2007, 61(10), 1057-1062.

  • Liu, G.; Li, C.; Guo, L.; Garland, M. Experimental evidence for a significant homometallic catalytic binuclear elimination reaction: Linear-quadratic kinetics in the rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of cyclooctene. Journal of Catalysis 2006, 237(1), 67-78.

  • Gao, F.; Ng, K.; Li, C.; Krummel, K.; Allian, A.; Garland, M. A versatile and compact experimental apparatus for the on-line spectroscopic study of liquid-phase heterogeneous catalytic systems. Journal of Catalysis 2006, 237(1), 49-57.

  • Li, C.; Widjaja, E.; Garland, M. Rh4(CO)12 Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Cyclopentene Promoted with HMn(CO)5. Another Example of Rh4(CO)12/HMn(CO)5 Bimetallic Catalytic Binuclear Elimination. Organometallics 2004, 23(17), 4131-4138.

  • Li, C.; Guo, L.; Garland, M. Homogeneous Hydroformylation of Ethylene Catalyzed by Rh4(CO)12: Application of BTEM to Identify A New Class of Rhodium Carbonyl Spectra. Organometallics 2004, 23(9), 2201-2204.

  • Widjaja, E.; Li, C.; Garland, M. Algebraic System Identification for A Homogeneous Catalyzed Reaction: Application to the Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Alkenes Using In-situ FTIT Spectroscopy. Journal of Catalysis 2004, 223(2), 278-289.

  • Li, C.; Guo, L.; Garland, M. Identification of Rhodium-Rhenium Nonacarbonyl RhRe(CO)9. Spectroscopic and Thermodynamic Aspects. Organometallics 2004, 23(22), 5275-5279.

  • Li, C.; Widjaja, E.; Garland, M. Spectral Reconstruction of In-Situ FTIR Spectroscopic Reaction Data Using Band-Target Entropy Minimisation (BTEM). Application to the Homogeneous Rhodium Catalyzed Hydroformylation of 3,3-Dimethylbut-1-ene using Rh4(CO)12, Journal of Catalysis 2003,213, 126-134.

  • Li, C.; Widjaja, E.; Garland, M. Bimetallic Catalytic Binuclear Elimination - an Origin of Synergism in Homogeneous Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125(18), 5540-5548.

  • Widjaja, E.; Li, C.; Chew, W.; Garland, M. BTEM-A Robust Algorithm for Pure Spectral Recovery. Analytical Chemistry 2003, 75(17), 4499-4507.

  • Li, C.; Widjaja, E.; Chew, W.; Garland, M. Rhodium Tetracarbonyl Hydride: The Elusive Metal Carbonyl Hydride. Angewandte Chemie (Int. Ed.) 2002,41(20), 3785-3789.

  • Widjaja, E.; Li, C.; Garland, M. Semi-Batch Homogeneous Catalytic In-Situ Spectroscopic Data. FTIR Spectral Reconstructions Using Band-Target Entropy Minimisation (BTEM) without Spectral Preconditioning. Organometallics 2002, 21, 1990-1997.

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