{"id":6630,"date":"2019-12-12T00:02:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletter.sinica.edu.tw/en\/?p=6630"},"modified":"2022-01-06T17:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T09:59:34","slug":"president-james-c-liao-awarded-2019-novozymes-award-for-excellence-in-chemical-and-biochemical-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsletter.sinica.edu.tw/en\/6630\/","title":{"rendered":"President James C. Liao Awarded 2019 Novozymes Award for Excellence in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6631\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.sinica.edu.tw/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletter.sinica.edu.tw/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsletter.sinica.edu.tw/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsletter.sinica.edu.tw/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsletter.sinica.edu.tw/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-1-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/newsletter.sinica.edu.tw/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-1.jpg 1327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Novozymes Award 2019 goes to James C. Liao. Novozymes honors Professor James C. Liao for his contributions to science that can help develop fuels and chemicals from renewable resources. As the global population grows with an increased pressure on the planet\u2019s resources, Novozymes awards professor James C. Liao, President of Academia Sinica, Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe are awarding James C. Liao for his original and fundamental breakthroughs in microbial synthesis of fuels and chemicals from renewable resources,\u201d says Jens Nielsen, professor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biosustain.dtu.dk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability<\/a> and CEO at<a href=\"https:\/\/novonordiskfonden.dk\/en\/news\/professor-jens-nielsen-bliver-direktoer-for-bioinnovation-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> BioInnovation Institute<\/a> in Denmark.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe world still needs new solutions for a sustainable future, and James C. Liaos\u2019 work helps us understand nature better and use biology to do exactly this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Liao is a pioneer in Metabolic and Synthetic Biology, specializing in both the microbial synthesis of fuels and chemicals, and the redesign of primary metabolic network. He also invented Network Component Analysis (NCA) for analyzing transcription regulatory networks, and designed synthetic gene-metabolic regulatory circuits, which set the foundation for Metabolic and Synthetic Biology. Dr. Liao\u2019s achievements have been honored with numerous awards, including the US Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award of EPA and the White House Champion of Change in Renewable Energy. In 2013, he was elected as a Member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and received the ENI Renewable Energy Prize, bestowed by the President of Italy. In sum, Dr. Liao\u2019s work has demonstrated a perfect integration between life sciences and engineering to address significant problems facing human society today.<\/p>\n<p>The prize has been awarded since 2015 and is given annually in honor of Professor John Villadsen and his contributions to biochemical and chemical engineering at DTU and other universities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>James C. Liao will receive the award at a ceremony where Peder Holk Nielsen, CEO at Novozymes, will hand the prize to the winner. Ceremony will take place December 3, 1 p.m., at Novozymes\u2019 Innovation Campus in Lyngby, north of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Novozymes Award 2019 goes to James C. Liao. Novozymes honors Professor James C. Liao for his contributions to science that can help develop fuels and chemicals from renewable resources. As the global population grows with an increased pressure on the planet\u2019s resources, Novozymes awards professor James C. 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