Welcome to Prof Li's Lab

Associate Professor LI Zhi

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore

Our research focuses on advanced biocatalysis for green and sustainable manufacturing of chemicals and pharmaceuticals, production of bio-based fuels and chemicals, and development of functional and smart materials.

Main Research Interests

The main research interests are: (a) Discovery and engineering of novel biocatalysts, (b) Engineering of novel and efficient biocatalytic systems, (c) Utilization of renewable feedstocks or waste to produce fuels and chemicals, and d) Synthesis of functional and smart materials for biotechnological and biomedical applications.

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Lab News

October 2019: Welcoming our international PIPS industry collaborators from GSK, Pfizer, and Merck for highly valuable scientific discussions.

May 2019: Southeast Asia Catalysis Conference 2019, co-organised by us with Singapore Catalysis Society, was a big success! Many hghly useful and interesting scientific lectures were given.

May 2019: Prof. Zhao Huimin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, visited our lab and shared his expertise with us.

June 2018: Dr. Stephen J Brelje, Director of the Bioprocess Development Group Pfizer Global Supply, Pfizer Inc gave us a talk on "Enzymes in Big Pharma – A manufacturing perspective".

Apr 2018: Professor Anton Glieder from Graz University of Technology (Austria) visited our lab and shared his expertise with us.

Dec 2017: i-BioS 2017, was a great success! Prof. Li Zhi and Dr. Wu (A-star) organized the international symposium on Innovative Bioproduction Singapore at NUS. High quality lectures were provided by top scientists from different regions and trending research topics were discussed.

Sept 2017: A great stride towards green! Dr. Wu Shuke and Dr. Zhou Yi's work on cascade biotransformation for green and sustainable synthesis has been published as Very Important Papers in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis and high lighted on the journal's front cover (Wu, S, Zhou, Y., Seet, D. and Prof. Li Z.; Zhou. Y, Wu, S. and Prof. Li Z.)

Aug 2017: A very warm welcome! Professor Per Berglund from KTH (Sweden) visited our lab in the Faculty of Engineering and shared his expertise with us.