Talk title: Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Technology – A Promising Enabler Towards Hydrogen Economy

Biography

Dr. XU Rong received her Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from National University of Singapore. She joined Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in 2004 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010 and Professor in 2017. At the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CCEB), she is actively engaged in low carbon energy and sustainability research. She has collaborated/is collaborating with several industry partners including Chiyoda Corporation, Port Singapore Authority (PSA) and ExxonMobil to develop economic and scalable solutions in the areas of liquid organic hydrogen carrier, and biomass conversion to low emission fuels. She served as the Research Director for Engineering and Physical Sciences (2019-2024) during which she assisted the Vice President (Research) at NTU in driving research in the hard sciences, as well as oversee research activities within NTU’s science and engineering clusters. She has also served as the co-Director of the Singapore Energy Centre during 2019-2025, a consortium co-founded with the National University of Singapore and other partners. She is currently the co-Director of ExxonMobil-NTU-A*STAR Corporate Lab, which focuses on circular carbon economy. She is the recipient of Wilhelm Manchot Research Professorship 2024 by Jürgen Manchot Foundation from Technical University of Munich. She is also the Editor for Journal of Catalysis, and EnergyChem.