Dr. Wan-Ting (Grace) Chen is seeking PhD students and visiting
scholars/students to join her group in Department of Plastic Engineering
at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
About the Principal Investigator:
Dr. Chen will join the University of Massachusetts Lowell as an assistant
professor in Fall 2018.
Grace received her B.Sc in Chemical Engineering from the National Taiwan
University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from
the University of Illinois. Grace’s PhD research work focused on developing
a synergistically integrated waste-to-fuel system that simultaneously
produces biofuel and treats wet biowaste via algae growth and hydrothermal
liquefaction (HTL). Grace’s ongoing work focuses on valorization of plastic
waste into useful products, including pristine polymers, fuels, specialty
chemicals, and monomers. Grace has an h-index of 12 and has published 17
papers, 1 book chapter, and 33 conference presentations.
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/gracechen
Google Scholar: https://goo.gl/sb4GaN
Research Interests
Plastic recycling, renewable plastics and additives, green chemistry &
engineering, biomass conversion, supercritical fluids, reaction engineering,
technoeconomic and lifecycle analyses
Preferred applicants backgrounds
Candidates from all science and engineering background are encouraged to
apply. Work attitude, self-motivation, and problem-solving skill are more
important than specific trainings or experiences.
Please send your CV to Dr. Wan-Ting (Grace) Chen ([email protected])