Personal Resume
Full name: Zhao Hai.
Date of birth: 01-02-1966
Mailing address: Chengdu Institute of Biology, China Academy of Science, Chengdu 610041, Republic of China
Telephone: +86-28-85229857; Fax: +86-28-85222753
Email: zhaohai@cib.ac.cn
Degree: Professor
Specialization: Fermentation
Research Experience:
Professor Zhao Hai is the Chief Bioenergy Scientist in Chengdu Institute of Biology Chinese Academy of Science, the Director member of Chinese Technology Development Center of Biomass, the member of Chinese Renewable Energy Society and the expert of the State High Technology Development Plan.
From 2003, he focused on fuel ethanol production from sweet potato. His research area included fresh sweet potato storage technology, sweet potato fast ethanol fermentation technology, VHG ethanol fermentation technology and comprehensive utilize technology of sweet potato .He already get some achievement on fast fermentation and VHG fermentation to produce fuel ethanol by sweet potato, and applied 5 patents. This technologic achievement will improve the fuel ethanol technology level by increasing net energy outcome and lowering the manufacture cost in fuel production process with sweet potato. He has authored more than 50 papers, made more than 30 presentations. Since 2008, he began to focus on fuel ethanol production from duckweed.
Key research:
1. High-efficiency ethanol conversion technology from sweet potato
2. Research onaquatic energy plant of new type – duckweed
3. R&D of production technology for biofuelbutanol