(382bp) Biobased chemical production using solid catalysts

biomass conversion, heterogeneous catalysis, reaction engineering, catalyst synthesis, catalyst evaluation

Skills
Chemical Analysis: GC, UV, mass spectrometry, NMR

Chemical Production: operation, modification, and maintenance of batch and continuous reactors, operation and maintenance of high-pressure batch reactors (autoclave)

Material Characterization: microscopy (SEM, TEM), TGA, XPS, ICP, XRD, N₂ physisorption, solid-state NMR, IR, TPD, TPR, chemisorption

Statistical Tool & Data Analysis: Microsoft Excel, Origin, Wolfram Mathematica

Career Objectives: process development for biobased chemicals and fuels

Selected publications:
1) Hyunju Lee, His-hsin Lin, Brent Shanks, Heteropoly acid catalysts for limonene oxide isomerization: the correlation of catalyst acid strength to activity and selectivity, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cy00747j.

2) Hyunju Lee, Doohwan Lee, Synthesis Chemistry and Properties of Ni Catalysts Fabricated on SiC@Al2O3 Core-Shell Microstructure for Methane Steam Reforming, Catalysts, 2020, https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10040391.

3) Hyunju Lee, Jieun Kim, Doohwan Lee, A New Design and Synthesis Approach of Supported Metal Catalysts via Interfacial Hydrothermal-Oxidation/Reductive-Exolution Chemistry of Al Metal Substrate, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117461.