Dr Wei Du, received her bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the Department of Biological Engineering at South China University of Technology in 1997 and 2002 respectively. From August 2002 to August 2004, she conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University. In 2004, she was awarded the honorary title of "Excellent Postdoctoral Fellow of Tsinghua University". From August 2009 to August 2010, she conducted an academic visit at MIT. She won the "Academic Newcomer Award" of Tsinghua University in 2010 and was selected into the "New Century Excellent Talents Support Program" of the Ministry of Education in 2013. Her main research interest is bio-refining of bioenergy and bio-based chemicals. As the primary inventor, the enzymatic method for producing biodiesel has been successfully industrialized in multiple enterprises. More than 100 SCI papers have been published in important journals in the field of biochemical engineering. She was selected as Elsevier China's highly cited scholar for ten consecutive years from 2014 to 2023. 30 invention patents have been authorized by China, and international patents have been authorized by more than 20 countries including the United States, Singapore, and Europe. She has won many awards, including the "First Prize for Technical Invention" and "First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress" from the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, the "Blue Sky Award" from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the "Gold Medal" from the Geneva International Patent Invention Exhibition, the "Hou Debang Chemical Technology Youth Award" from the China Chemical Industry Society, and the "Youth Science and Technology Outstanding Contribution Award" from the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation.

Ph.D., Biochemical

Engineering, South China University of Technology, 2002

B.S. Biochemical

Engineering. South China University of Technology. 1997

2006-present, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Associate Prof.

2009-2010, Chemistry Department, MIT，Visiting scholar

2004-2006, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Assistant Prof.

2002-2004, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Postdoctoral

Chinese Petroleum Chemical Industry Association Award for outstanding contributions to youth，2014

“Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education of China”, Chinese Ministry of Education,2013

“top 10 excellent young scientist at Tsinghua University”, Tsinghua University, 2011

Jinqiao Award, China Technology Market Association, 2007

The first prize of scientific and Technological Progress Award,Chinese petroleum and Chemical Industry Association,2006

“the excellent postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University”, Tsinghua University, 2004

Dr. Wei. Du is dedicated to the research of biorefinery of renewable resources for bioenergy and bio-based chemicals production. Some achievements (such as enzyme-mediated biodiesel production

from renewable oil sources) have been industrialized with Dr. Wei Du as one of the principle investigators.She has applied for about 20 invention patents of China, in which 15 have been authorized in China and 3 international patent applications (PCT) have been authorized in many countries.

As the corresponding author, she has more than 50 academic papers published in SCI indexing journals, such as Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews,Biotechnology & Bioengineering，Green

Chemistry,Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining(Biofpr)，Bioresource Technology，Catalysis Communications，Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology，Biotechnology Progress ,

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic et al. The total citation number of these publications is more than 1500 times.

Based on the announcement of Elsevier in 2014, she is listed as one of Most Cited Chinese Researchers.

1. Li, Yang; Du, Wei;Liu, Dehua. Exploration on the effect of phospholipids on free lipase-mediated biodiesel production. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic,2014,102:88-93

2. Qi, Feng;Kitahara, Yuki; Wang, Zitian; Zhao, Xuebing; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Novel mutant strains of Rhodosporidium toruloides by plasma mutagenesis approach and their tolerance for inhibitors in lignocellulosic hydrolyzate.Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology,2014,89(5):735-742,

3. Li, Qiang; Xu, Jingyang; Du, Wei; Li Yang; Liu, Dehua. Ethanol as the acyl acceptor for biodiesel production.Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, 25:742-748

4. Li, Yang; Du, Wei*; Liu, Dehua. Effect of phospholipids on free lipase-mediated methanolysis for biodiesel production. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2013,91(1):67-71

5. Duan, Zhangqun; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Improved synthesis of 1,3-diolein by Novozym 435-mediated esterification of monoolein with oleicacid. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2013, 89(1):1-5

