Date of Birth

1982.01

Professional Title

Professor

E-mail

kqchen@njtech.edu.cn

Research Fields

Biocatalysis Engineering

Personal Profile

Chen Kequan, Doctor, Professor. In 2009, Professor Chen obtained a doctor's degree in engineering from Nanjing Tech University; From 2009 to 2010, he engaged in postdoctoral research at Akita Prefectural University, Japan; Since 2011, he has undertaken the teaching and conducted scientific research in the College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering of Nanjing Tech University. At present, the research directions include the discovery and rapid transformation of new enzymes, multi enzyme assembly, new functional materials, immobilized enzymes and cells, process enhancement of bioreactors, and so on. Professor Chen has launched a lot of research work in the biosynthesis of amino acids and their derivatives, organic acids, bio nylon materials, energetic materials, etc.

In recent years, Professor Chen has obtained 1 Second Prize of the Technological Invention Award of the Ministry of Education, 1 Second Prize of the Technological Invention Award of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, 1 CIESC Hou Debang Science and Technology Youth Award, as well as 10 authorized national invention patents. Professor Chen has undertaken a number of scientific research projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key Research & Development Plans, and has also cooperated with many enterprises such as Covestro (German), China National Offshore Oil Corporation and COFCO Corporation.

Representative Research Projects / Works / Papers

1. Cao X, Ni Y, Zhang AL Xu S, Chen KQ, Ouyang PK; "Encapsulation of enzymes in metal ion-surfactant nanocomposites for catalysis in highly polar solvents"; Chemical Communications; 53(21); 3134-3137; 2017.

2. Wei GG, Zhang AL, Chen KQ, Ouyang PK; "Enzymatic production of N-acetyl-d-glucosamine from crayfish shell wastes pretreated via high pressure homogenization" Carbohydrate Polymers;171; 236–241;2017

3. Ying HX, Tao S, Wang J, Ma WC, Chen KQ, Wang X, Ouyang PK; "Expanding metabolic pathway for de novo biosynthesis of the chiral pharmaceutical intermediate L-pipecolic acid in Escherichia coli"; Microbial Cell Factories; 16; 2017.

4. Cao WJ, Ma WC, Wang X, Zhang BW, Cao X, Chen KQ, Li Y, Ouyang PK; “Enhanced pinocembrin production in Escherichia coli by regulating cinnamic acid metabolism”; Scientific Reports; 26; 2016.

5. Zhang AL, Gao C, Wang J, Chen KQ, Ouyang PK; "An efficient enzymatic production of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine from crude chitin powders"; Green Chemistry; 18(7); 2147-2154; 2016.

6. Zhao Y, Cao WJ, Wang Z, Zhang BW, Chen KQ, Ouyang PK; "Enhanced succinic acid production from corncob hydrolysate by microbial electrolysis cells"; Bioresource Technology; 202; 152-157; 2016