Contact: hchang98@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 358-5370
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/hochan-chang-291b75168
Status: 3rd year graduate student
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Undergrad institution: Yonsei University, South Korea (B.S. in Chemical Engineering)
Research Summary:
My research focus is on sugar upgrading to produce high-value chemicals (liquid fuels, polymers, pigment) via catalytic reaction routes and developing the economic biomass valorization process based on the experimental results by collaboration with Maravelias group (UW-Madison). My goal is to elucidate the optimized catalytic reaction pathway for economic process by understanding the fundamental knowledge such as reaction kinetics, thermodynamics, and solvation effect.
Publications:
1. H Chang, A. H. Motagamwala, G. W. Huber, J. A. Dumesic, “Synthesis of biomass-derived feedstocks for the polymers and fuels industries from 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF) and acetone”, Green Chemistry, 2019, 21, 5532-5540, DOI: 10.1039/C9GC01859J (Cover article)
Honors:
1. Korean Government Scholarship (National Institute for International Education, Seoul, South Korea), 2017-2019
