Prof Guohua Chen, Head and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the organization’s highest grade of membership which recognizes service to the profession and significant professional accomplishment.

Demonstrating long-term excellence in research and education, Prof Chen is not only a world-renowned expert in electrochemical technologies for environmental and energy applications, but also an authority in solid drying, especially freeze drying of high value products. He has completed over two dozens of research and development projects in the past decade, graduated 10 PhD students and 27 master’s students, and is currently supervising 10 PhD and 6 master’s students.

A prolific scholar with great impact in his field, Prof Chen has published over 230 journal papers which received more than 9,000 SCI citations with a SCI h-index of 48. He also holds two US patents and six Chinese patents and is the recipient of the School of Engineering Research Excellence Award in 2011.

He has been active in the academic field and has served as a conference organizer, evaluation panelist, and on the editorial board of prestigious journals. For example, he is an associate editor-in-chief for Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering published by Chemical Industry Press and Elsevier and an editor of Separation and Purification Technology published by Elsevier. Highly respected in his field, Prof Chen is a well sought-after speaker to give keynote or plenary lectures at national and international symposia and is the President of Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of FDG Kinetics, a Hong Kong listed company focusing on advanced materials for electric vehicles.

AIChE is the world's leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 50,000 members from over 100 countries.