Chong Cheng Tung
Professor, Namibia University of Science and Technology
Introduction
Dr. Chong Cheng Tung is an Associate Professor at the China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and a PhD in the field of Energy & Fuels from University of Cambridge, UK. He has published over 150 SCI papers with h-index of 44 and over 6000 citations, 5 highly cited papers and two research books. He is listed as the Top 2% researcher in the world (since 2020) in the Stanford University’s Scientist List. He has participated in over 15 research projects as PI/Co-PI related to the area of fuel and energy, gas turbine, biomass and waste valorization. Dr. Chong has won over 30 research awards, among them are Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowship, PYRO ASIA Young Researcher Award and ASEAN Science Diplomat Award. His innovation “Catalytic Microwave Pyrolysis Technology for Climate Positive Environment, CLYMATE+” was listed as the finalist of the global Omnipreneurship Awards 2020: Sustainability Branch. He has served as the editorial board member of FUELS (MDPI), guest editors of ENERGY (Elsevier), Journal of Biotechnology (Elsevier) and Jurnal Teknologi, and review editor of Frontiers in Energy Research. He serves as the board member of the 6th and 7th International Conference on Low Carbon Asia, a Scientific Committee Member of 1st Symposium on Ammonia Energy.
