Professor Charles Xu Chunbao, Chair Professor of Advanced Biorefinery in the School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong (CityU), has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award 2023 from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of his research and academic achievements.
The award is one of the highest recognitions in Germany for researchers living and working outside Germany. Professor Xu’s main research interests are chemical and thermal process engineering, and technical chemistry. With more than 20 years of research experience in biorefinery for biomass and biowastes valorisation, Professor Xu has profound, world-leading expertise in research, innovations and industrial applications for high-value bioproducts from renewable resources, particularly in the development of biofuels and bio-based chemicals and materials from forestry and agricultural residues and biowaste.