KC

Kit Wayne Chew

Also known as: Chew KW

United Arab Emirates University, Nanyang Technological University, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Xiamen University Malaysia

Research areas: Energy · Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment · Algal biology and biofuel production · Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions · Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

ORCID iD 0000-0003-2622-6916
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DR KIT WAYNE CHEW is an Assistant Professor at the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, United Arab Emirates University, UAE. He obtained his PhD from the University of Nottingham. He is currently an Associate Member in the Institution of Chemical Engineers Malaysia (IChemE), Graduate Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia and Graduate Technologist registered with the Malaysia Board of Technologies. He is passionate about conducting research studies, academic tutoring and collaborative networking. His research interest is in sustainable bioprocess engineering and design, including the development of cost-effective and environmentally friendly processes to produce valuable biomolecules. He also works on renewable energy, sustainability and modelling of bioprocesses.

Since he started his academic career in 2017, he has received several prestigious awards, including the Green Talents Award 2022, Top 2% World Top Scientists in The Stanford List 2022/2021, Global IChemE Award for Young Researcher 2020, Winner for the Young Researcher in IChemE Malaysia Award 2020, YSN-ASM Rising Star Award 2019, Postgraduate Prize Award 2019 and the Vice Chancellor’s Medal 2019. He is PI and co-PI to research projects amounting to more than USD 900,000. He currently co-supervises a team of 9 postgraduate members. Up to now, he has published more than 220 Journal articles and 15 book chapters. His publications have been cited over 15000 times and he has a h-index of 65.

He is now serving as an Editorial Board Member in Bioengineered (IF: 6.832), Environmental Science & Ecotechnology (IF: 9.371), Processes (IF: 3.352), Current Nutrition and Food Science (CS: 1.3), and The Open Microalgae Biotechnology; Review Editor in Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers in Horticulture and Frontiers in Marine Science; and Guest Editor in many reputable journals, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Elsevier (IF: 14.224), Environmental Pollution, Elsevier (IF: 9.988), Chemosphere, Elsevier (IF: 8.943), Environmental Technology and Innovation, Elsevier (IF: 7.758), Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Elsevier (IF: 7.632), Bioengineered, Taylor & Francis (IF: 6.832), Processes, MDPI (IF: 3.352), Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, Elsevier (CS: 6.2), Current Nutrition & Food Science, Bentham Science (CS: 1.3). He is also active in reviewing for more than 50 esteemed journals by Nature, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, ACS, RSC and Taylor & Francis publishers.

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