Speakers

Keat Teong Lee

Place of Birth : Malaysia
Born : 1977
Position : Director of Research Creativity & Management Office, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Field of study : Biofuels, biodiesel, bioethanol, microalgae, macroalgae
H. Index : 58

Dr. Lee Keat Teong obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2004 and upon graduating he joined the School of Chemical Engineering, USM as faculty staff. He was promoted to full professorship in 2014 and is currently holding the position; Director of Research Creativity & Management Office, since 2013. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Dean (Research & Postgraduate Studies) for School of Chemical Engineering from 2010 to 2012. Dr. Lee has co-authored 2 books, 10 book chapters, 30 review articles and more than 150 technical research articles in peer-reviewed international journals with Scopus bibliographic database recorded H–Index of 57 and total citation of more than 10,000 (access on 21 Aug 2019). He has also graduated more than 10 Ph.D. students as main supervisor and many more Masters and Ph.D. students as co-supervisor. Dr. Lee is currently the Co-Editor for Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier) and Editorial Board Member for Bioresource Technology (Elsevier), Biotechnology for Biofuels (BioMed Central) and Energy Science & Engineering (Wiley). He has also won numerous awards including Young Scientist Award 2011 by The International Forum on Industrial Bioprocess and 2012 Top Research Scientists Malaysia by the Academy Sciences of Malaysia. He is one of the four Malaysian researchers that was recognized as the most cited researchers in the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016 by Subjects (Energy Science & Engineering).

Dr. Lee is now working on the production of biofuels (biodiesel and bioethanol) from biomass (including macro and microalgae) using various technologies. Apart from that, he also has special interest in the social and sustainability aspects of biofuels.

Upon graduating from the School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia in Oct 2004, he was offered a position as Lecturer in the School. In July 2007, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer and then to Associate Professor in Sep 2009. He was promoted to full professorship in 2014 and is currently holding the position; Director of Research Creativity & Management Office, since 2013. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Dean (Research & Postgraduate Studies) for School of Chemical Engineering from 2010 to 2012.