Organizing Committee Member
Jianli Hu
Director
West Virginia University
USA
Biography
Dr. John Hu, an experienced scientist and engineer, is a Chair Professor and the Director of Center for Innovation in Gas Research and Utilization at West Virginia University. As a director, John leads the creation of an interdisciplinary research center related to natural gas utilization, which is a strategic area of investment for WVU. John worked as a Director of Technology Innovation at Koch Industries, where he was responsible for developing future technological growth areas related to petrochemicals and catalytic and biological processing. John worked as a research manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, undertaking DOE, DOD, and NASA projects. In the late 1990s, he served as a lead refinery engineer for BP Oil. John has been granted 25 U.S. patents and published more than 90 peer reviewed journal and conference papers.
Research Area
Petro Chemicals