C Catalyst De evelopme ent for Bio omass Con nversion to o Fuels an nd Chemiccals Drr. Chen Lu uwei Insttitute of C Chemical EEngineering Sciencess (ICES), A*star ‐‐‐ An introd duction of research activities iin Heteroggeneous C Catalysis, IC CES Abstractt: Biomasss is a renew wable resou urce which can achievee carbon neeutrality. P Production of energy and cheemicals from m biomass iss of critical importancee in meetingg some of th he challengees such as decreassing availab bility of fosssil fuels an nd increasin ng global w warming efffects. Prod duction of energy and chemiccals from biomass app pears as onee of the mo ost promising, viable, long‐term solution ns to our futture societyy. Thermo ochemical ccatalytic rou utes have rrecently deemonstrated d that it iss entirely feeasible to convert biomass to t fuels and chemicals using hetterogeneou us catalysts. Examples of these ous phase reforming (resulting iin green h hydrogen), technologies include vapor and aqueo catalyticc fast pyro olysis, and other selective cataalytic transsformation of variouss biomass derivatives. Hetero ogeneous Catalysis C grroup in ICEES (Institutee of Chemiical and En ngineering has been acctively involvved in the ccatalyst and d process developmentt for fuels Sciencess, A*Star) h and cheemicals prod duction from m biomass. In this preesentation, progress on n bio‐oil and glycerol upgrading, hydrogeen and olefins production from bio o‐ethanol w will be discusssed. Biograph hy: Dr Luwei CHEN receiived PhD from National U University off Singapore (NUS) in 2000. She jjoined Institute of Chem mical and En ngineering SSciences of 003 and is ccurrently a sscientist and d a team leaader in the Singaporee (ICES) in 20 heterogen neous catalyssis program. Her researcch interests include devellopment of catalysts/materials forr renewable//alternative eenergy; carbon dioxide caapture and ns; and mech hanistic studyy of the gas aadsorption and reaction on catalyst utilization surfaces, u using in situ ttechniques (XPS, UPS, TP PR, Raman an nd FTIR etc.).