# Tan Tianwei

Tan Tianwei (Chinese: 谭天伟; pinyin: Tān Tiānwěi; born 1964) is a Chinese professor and an elected member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He has been the president of Beijing University of Chemical Technology since 2012. He is known for his work on biochemical engineering technologies, including bio-based chemicals, bio-energy, and bio-materials.

## Early life and education

Tan was born in Tianshui, Gansu Province, China. He studied chemical engineering at Tsinghua University beginning in 1981. He received his bachelor's degree and doctoral degree from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University in 1986 and 1993. During 1990–1992, he was doing research at the German Institute of Biotechnology and Lund University in Sweden as a joint Ph.D. student. After graduation, he joined the Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) as a postdoctoral researcher.

## Academic career

Tan joined the Department of Biochemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology as a faculty member in 1995. From 1996 to 2003, he served as the dean of the Department of Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, BUCT. In 2001, he was funded by the Ministry of Education Outstanding Young Teacher Teaching and Research Award. In 2003, he was awarded the National Outstanding Young Scientist. From 2003 to 2007, he served as the first chairman of the College of Life Science and Technology, BUCT. Then, he served as the vice president of BUCT from 2007 to 2012. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2011. Since 2021, he has served as the president of BUCT; In June 2022, he was elected the director of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Chinese Academy of Engineering.

## Fellowships and societies

Chairman of the Ninth Council of China Renewable Energy Society 中国可再生能源学会第九届理事会理事长
Vice Chairman of China Chemical Industry Society 中国化工学会副理事长
Member of the Discipline Review Team of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 国家自然科学基金委员会学科评审组成员
Member of the Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering 国家生物化工重点实验室学术委员会委员
Member of the Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering 生物反应器工程国家重点实验室学术委员会委员
Member of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the Green Manufacturing Public Service Platform绿色制造公共服务平台战略咨询委员会委员
Editorial Board《化工学报》编委
Editorial Board《生物工程学报》编委
Editorial Board《微生物通报》编委
Editorial Board《化工进展》编委
Editorial Board《化学反应工程与工艺》编委
Editorial Board《过程工程学报》编委
Editorial Board《现代化工》编委
Editorial Board《生物加工过程》编委

## Awards and honors

Tan and his research team have been focusing on lipase and enzyme-catalyzed synthetic chemicals and realized the production of lipase for organic synthesis and the application of enzyme industrial catalysis. They established a new method of fermentation amplification based on marker metabolite control, and used it in yeast fermentation products industrial production; At the same time, they developed a new technology for comprehensive utilization of fermentation waste mycelium for industrial application. He has published more than 500 SCI papers.
Tan won a lot of national technological inventions, provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological progress, as well as published more than 40 invention patents.
| Year | Project | Award |
| 1999 | Production of Hyaluronic Acid by Fermentation 发酵法生产透明质酸 | 国家石油化工局科技进步一等奖，第一获奖人 |
| 2000 | Extraction of Ergosterol, Chitosan and Glucosamine from Mycelium 从菌丝体中提取麦角固醇、壳聚糖和氨基葡萄糖 | 中国高校发明二等奖，第一获奖人 |
| 2001 | New Technology and Application of Chitosan Production 壳聚糖生产新工艺及应用 | 中国石油化工科技进步二等奖，第一获奖人 |
| 2001 | New Technology for Heavy Metal Wastewater Treatment 含重金属离子废水处理新技术 | 北京市科学技术发明一等奖，第一获奖人 |
| 2001 | New Technology and Application of Chitosan Production 壳聚糖生产新工艺及应用 | 中国石油化工科技进步二等奖 |
| 2002 | Comprehensive Utilization of Mycelium in Fermentation Industry 发酵工业菌丝体综合利用 | 国家发明二等奖，第一获奖人 |
| 2002 | A New Technology for the Production of Chitooligosaccharide by Coupling of Reaction Separation 反应分离耦合生产壳低聚糖新技术 | 北京市科技进步二等奖，第一获奖人 |
| 2011 | Construction of Novel Molecularly Imprinted Supramolecules and Their Molecular Recognition Mechanisms 新型分子印迹超分子构建及其分子识别机理的研究 | 教育部自然科学技术进步二等奖 |
| 2012 | Novel Bioseparation Technology and Application Based on Supramolecular Recognition 基于超分子识别的新型生物分离技术及应用 | 中国石化联合会技术发明一等奖 |
| 2014 | Research and application of fermentation process optimization based on marker metabolite control 基于标志代谢物控制的发酵过程优化研究与应用 | 北京市科学技术一等奖 |
There are more than 300 Ph.D. students and master students graduated under his advisor.
Tan won a lot of awards based on his research, teaching, organization services:
| Year | Award | Organization |
| 2000 | Yingdong Huo Outstanding Young Teacher Award 霍英东优秀青年教师奖 | |
| 2000 | Beijing Advanced Worker 北京市先进工作者 | |
| 2002 | Special government allowance of the State Council 国务院政府特殊津贴 | 中华人民共和国国务院 |
| 2004 | Chinese Chemical Society - BASF Youth Knowledge Innovation Award 中国化学会—巴斯夫公司青年知识创新奖 | 中国化学会、巴斯夫（中国）有限公司 |
| 2006 | The 9th China Youth Science and Technology Award 第九届中国青年科技奖 | 中央组织部、人事部、中国科协 |
| 2006 | Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Innovation Award 何梁何利基金科学与技术创新奖 | 何梁何利基金 |
| 2008 | Outstanding Contribution Award of the 14th Asian Youth Biotechnology Conference 第十四届亚洲青年生物技术大会杰出贡献奖 (YABEC award) | |
| 2009 | Outstanding Contribution Award of the 2nd International Biorefinery Conference 第二届国际生物炼制大会杰出贡献奖 | |
| 2009 | The 2nd Tan Jiazhen Life Science Award (Innovation Award) 第二届谈家桢生命科学奖 (创新奖) | 联合基因科技有限公司 |
| 2009 | The 5th Higher School Famous Teacher Award 第五届高等学校教学名师奖 | 中华人民共和国教育部 |
| 2011 | Member of China Engineering Academy 中国工程院院士 | 中华人民共和国国务院 |
| 2013 | The First Min Enze Energy and Chemical Industry Award 首届闵恩泽能源化工奖 | 中国石油化工集团公司、中国工程院 |
| 2014 | The 3rd Outstanding Principal Award for Educational Reform and Innovation 第三届教育改革创新优秀校长奖 | |
| 2015 | Evonik Friedrich Bergius Lecture Award 赢创Friedrich Bergius Lecture奖 | |