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欧美同学会Western Returned Scholars Association of NJAU

In the afternoon of December 30, 2020, the inaugural meeting of the Western Returned Scholars Association of Nanjing Agricultural University (NJAU) was held in Weigang campus.

Prof. Zhen Fang was elected as executive director and vice president of the association, and accepted the appointment letter of vice president from Vice President of NJAU Feng Hu.

南京农业大学欧美同学会成立

12月30日下午，南京农业大学欧美同学会成立大会在卫岗校区举行。江苏省委统战部一级巡视员方未艾、校党委书记陈利根出席会议并讲话。省欧美同学会秘书长朱军，校党委常委、副校长胡锋，中国工程院院士、欧美同学会名誉会长盖钧镒，江苏省社科名家、欧美同学会名誉会长钟甫宁，党委常委、组织部部长吴群等出席会议。各民主党派、各学院党委、有关职能部处负责同志与学校欧美同学会的全体会员参加了会议。党委办公室主任、统战部部长、机关党委书记孙雪峰主持成立大会。

成立大会开始前召开了理事会第一次全体会议。会议听取了孙雪峰同志关于欧美同学会筹备工作情况汇报，审议通过了《南京农业大学欧美同学会工作条例（草案）》和《南京农业大学欧美同学会常务理事、会长、副会长选举办法（草案）》，选举产生了南京农业大学欧美同学会第一届理事会常务理事、会长、副会长、秘书长。马正强等11人当选欧美同学会常务理事。马正强当选会长，朱伟云等5人当选为副会长，刘斐当选为秘书长。

方老师也当选为常务理事和副会长，并接受了副校长胡锋颁发的副会长聘书。

博士生答辩Mr. Song Tang successfully defended his doctoral dissertation

Started from 2:30 pm December 2, 2020, Mr. Song Tang supervised by Prof. Zhen Fang successfully defended his dissertation at A105 Huixian Building, Pukou Campus of Nanjing Agricultural University. The defending committee was composed of Prof. Qiang Yong (Chair) from Nanjing Forestry University, Prof. Xiao-mei Ye from Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Prof. Jun Zhou from Nanjing Tech University, Profs. Chang-ying Ji, Chun-xia He and Kun-quan Li from Nanjing Agricultural University.

All the members of the panel attended the doctoral dissertation defence meeting in-person, listened to the presentation, raised corresponding questions and reviewed the replies and relevant documents. Mr. Tang studied the production of microbial lipid from rice straw with dissertation entitled “Study on microbial lipid production from rice straw pretreated with polyalcohols and chlorides”. He significantly improved the enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of rice straw pretreated by polyalcohols (ethylene glycol and glycerol) and chlorides (aluminum chloride and ferric chloride), and realized the efficient production of lipid from the pretreated straw hydrolysates. He worked hard and published 3 academic papers. After discussion, the panel agreed that Mr. Tang had successfully completed his research and course requirements on agricultural bio-environment and energy engineering, voted by secret ballot and decided to confer Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering to Mr. Song Tang subjected to the approval by the Academic Degrees Committees of the college and university.

Mr. Tang got a decent faculty position in a university near Nanjing.

Congratulations!

生物能源组博士研究生唐松顺利通过毕业答辩

2020年12月2日下午，南京农业大学生物能源组2017级博士研究生唐松（男）（导师方老师）毕业答辩会在南京农业大学浦口校区汇贤楼A105举行。南京林业大学的勇强教授担任答辩评审委员会主席，江苏省农科院的叶小梅研究员，南京工业大学的周俊教授，南京农业大学的姬长英教授，何春霞教授和李坤权教授共六位专家担任评审委员。

答辩会上，唐松同学对其在校期间的学术论文进行汇报，同时答辩委员会主席和各位评委提出了相关问题。根据唐松同学的问题回答以及学位论文的评阅，评委会经过评审决议，一致认为唐松同学顺利完成了农业生物环境与能源方面的研究和学习要求。唐松同学在毕业论文《多元醇和氯化物预处理水稻秸秆发酵产微生物油脂的研究》中研究了多元醇（乙二醇或甘油）和氯化物（氯化铝或氯化铁）组合常压预处理水稻秸秆，实现了木质纤维素组分的高效分离，有效提高了稻秆在低酶载量、高底物浓度下的酶水解效率，并将水解获得的可发酵性碳源用于发酵产微生物油脂，实现了水稻秸秆制备微生物油脂的高效生产。唐松同学在校期间工作努力，共发表学术论文3篇。经评委会无记名投票表决，一致同意通过博士学位论文答辩，建议授予工学博士学位。

祝贺唐松同学！

Production of liquid fuel intermediates from furfural via aldol condensation over La₂O₂CO₃-ZnO-Al₂O₃ catalyst

Recently, master student Mr. Xiao-jie Wei supervised by Dr. Xiao Kong and Prof. Zhen Fang published a research article in Catalysis Communications about Production of liquid fuel intermediates from furfural.

Aldol condensation of furfural with acetone over basic catalysts allows the production of furanic adducts 4-(2-furyl)-3-buten-2-one (FAc, C8) and 1,5-di-2-furanyl-1,4-pentadien-3-one (F₂Ac, C13)) that can be transformed into high-quality diesel fuels by further hydrogenation. However, the development of efficient basic catalysts and understanding of role of basic sites with different strength are still required. In this work, monoclinic and hexagonal La₂O₂CO₃ promoted ZnO-Al₂O₃ catalysts were synthesized with higher concentration of medium strength basic sites and better catalytic performance as compared with La₂O₃ and ZnO-Al₂O₃. This work demonstrated that the medium strength basic sites were especially active for aldol condensation reactions.

Related results were published:

X Kong, XJ Wei, Zhe Fang*, LP Li, and HW Lei, Production of Liquid Fuel Intermediates from Furfural via Aldol Condensation over La₂O₂CO₃-ZnO-Al₂O₃ Catalyst, Catalysis Communications, 149, 106207 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2020.106207.

Reaction route for aldol condensation of furfural and acetone（糠醛与丙酮的醛醇缩合反应路线）

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La₂O₂CO₃-ZnO-Al₂O₃催化醛醇缩合糠醛生产液体燃料中间体

最近，孔晓博士和硕士生魏孝捷在方老师的指导下，在国际学术期刊Catalysis Communications（IF3.6，Q2）发表以糠醛为原料通过醛醇缩合以制备液体燃料中间体的研究性论文。

在碱性催化剂上糠醛与丙酮的醛醇缩合反应可制得呋喃加合物4-（2-呋喃基）-3-丁烯-2-酮（FAc，C8）和1,5-二-2-呋喃基-1,4- 戊二烯-3-酮（F2Ac，C13），可通过进一步加氢转化为优质柴油燃料。 但是，仍然需要开发有效的碱性催化剂并了解具有不同强度的碱性位点的作用。 在这项工作中，与La₂O₃和ZnO-Al₂O₃相比，合成了单斜晶和六角形La₂O₂CO₃促进的ZnO-Al₂O₃催化剂，具有较高浓度的中等强度碱性位点和更好的催化性能。 这项工作表明中等强度的碱性位点对于醛醇缩合反应特别活跃。并为从农作物秸秆（其中的半纤维素可水解和脱水生产糠醛，纤维素可水解为糖再发酵为丙酮）制备液体燃料提供了可行的化学转化方案。

详情可见：

X Kong, XJ Wei, Zhe Fang*, LP Li, and HW Lei, Production of Liquid Fuel Intermediates from Furfural via Aldol Condensation over La₂O₂CO₃-ZnO-Al₂O₃ Catalyst, Catalysis Communications, 149, 106207 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2020.106207.