6. Xu, Jingyang; Du, Wei; Zhao,Xuebing.Microbial oil production from various carbon sources and its use for biodiesel preparation. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2013, 7(1):65-77

7. Ren, Hongjie; Li, Yang; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.Free lipase-catalyzed esterification of oleic acid for fatty acid ethylester preparation with response surface optimization. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 2013, 90(1):73-79

8. Duan, Zhangqun; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Rational synthesis of 1,3-diolein byenzymatic esterification. Journal of Biotechnology, 2012, 159(1):44-49

9. Duan, Zhangqun; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. The mechanism of solvent effect on the positional selectivity of Candida antarctica lipase B during 1,3-dioleinsynthesis by esterification. Bioresource Technology, 2011, 120(23):11048-11050

10. Ren, Hongjie; Du, Wei; Lv,

Liangliang. Study on Free Lipase-Catalyzed Ethanolysis for Biodiesel Preparation in an Oil/Water Biphasic System. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 2011, 88(10):1551-1555

11. Sun, Ting; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.Comparative study on stability of whole cells during biodiesel production in solvent-free system.Process Biochemistry,2011, 46(3):661-664

12. Du, Wei; Klibanov, Alexander M.Hydrophobic Salts Markedly Diminish Viscosity of Concentrated Protein Solutions.Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2011, 108(3):632-636,

13. Li, Wei; Li, Renwang; Li, Qiang; Du Wei. Acyl migration and kinetics study of 1(3)-positional specific lipase of Rhizopus oryzae-catalyzed methanolysis of triglyceride for biodiesel production.Process Biochemistry,2010,45(12):1888-1893

14. Duan, Zhangqun; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.Novozym 435-catalyzed 1,3-diacylglycerol preparation via esterification int-butanol system. Process Biochemistry, 2010, 45(2):1923-1927

15. Li, Wei; Du, Wei; Li, Qiang.Dependence on the properties of organic solvent: Study on acyl migration kinetics of partial glycerides.Bioresource Technology,2010, 101(15):5737-5742

16. Sun, Ting; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Improved catalytic performance of GA cross-linking treated Rhizopus oryzae IFO 4697whole cell for biodiesel production. Process Biochemistry, 2010, 45(7):1192-1195

17. Duan, Zhang-Qun; Du, Wei; Liu,De-Hua.The solvent influence on the positional selectivity of Novozym 435 during 1,3-diolein synthesis by esterification.Bioresource Technology,2010, 101(7):2568-2571

18. Li, Wei; Du, Wei; Li, Qiang. Study on acyl migration kinetics of partial glycerides:Dependenceon temperature and water activity. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic,2010, 63(1):17-22

19. Lv, Dan; Du, Wei; Zhang, Guoling.Mechanism study on NS81006-mediated methanolysis of triglyceride in oil/water biphasic system for biodiesel production. Process Biochemistry, 2010, 45(4):446-450

20. Sun, Ting; Du, Wei; Zeng, Jing.Exploring the effects of oil inducer on whole cell-mediated methanolysis for biodiesel production. Process Biochemistry, 2010, 45(4):514-518

21. Duan, Zhangqun; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.The pronounced effect of water activity on the positional selectivity of Novozym 435 during 1,3-diolein synthesis by esterification. Catalysis Communications, 2010, 11(5):356-358

22. Sun, Ting; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.Prospectiveand impacts of whole cell mediated alcoholysis of renewable oils for biodiesel production.Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining, 2009, 3(6):633-639

23. Xu, Yunzhen; Liu, Hongjuan; Du, WeiIntegrated production for biodiesel and 1,3-propanediol with lipase-catalyzed transesterification and fermentation. Biotechnology Letters,2009, 31(9):1335-1341

24. Li, Qiang,Du, Wei;Liu, Dehua.Perspectives of microbial oils for biodiesel production. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2008, 80(5): 749-756

