Roland Lee, MacEwan University

Research

Alternative solvents Biomass conversion Bio-products Catalysis chiral catalysis Flow Chemistry Green chemistry Process development

Latest funding

Development of alternative solvents, catalysts and tools for biomass conversion
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$78,000
Development of alternative solvents, catalysts and tools for biomass conversion
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 2 grants and awards

Development of alternative solvents, catalysts and tools for biomass conversion

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lee, Roland

Keywords: flow chemistry; biomass conversion; green chemistry; catalysis; alternative solvents; bio-products; value-added processing; process development; switchable hydrophilicity solvents; chiral catalysis

$78,000

Development of alternative solvents, catalysts and tools for biomass conversion

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Lee, Roland

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Alternative solvents Dear Professor Lee, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on alternative solvents connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Development of alternative solvents, catalysts and tools for biomass conversion" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]