C. Oliver Kappe, Professor, University of Graz, Scientific Director, Center for Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processing

C. Oliver Kappe Biographical Sketch

C. Oliver Kappe received his undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Graz. After periods of postdoctoral research work at the University of Queensland and at Emory University, he moved back to the University of Graz in 1996 to start his independent academic career. In 1999 he became Associate Professor and in 2011 was appointed Full Professor for “Technology of Organic Synthesis” at the University of Graz. Professor Kappe has an extensive general experience and a 25 year track record in synthetic and physical organic chemistry, process intensification using batch microwave technology and flow chemistry/microreaction technology, communicated in ~400 scientific publications (WoS h-Index 72). His current research interests involve continuous flow chemistry, API manufacturing, and process intensification technologies.

Christophe Len, Professor, Chimie ParisTech, CNRS

Christophe Len Biographical Sketch

Prof. Dr. Christophe Len received his Ph.D. in 1995 from the Université de Picardie Jules Verne followed by a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Hull (UK). In 1997, he became assistant Professor at UPJV and was promoted to full Professor in 2004 at the Université de Poitiers (France). In 2010, he moved as full Professor to the Université de Technologie de Compiègne – UTC (France). Since 2017, he has developed his research at Chimie ParisTech (France). He has published ~ 250 original publications and review articles, 11 book chapters, and 12 patents (H 49, 7497 citations, Scopus). Among recent awards and recognition to his scientific career, he was promoted Honorary Professor of the University of Hull, England (2012–2018), Honorary Professor at the University of Delhi, India (2022), Honorary Professor at the Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (2022-2025) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, 2015). In 2017, he was honored with the 2017 Glycerine Innovation Award sponsored by the American Cleaning Institute and the National Biodiesel Board. His current research explores organic chemistry and continuous flow.

Di Sha, Chief Scientist, Ou Shisheng (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

Di Sha Biographical Sketch

Di Sha, MD, PhD is the Chief Scientist at Ou Shisheng(Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. She has extensive research experience in Bio. Currently, she is responsible for all aspects of the biology applications and overseas marketing for Ou Shisheng Tech.

Guangsheng Luo, Professor, Tsinghua University

Guangsheng Luo Biographical Sketch

Professor Guangsheng Luo is a Cheung Kong distinguished professor and Head of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. and B.Sc. degrees in 1993 and 1988, respectively, both from Tsinghua University. His research interests include microstructured chemical systems, separation science and technology, and functional materials. He has published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and holds more than 100 Chinese patents. He was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and he is the recipient of several awards, including the second prize of China State Technological Invention Award. His is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Jean-Christophe Monbaliu, Full Professor of Organic Chemistry, Principal Investigator WEL Research Institute, CiTOS I Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis, FloW4all I Flow Technology Research Center, University of Liège

Jean-Christophe Monbaliu Biographical Sketch

Jean-Christophe M. Monbaliu, born in Brussels, Belgium, studied chemistry at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, where he received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. In 2008, he started a postdoc at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering of the Ghent University, Belgium, where he was later appointed as a postdoctoral associate of the Research Foundation-Flanders. In 2010, he was awarded a Belgian American Educational Foundation fellowship that triggered his relocation to the USA. He joined the Center for Heterocyclic Compounds at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. In 2012, he was appointed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA. In 2013, he came back to Belgium and settled at the University of Liège. Monbaliu created the Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis (CiTOS), where he is currently developing new methods for organic synthesis using micro- and mesofluidic reactors. CiTOS is the first European Corning® Advanced-Flow™ reactor (AFR) qualified lab.

Kai Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

Kai Wang Biographical Sketch

Professor Kai Wang obtained his PhD degree in 2010 from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. During 2015 to 2016, he worked as a visiting scholar in Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is now working as an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University. His research interest is flow chemistry and electrochemical synthesis.

