President: Huping Luo, Ph.D.

Dr. Huping Luo currently manages the Build For Tomorrow Unit in Chevron Technology Center’s Innovation organization located in Richmond California. He received his B.S. from Dalian University of Technology in 1994 and worked as a process engineer in an ammonia plant in Juhua Group (Zhejiang, China) for 2 years. Dr. Luo then moved to East China University of Science and Technology to pursue his M.S. in Chemical Engineering. In 2001, he joined CREL (Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory) in Washington University in St. Louis led by Prof. Dudukovic and Prof. Al-Dahhan and received his Ph.D in 2005. Dr. Luo joined Chevron in 2005 and has been working there since then.

Dr. Luo’s expertise is in chemical reaction engineering, multiphase fluid dynamics and ionic liquid applications. He is one of the leading researchers who developed the ISOALKYTM Technology that has received multiple renowned industry awards. His main interests are in catalyst and process development for energy industry, particularly focusing on low carbon clean energy, such as renewable fuel, hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS). Dr. Luo has published 14 journal papers and over 50 granted and pending patents (Tech patents illustrate dedication to innovation — Chevron). He is also a receiver of the 2024 SASE Achievement Awards for Professionals (10+ years).  

Past President: Marinda Li Wu, Ph.D.

Dr. Marinda Li Wu has over 40 years of experience in the chemical industry. She enjoyed many years in research for Dow R&D, and later for Dow Plastics Marketing and Sales to help top customers address key issues at the beginning of the environmental and sustainability movement. Dr. Wu subsequently held senior management roles at several smaller chemical companies. A strong advocate for STEM education, she also founded "Science is Fun!" to interest young students in science and enhance public support for science education.

Dr. Wu has also served in many leadership roles for the American Chemical Society, initially with various committees for the California Local ACS Section and later representing them in the national Society as an elected ACS Councilor. That led to her increased involvement at the national level – various national ACS committees, Chair of the Committee on Economic & Professional Affairs, and more. She was then elected to the ACS Board of Directors and eventually elected ACS President. She has also been a long-time member of the Board and Chair of the Chinese American Chemical Society for which she helped relaunch its Northern California Chapter as NCC President.

Dr. Wu is a long-time member of the University of Illinois Chemistry Alumni Advisory Board, has served on the Council of Scientific Society Presidents, the International Advisory Board for 45th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, and was named an honorary member of the Romanian and Polish Chemical Societies. She has also been honored as an ACS Fellow and a Fellow for the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies. She was also honored with the 2022 ACS Shirley Radding Award and named a 2023 IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Dr. Wu received 7 U.S. patents and authored over 70 journal articles, numerous Dow confidential research papers, and book chapters, co-edited four books including three ACS Symposium Books, and most recently a Springer Nature Book for CACS. She has been an invited speaker for numerous international and domestic conferences as well as an active ACS Career Consultant for over 30 years. She received her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. cum laude with Distinction in Chemistry from The Ohio State University.

Secretary: Lin Li, Ph.D.

Lin Li is a consulting research engineer at Chevron Technical Center Energy, Richmond, CA, where he leads a broad range of projects to address technical challenges in areas that are strategically important for both Chevron’s future growth such as CCUS, renewable fuels, and hydrogen, and core business such as processing challenging feeds and developing new assets. He received his BS, MS, and Ph. D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Tianjin University (Tianjin, China) in 1983, 1986, and 1989, respectively, and then started his academic career at Tsinghua University (Beijing, China), with growing responsibilities in teaching, research, and administrations. He moved to the US in 1998 as a research scientist at Princeton University and UC Berkeley and then started his industrial career at UOP (Des Plaines, IL) in 2001. He has published 2 books, over 50 journal articles, and ~35 granted and pending patents. He is a Fellow of AIChE and currently serves as ABET program evaluator (Chemical Engineering). He has been volunteering for CACS since 2003 and currently serves as a CACS board member.

Treasurer: Chu-An Chang, Ph.D.

