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Yusuf G (Debo) Adewuyi is a professor of chemical and bioengineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT). Adewuyi’s research focuses on Green and Sustainable Chemical and Environmental Engineering: Catalysis-Reactions-Separations-Energy-Environment. He obtained his BS (Cum Laude) from Ohio University and MS/PhD from the University of Iowa, all in chemical engineering. Prior to joining NCAT, he was a senior staff/research engineer at Mobil R&D Corporation (now ExxonMobil). He is a Fellow of the AIChE; and received the AIChE William W. Grimes Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering, AIChE Minority Affairs Committee Excellence Service Award, Distinguished Service Award, and the Eminent Chemical Engineer Award. He is the 2014 NCAT Outstanding University Senior Researcher of the Year, three-time Outstanding College of Engineering Senior Researcher of the Year, and two-time Chemical Engineering Teacher of the Year. He has published over 200 refereed journal and conference papers, book chapters and patents; which have been cited over 7100 (Google Scholar) times with h-index of 41. He listed in the top 2% among the world's most cited scientists.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Chemical & Materials Engineering, Ph.D., University of Iowa
… → 1985
Chemical & Materials Engineering, M.S., University of Iowa
… → 1980
Chemical Engineering, BS, Ohio University
… → 1978
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An overview of the fundamentals and recent advances in the synthesis and sustainable applications of porous geopolymers.
Adewuyi, Y. & Okoronkwo, M., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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An overview of the recent advances in the environmental remediation applications of geopolymers.
Adewuyi, Y. & Okoronkwo, M., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Biopolymer Modified Alkali-activated Inorganic Material for Aqueous Pb and Zn Removal,
Mondal, S. K., Wu, C., Nwadire, F., Rownagh, A., Kumar, A., Adewuyi, Y. & Okoronkwo, M., 2022, In: Langmuir/American Chemical Society (ACS). 38, 3, p. 903-913Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Compositional effects on the performance of fly-ash based geopolymers for aqueous metal sorption.
Okporonkwo, M., Mondal, S. & Adewuyi, Y., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Elemental mercury (Hg0) removal from coal syngas using magnetic tea-biochar: Experimental and theoretical insights
Altaf, A. R., Adewuyi, Y. G., Teng, H., Gang, L. & Abid, F., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Environmental Sciences (China). 122, p. 150-161 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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