Marcus Baumann, Associate Professor – School of Chemistry, University College Dublin

Marcus Baumann Biographical Sketch

Marcus Baumann graduated from Philipps-University
Marburg, Germany in 2007 before joining the group of Prof. Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge for his PhD which focused on developing continuous flow methods for the synthesis of bioactive entities. In 2011, he moved to Irvine, California as a postdoc in the group of Prof. Larry E. Overman before returning to the UK for postdoctoral studies with Prof. Ian R. Baxendale at the University of Durham in 2013. In 2017 Marcus joined University College Dublin where he currently is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemistry. He leads a large research group focusing on flow-based routes towards drug-like building blocks utilizing photo-chemistry, biocatalysis and various temperature-sensitive transformations, and collaborates extensively with partners from the chemical industries.

Paul Watts, Paul Watts, Distinguished Professor and Research Chair, Nelson Mandela University

Paul Watts Biographical Sketch

Professor Paul Watts started his career as a lecturer at the University of Hull in 2002, being promoted to full professor in 2011. At the University of Hull he led the micro reactor and flow technology group. In February 2013, he moved to Nelson Mandela University to hold the Distinguished Professorship and Research Chair in Microfluidic Bio/Chemical Processing. He has published of over 120 highly cited papers. He strongly believes that scientists should conduct research that impacts society; the biggest project underway involves the local production of key drugs as the morbidity and mortality from major diseases are much more devastating in Africa than in other regions of the world. The vision is that new technology will be used within South Africa to manufacture generic drugs; this could create jobs and a new manufacturing industry within the country.

Shinichiro Fuse, Professor, Nagoya University

Shinichiro Fuse Biographical Sketch

Shinichiro Fuse has been a professor of chemistry at Nagoya University since 2019. He earned his B.S. degree in 2000 and his Ph.D. in 2005 from Tokyo Institute of Technology under the supervision of Prof. Takashi Takahashi. He was a researcher at ChemGenesis Incorporated between 2005 and 2006, and a postdoctoral fellow from 2006 to 2008 at Harvard University in the group of Prof. Daniel E. Kahne. In 2008, he joined the faculty at the Tokyo Institute of Technology as an assistant professor. He then moved to the Chemical Resources Laboratory at the same university as an associate professor in 2015. His research is aimed toward the development of efficient synthetic processes based on a deep understanding of organic chemistry using flow synthesis, automated synthesis, theoretical calculations, and machine-learning technologies.

Thomas Kohl, Senior Experimental Scientist, Team Leader CSIRO

Thomas Kohl Biographical Sketch

Thomas M. Kohl is a Senior Experimental Scientist and is Team Leader for the Continuous Flow Catalysis team at the CSIRO in Melbourne, Australia, which he joined in 2012. He obtained a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Tasmania in 2012. Thomas has over 12 years of experience working in the flow chemistry area and has expertise in developing chemical processes from concept through to production.

His current research interests include CO2 upgrading, 3D printed reactor components, photocatalysis, plasma catalysis, automated process optimization and distributed manufacturing.

Volker Hessel, Professor, The University of Adelaide

Volker Hessel Biographical Sketch

Professor Volker Hessel studied chemistry at Mainz University/D. 1994: Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz/Germany (Director R&D); 2005: Professor Eindhoven University of Technology/NL; 2018: Deputy Dean (Research), Professor University of Adelaide, Australia; 2019: part-time professor University of Warwick/UK.

He is author of 678 peer-reviewed publications (h-index: 90; >37,000 citations). He received the AIChE Excellence in Process Development Research Award, IUPAC ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry. He is program lead in the ARC Centre of Excellence Plants for Space (P4S), and is Research Director of the Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources. He received several EU’s research excellence grants (ERC Advanced/Proof of Concept/Synergy, FET OPEN). He is a member on the College of Experts for the National Research Foundation (NRF) within the Prime Minister’s Office."

Yosuke Muranaka, Assistant Professor, Kyoto University

Yosuke Muranaka Biographical Sketch

Yosuke Muranaka has been an assistant professor at Kyoto University since 2015. He obtained his PhD degree in 2015 from Kyoto University under the supervision of Prof. Kazuhiro Mae. His research interest is microreaction technology, biomass conversion, and biodegradable polymer.