Sustainable Energy & Fuels Blog

We are delighted to introduce the newest members of the Sustainable Energy & Fuels Editorial Board, Professor Carol Sze Ki Lin and Professor Wooyul Kim.

Carol Sze Ke Lin, new Editorial Board Member

Carol Lin is currently a Professor at the School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong (CityU). She received her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Materials Engineering with 1st class honours from The University of Auckland, New Zealand. She was awarded her PhD in 2008 in Chemical Engineering at The University of Manchester, England. After one year as a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium, she returned to Hong Kong and joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as a Visiting Assistant Professor.  In July 2011, she began her academic career in School of Energy and Environment at CityU.

Her research interests lie in technological advancement and development of circular waste-based biorefinery for sustainable production of chemicals, materials and fuels, that contributes to reduction of environmental burden of waste disposal and enhancement of resource efficiency. Her research covers the following areas: (i) Biosynthesis of high value-added products and organic pollutant removal via microalgae-based biorefinery; (ii) Development of Yarrowia lipolytica yeast as a promising host; (iii) Novel bioprocess for recycling textile waste for sustainable production of high value-added products; (iv) Biosurfactants production from industrial food waste feedstocks; (v) Identification of microplastics in municipal solid waste landfill leachates.

Carol is a recipient of a number of innovation awards, including two Gold Medals in Geneva Invention Exhibition (2018, 2024), Gold Medal with Jury’s Commendation in Geneva Invention Exhibition (2016), and the President’s Awards (2017). She was awarded the Milliporesigma Green Chemistry Education Challenge Awards 2024 by Beyond Benign, Inc. in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA. She has also been selected for the High-end Foreign Experts Program in Tongji University, Shanghai, China 2023-2024.

Wooyul Kim, new Editorial Board Member

Wooyul Kim received his PhD from POSTECH in 2012. During his PhD, he also conducted research at Osaka University as a visiting researcher in 2009, 2010, and 2012. Following that, he spent over 3 years (2012-2015) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a Postdoctoral Fellow. From 2016 to 2022, he joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Sookmyung Women’s University as an Assistant and Associate Professor. Since 2022, he has been a faculty member in the Department of Energy Engineering at KENTECH.

Recently, his research has primarily focused on revealing both structural identity of the key intermediates and their cites in the catalytic cycle (i.e., their kinetic relevancy) to overcome the kinetic barriers for photo (or electro) catalysis. Based on these accomplishments, he has received several prestigious awards, including the 2023 KENTECH Award for Research Excellence, the 2022 Energy & Fuels Rising Stars recognition, the 2021 Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators honor, and the 2020 EES Lectureship Award, among others.

Please join us in welcoming them both to the Sustainable Energy & Fuels Editorial Board!

Our latest themed collection highlighting Solar Fuels and Chemicals: Photocatalytic Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction is guest edited by Profs. Ryu Abe (Kyoto University), Kazunari Domen (The University of Tokyo), Osamu Ishitani (Tokyo Institute of Technology) and Yun Hau Ng (City University of Hong Kong).

This collection aims to showcase the recent advances in the field of photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction, with a focus on solar-driven production of clean fuels and chemicals. The wide range of topics covered include semiconductor materials chemistry, photoelectrochemistry, nanotechnology, co-catalysts with high selectivity, molecular catalyst chemistry, spectroscopy, theoretical study and system design for practical applications. All manuscripts must also fall within the scope of the journal, and meet the journal’s usual quality criteria as outlined on our webpage.

For more information on the collection, which closes for submissions on the 30^th November 2023, see our open call for papers.

All articles included in the collection will be made free to access for one month after publication and benefit from promotion via our social media channels.

When you publish with Sustainable Energy & Fuels, you can:

• Put your trust in both our rigorous peer review process and fast times to publication – with a medium time to first decision for peer reviewed manuscripts of 28 days
• Benefit from Open Access publishing options
• Be confident of the global energy audience for your work

Article publication online and in issues will occur without delay to ensure the timely dissemination of the work. The articles will then be assembled on the RSC Publishing platform and promoted as a web-based thematic collection, to permit readers to consult and download individual contributions from the entire series.

If you’re interested in contributing to this themed collection, submit your research today and please add the themed collection code “SEWATER23” when prompted at submission. If you have any questions about the collection, please do get in touch with the Editorial Office.