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Carol Sze Ki LIN

Professor, School of Energy and Environment · City University of Hong Kong

https://researchid.co/carollin1230
@cityu.edu.hk
279Scopus Publications

Research Interests

Biorefinery; Waste and Biomass Valorisation

Biography

Prof. Carol Lin received her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Materials Engineering with 1st class honours from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She was awarded with PhD in 2008 in the research field of Biochemical Engineering at the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science at the University of Manchester, England. After one year as a postdoctoral researcher in the research group of Professor Wim Soetaert at the Centre of Expertise – Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis at the Ghent University in Belgium, she returned to Hong Kong and joined the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as a Visiting Assistant Professor. In July 2011, she began her academic career in School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong, and she was promoted to Full Professor in July 2024.

Education

PhD, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Manchester (formerly UMIST), England. Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical and Materials Engineering, First Class Honours, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Evaluating the role of PET in fungal cellulase induction: Chemical signal or physical growth substrate?
    New Biotechnology, 2026
  2. Recent advances in analytical methods for plastic thermochemical conversion: from feedstocks to products
    Trac Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2026
  3. Effect of impeller design and operating conditions on food waste hydrolysis: Insights from experiments and computational fluid dynamics simulations
    Bioresource Technology, 2026
  4. Unlocking new quality productive forces from biowaste valorization through the 5B initiative
    Resources Environment and Sustainability, 2026
  5. Mechanistic insights into lignosulfonate-enhanced hydrogen production from waste-activated sludge via dark fermentation
    Renewable Energy, 2026

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