Kevin C.-W. WU (吳嘉文)
Title: Distinguished Professor
Telephone: 02-33663064
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Office: Room 117A, Dept. Chem. Eng.
Lab: Functional Nanoporous Materials Lab (Room 504，516，517 of Biotechnology Building)
Lab homepage: https://fnmkevinwu.wordpress.com/
Education:
2005 | PhD, Materials Science & Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2000 | Master, Agriculture chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
1998 | Bachelor, Agriculture chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Experience:
2016-present | Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng., National Taiwan University
2010-present | Joint Appointed Investigator, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
2012-2016 | Associate Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng., National Taiwan University
2013-2016 | Vice chair, The Center of Strategic Materials Alliance for Research and Technology Vice chair, The Center of Strategic Materials Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART Center), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2008-2012 | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng., National Taiwan University
2006-2008 | Post-doc, Dept. of Chem., Iowa State Univ., Iowa, USA
2005-2006 | Post-doc, Dept. of Applied Chem., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Honors & Awards:
2014 | The Distinguished Lectureship Award, The CSJ Asian International Symposium, Nagoya, Japan.
2015 | Wu Da-Yu (吳大猶獎) Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan.
2012-present | Editorial Board, Advanced Powder Technology (Elsevier).
2015-present | Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group).
2016 | The Best Paper Award in the Catalysis Society of Taiwan.
2016 | The SCEJ Award for Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer.
2017 | Lai Zia-Te (賴再得獎) Award, Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Taiwan.
2017 | Outstanding Young Chemist (傑出青年化學家獎) Award, Chemistry Society of Taiwan.
2017-present | Editorial Board, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (Elsevier).
2018 | Editorial Board, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS).
2018 | Humboldt Foundation Fellow (Germany).
2018 | MOST Outstanding Research Award (科技部傑出研究獎).
Research Highlight
Biomaterials for drug delivery systems: We are developing alginated-based core/shell nanocomposites consisting of inorganic materials such as CaP, Fe3O4, and Au as core and organic alginate as shell for various kinds of cancer therapy. 1. Biomaterials for drug delivery systems: We are developing alginated-based core/shell nanocomposites consisting of inorganic materials such as CaP, Fe3O4, and Au as core and organic alginate as shell for various kinds of cancer therapy.
Lignocellulosic biomass conversion: We are developing microporous (MOFs) and mesoporous materials as effective solid catalysts for lignocellulosic conversion. We aim to convert lignocellulosic biomass into 5-hydromethylfurfural (HMF) because HMF has been regarded as the Top 10 useful platform for further conversion to other high-value chemicals (such as DMF and FDCA).
Membrane separation: We are working on the synthesis of MOFs-based membranes and mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for pervaporation (PV) and CO2 adsorption and utilization. We have demonstrated a non-drying process to homogeneously load inorganic nanoporous nanoparticles into organic polymers, leading a new series of MMMs with excellent performance.
Solar cells: We have synthesized various kinds of nanoporous nitrogen-doped carbon and metal oxides/metal sulfides materials to replace noble metals that are used as electrodes in several electrochemical devices such as dye-sensitized solar cells and supercapacitors.
Representative publications:
- Fa-Kuen Shieh,* Shao-Chun Wang, Chia-I Yen, Chang-Cheng Wu, Saikat Dutta, Lien-Yang Chou, Joseph V. Morabito, Pan Hu, Ming-Hua Hsu, Kevin C.-W. Wu,* and Chia-Kuang Tsung*. Imparting Functionality to Biocatalysts via Embedding Enzymes into Nanoporous Materials by a de novo Approach: Size-Selective Sheltering of Catalase in Metal-Organic Framework Microcrystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2015, 137(13), 4276-4279.
- Yu-Heng Deng, Jung-Tsai Chen, Chia-Hao Chang, Kuo-Sung Liao, Kuo-Lun Tung,* William E. Price, Yusuke Yamauchi, and Kevin C.-W. Wu*. A Drying-Free, Water-Based Process for Fabricating Mixed Matrix Membranes with Outstanding Pervaporation Performance. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2016, 55, 12793-12796.
- Chi Van Nguyen, Yu-Te Liao, Ting-Cih Kang, Jeffrey E. Chen, Takuya Yoshikawa, Yuta Nakasaka, Takao Masuda, and Kevin C.-W. Wu*. A Metal-Free, High Nitrogen-Doped Nanoporous Graphitic Carbon Catalyst for an Effective Aerobic HMF-to-FDCA Conversion. Green Chemistry. 2016, 18, 5957-5961.
- Saikat Dutta, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti*, Md. Shahriar A. Hossain, Muhammad J. A. Shiddiky, Kuo-Lun Tung, Fa-Kuen Shieh, Chia-Kuang Tsung, Kevin C.-W. Wu*, and Yusuke Yamauchi*. Strategies for Improving the Functionality of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks: Tailoring Nanoarchitectures for Functional Applications. Advanced Materials. 2017, 29, 1700213.
- Jie Wang, Yunling Xu, Bing Ding, Zhi Chang, Xiaogang Zhang*, Yusuke Yamauchi*, and Kevin C. -W. Wu*. Confined Self-Assembly in Two-Dimensional Interlayer Space: Monolayered Mesoporous Carbon Nanosheets with In-Plane Orderly Arranged Mesopores and High Graphitized Framework. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2018, 57(11), 2894-2898.