Past Projects
Textile Waste Recycling by Biological Method
Role: PI
Grant type: Innovation and Technology Commission & The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textile and Apparel (HKRITA)
Period: March 2016 - March 2018
Ensuring Sustainable Use of Agricultural Waste, Co-products and By-products
Role: MoC
Grant type: European Commission Horizon
Period: 2016 - 2020
Bioconversion of Food and Beverage Waste to High Value-added Product
Role: PI
Grant type: Innovation and Technology Fund & Innovative and Technology Commission
Period: October 2015 – September 2017
Bioconversion of Food Waste for Bio-Colorant Production
Role: PI
Grant type: CityU Applied Research Grant
Period: April 2014 - March 2015
Conversion of Food Waste into Polylactic acid Fibre
Role: PI
Grant type: Innovation and Technology Commission & The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textile and Apparel (HKRITA)
Period: March 2014 - February 2016
Metabolic Engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for the Simultaneous Production of Succinic Acid and Polyhydroalkanoates
Role: PI
Grant type: Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) & Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Period: September 2013 - Aug 2016
Sustainable Biorefinery Concept Based on Microalgal Biomass Produced from Mixed Food Waste Hydrolysate
Role: PI
Grant type: Innovation and Technology Fund & Innovative and Technology Commission
Period: June 2013 - November 2014
Development of a Multi-enzyme Solution for the Valorisation of Industrial Food Co-products and Organic Food Waste from Cafeteria
Role: PI
Grant type: Innovation and Technology Fund & Innovative and Technology Commission
Period: March 2012 - August 2013
Waste Valorization for the Manufacture of Sustainable Chemicals, Materials and Fuels
Role: PI
Grant type: CityU Start-up Grant for New Faculty
Period: Aug 2011 - July 2013
Textile Waste Recycling by Biological Method (Phase2)
Role: Project Team Member, External Consultant
Grant type: Innovation and Technology Fund & Innovative and Technology Commission
Date: March 31, 2019 – September 30, 2021
Novel Radial Gradient in-situ Fibrous Bed (RadGrad isFBB) Reactors with Cellulose Hydrogels
Role: PI
Grant type: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Date: May 1, 2019 – October 31, 2020
Bioconversion of Textile Waste to Succinic Acid
Role: PI
Grant type: CityU Applied Research Grant
Date: May 2018 - April 2020
International Thematic Network on Green Chemistry
Role: Co-PI
Date: 2017 - 2021
Bioconversion of Food Waste to Biosurfactant
Role: PI
Grant type: CityU Applied Research Grant
Date: June 2017 - May 2019