Taiwanese professor receives U.S. presidential chemistry award
Source: focustaiwan.tw Posted By: pilot008 5285 days ago
Liao, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) , has been awarded a prestigious chemistry prize in the U.S. for synthesizing fuels from carbon dioxide.
The development, which won the 2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , has tremendous potential for cutting carbon emissions and saving fossil fuels, Liao said in an interview with the Central News Agency.