Xiang Zhouyang

Zhouyang Xiang is now working as an Associate Professor at the School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology. He received his PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015 with a major in Biological Systems Engineering. He received his MS degree from North Carolina State University in 2011 with a major in Forest Biomaterials. His research interests are the structural analyses and valorized utilizations of hemicelluloses, which include (1) The physical and chemical structures of xylan-type hemicelluloses; (2) Hemicellulose-based high performance fine chemicals including emulsifying agent, dispersing agent and functional coating; (3)      Hemicellulose-based catalysts/catalyst supports.

He has published over 50 publications, mainly in the top journals of the related fields, including Chemical Engineering Journal, Green Chemistry, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Bioresource Technology, Carbohydrate Polymers, Cellulose, etc. In the past five years, he has received research funding from the National Science Foundation of China, the National Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Science and Technology Program, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, etc. He has been invited to be a guest editor in several journals including Frontiers in Energy Research, Coatings and International Journal of Polymer Science. At present, he is a member of the Young Scholars Committee of Fine Chemical Specialty Committee of Chemical Society of China.