Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Carol Sze Ki Lin

Biography

Carol Lin graduated in Chemical and Materials Engineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand with a 1st class honours degree. Her PhD was carried out within the Satake Centre for Grain Process Engineering (SCGPE) in the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science at the University of Manchester, England. In collaboration with the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence at the University of York, her research focused on novel wheat-based biorefining strategies for the production of succinic acid. Her current research interests focus on the valorization of food waste through conversion into commercially valuable products such as the production of biofuels, bio-degradable polymer and specialty chemicals. Dr. Lin is also editorial board member of several biotechnology and energy related journals. She has published over 45 papers with several scientific manuscripts in top impact factor journals including Chemical Society Reviews, Energy and Environmental Sciences; editor of 1 book and co-authored 6 book chapters. She gave around 60 oral presentations including 3 keynote and 2 plenary talk in Belgium, China, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, the UK and USA.

Research Interest

 Her research interests are in the areas of energy technology in three main areas particularly: biorefinery, microbial fuel cells, microfluidic device