25. Chen, Xin; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.Effect of several factors on soluble lipase-mediated biodiesel preparation in the biphasic aqueous-oil systems. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2008, 24(10):2097-2102

26. Li, Wei; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Study on factors influencing stability of whole cell during biodiesel production in solvent-free and tert-butanol system.Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2008, 41(2):111-115

27. Chen, Xin; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua.Response surface optimization of biocatalytic biodiesel production with acidoil. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2008, 40(3):423-429

28. Du, Wei; Li, Wei&; Sun, Ting;Chen, Xin;Liu, Dehua. Perspectives for biotechnological production of biodiesel and impacts. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2008,79(3):331-337

29. Li, Wei;Du, Wei^,Liu,Dehua.Rhizopus oryzae whole-cell-catalyzed biodiesel production from oleic acid in terf-butanol medium. Energy and Fuels, 2008,22(1):155-158

30. Chen, Xin; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua;Ding, Fuxin.Lipase-mediated methanolysis of soybean oils for biodiesel production. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2008,24(10):2097-2102

31. Li, Wei;Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Rhizopus oryzae IFO 4697 whole cell catalyzed methanolysis of crude and acidified rapeseed oils for biodiesel production in tert-butanol system.Process Biochemistry,2007, 42(11): 1481-1485

32. Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua; Li, Lilin; Dai,Lingmei. Mechanism exploration during lipase-mediated methanolysis of renewable oils for biodiesel production in a tert-butanol system. Biotechnology Progress,2007, 23(5): 1087-1090

33. Li, Wei; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua. Optimization of whole cell-catalyzed methanolysis of soybean oil for biodiesel production using response surface methodology. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B:Enzymatic, 2007, 45: 122-127

34. Du, Wei;Wang, Li; Liu, Dehua. Improved methanol tolerance during Novozym435-mediated methanolysis of SODD for biodiesel production. Green Chemistry, 2007, 9(2): 173-176

35. Zeng, Jing; Du, Wei; Liu, Xinyi;Liu, Dehua; Dai, Lingmei. Study on the effect of cultivation parameters and pretreatment on Rhizopus oryzae cell-catalyzed transesterification of vegetable oils for biodiesel production. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic,2006, 43: 15-18

36. Wang, Li; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua, Li,Lilin; Dai, Ningmei. Lipase-catalyzed biodiesel production from soybean oil deodorizer distillate with absorbent present in tert-butanol system. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2006, 43: 29-32

37. Li, Lilin; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua;Wang, Li; Li, Zebo. Lipase-catalyzed transesterification of rapeseed oils for biodiesel production with a novel organic solvent as the reaction medium.Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2006, 43: 58-62

38. Du, Wei; Xu, YY; Liu, DH; Li, ZB. Study on acyl migration in immobilized lipozyme TL-catalyzed transesterification of soybean oil for biodiesel production. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic,2006, 43: 68-71

39. Xu, YY; Du, Wei; Liu, DH. Study on the kinetics of enzymatic interesterification of triglycerides for biodiesel production with methyl acetate as the acyl acceptor. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2005, 32: 241-245

40. Du, Wei; Xu, YY; Zeng J; Liu, DH. Novozyrn 435-catalysed transesterification of crude soya bean oils for biodiesel production in a solvent-free medium. Biotechnology and Applied Bichemistry,2004, 40: 187-190

41. Du, Wei; Xu, YY;Liu, DH; Zeng, J. Comparative study on lipase-catalyzed transformation of soybean oil for biodiesel production with different acyl acceptors. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2004, 30:125-129

42. Xu, YY; Du, Wei; Zeng, J; Liu, DH.Conversionof soybean oil to biodiesel fuel using lipozyme TL IM in a solvent-free medium.Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, 2004, 22(1): 45-48

43. Du, Wei; Xu, YY;Liu, DH. Lipase-catalysed transesterification of soya bean oil for biodiesel production during continuous batch operation. Biotechnology and Applied Bichemistry, 2003, 38: 103-106