Hou-min Chang
Bio
Dr. Hou-min Chang obtained his B.S. in Forestry from National Taiwan University in 1962. He obtained his M.S. (1966) in Chemistry and his Ph.D. (1968) in Wood Chemistry from the University of Washington. During his post-graduate studies, he worked as a research assistant in the area of Wood Chemistry at the University of Washington. Upon receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Chang joined the Department of Wood and Paper Science at NC State. He received the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award from the NC State Alumni Association in both 1993 and 1994. He was a visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo in 1981 and at Kyoto University in 1998. Dr. Chang is a TAPPI Fellow, a member of the American Chemical Society and a Fellow of the International Academy of Science. His research interests are in the chemistry of lignin, chemical processing of wood, chemistry of pulping and bleaching processes and pollution abatement in pulp and paper mills.
Education
B.S. National Taiwan University, 1962
M.S. University of Washington, 1966
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1968
Area(s) of Expertise
Chemistry of lignin and delignification, pulping and bleaching processes and pollution abatement in pulp and paper mills
Publications
- Towards jet fuel from technical lignins: Feedstock-catalyst-product interactions revealed during catalytic hydrogenolysis , CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (2023)
- The Effect of the Kraft Pulping Process, Wood Species, and pH on Lignin Recovery from Black Liquor , FIBERS (2022)
- Improved understanding of technical lignin functionalization through comprehensive structural characterization of fractionated pine kraft lignins modified by the Mannich reaction , GREEN CHEMISTRY (2021)
- A Quantitative Comparison of the Precipitation Behavior of Lignin from Sweetgum and Pine Kraft Black Liquors , BIORESOURCES (2020)
- Biphenyl structure and its impact on the macromolecular structure of lignin: A critical review , JOURNAL OF WOOD CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY (2020)
- Carboxymethylation of hemicellulose isolated from poplar (Populus grandidentata) and its potential in water-soluble oxygen barrier films , Cellulose (2020)
- Effect of removing hemicellulose and lignin synchronously under mild conditions on enzymatic hydrolysis of corn stover , Fuel Processing Technology (2020)
- Effects of Lignin Contents and Delignification Methods on Enzymatic Saccharification of Loblolly Pine , INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH (2020)
- Highly efficient conversion of Kraft lignin into liquid fuels with a Co-Zn-beta zeolite catalyst , APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL (2020)
- Lignin fractionation from laboratory to commercialization: chemistry, scalability and techno-economic analysis , GREEN CHEMISTRY (2020)