Dr. Chu-An Chang retired from ThermoFisher Scientific in 2018 as a Staff Scientist. He has over 30 years of industrial R&D experience, specializing in solid-phase oligonucleotide synthesis. He was involved in developing functionalized oligonucleotides for molecular diagnostic applications and products in the areas of Taqman Assays, Human Identification (HID), and Genomic Sequencing.

He received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, and his B.S. in Chemistry from National Taiwan University. Chu-An is a life member of CACS and has served as its National Treasurer for over 30 years and its Board member for over 20 years. He was a recipient of the CACS Extraordinary Service Award in its 40th Anniversary Celebration in 2021.

Membership Chair: Anna Tai, Ph.D. 

Dr. Anna Tai was a Senior Principal Scientist in Technical Licensing and Rx to OTC Product Development at Merck & Co.  She was a Research Fellow at Aventis and Manager at Watson Pharmaceutical in Dermatological Product R&D. She has broad experience in different dosage forms design, development, characterization and scaled-up manufacturing of consumer, dermatological pharmaceutical products. She has identified new technologies and their applications to pharmaceutical and consumer products.  She has been issued patents and published in scientific journals and she presented at NYSCC Rheological Symposium and AAPS meetings.

She is a member of AAPS (American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists), ACS, CACS, and NYSCC. She volunteered in the AAPS Formulation Design and Development Section Leadership Communication Committee and as the AAPS Dermatological Focus Group Industrial Representative. She served as Program Chair at the CACS tri-state chapter and is currently membership chair at the CACS Northern California Chapter.

She received her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Bio-medicinal Chemistry) from the University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy, CA, her M.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Mass College of Pharmacy, and her B.S. Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts, MA.

Member: Allen Chan, Ph.D.

Dr. Allen Chan is an R&D Scientist developing and commercializing analytical techniques for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at Balazs NanoAnalysis - Air Liquide. Allen received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, San Diego, his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Riverside. Prior to joining Air Liquide, he was a Research Scientist at zNano, LLC, focusing on the development and commercialization of thin-film coatings on membranes. When not in the lab, he enjoys spending time with his family.

Member: Bingchen Wang, Ph.D.

Dr. Bingchen Wang is a Staff Research Engineer in the Media R&D Organization at Seagate Technology in Fremont, CA, where he is responsible for developing new media design revisions with better mechanical and electrical performances for heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) products. His research expertise includes magnetic recording, nanotribology, ionic liquids, surface science, 3D-printing, etc. He holds 3 US patents and authors 18 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Applied Nano Materials, Advanced Optical Materials, Droplet, Langmuir, and Nanoscale (Google Scholar). He has served as a reviewer for more than 55 journal article manuscripts, and he serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Ionic Liquids.

Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2021 (Advisor: Prof. Lei Li), M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Florida in 2016, and B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Dalian University of Technology in 2014. He grew up in Shenyang, China before moving to the United States.

Member: Dupeng Liu, Ph.D.

Dr. Dupeng Liu is a technology innovator, aspiring entrepreneur, and DEI advocate. He currently serves as a Sr. Process Engineer at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where he spearheads process development projects to expedite the commercialization of advanced biofuels and bioproducts. Dr. Liu has authored 10 journal papers and has been granted 5 patents. Additionally, he serves as an ambassador for Berkeley Lab's diversity outreach and mentors undergraduates through the Department of Energy's SULI and CCI programs. He also contributes as a professional mentor for the Department of State's TechWomen initiative. Dr. Liu holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from China University of Petroleum, a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas and is currently pursuing an MBA at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Member: Yu Shan

Yu Shan is a PhD candidate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley, under the supervision of Professor Peidong Yang. His research primarily focuses on electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, with a specialization in using operando vibrational and electronic spectroscopy to gain insights into the design of next-generation electrocatalysts. Yu received his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. He is currently a member of the CACS Student Committee.

Member: Yuran Shi

Yuran Shi is a PhD candidate in Zhenan Bao Group at Stanford University Chemistry Department. His PhD work mainly focuses on the development of stimuli-responsive materials, specifically shape memory polymers. Yuran received B.A./M.A. in Chemistry and B.A. in Computer Science from Brandeis University, MA under the supervision of Professor Grace Han. Yuran is a member of the CACS Student Committee.