Flora Ng

Professor, Research Chair, Chemical Engineering

Professor Flora T. T. Ng obtained her B.Sc. at the University of Hong Kong , M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She joined the University of  Waterloo, Canada in 1987, appointed University Research Chair in 2006 and holds the prestigious title of University Professor since 2008. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Professor Ng has expertise in catalysis, bitumen oilsands upgrading, green chemistry and engineering and a world leading expert on catalytic distillation, a green reactor technology. In 2008, she received the Catalysis Award from the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC). She was Chair of the Catalysis Division, CIC, represented Canada to the International Association of Catalysis Societies and also served as President of the Canadian Catalysis Foundation. She also received the 2013 Green Chemistry and Engineering Award ( Individual ) from CIC. She has been involved in successful research collaborations with various  international oil and chemical companies resulting in award winning chemical processes. She was  recently awarded a Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientist at the Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China . Her current research focus is on the energy efficient production of sustainable fuels and chemicals. She served on NSERC committees, including chairing the NSERC Strategic Projects Committee, Chaired the OGS Scholarship Selection Board and served on committees of the RSC, Applied Sciences Division.

Selected Publications:

• Hua, Yuxi and Guo, Xiaoming and Mao, Dongsen and Lu, Guanzhong and Rempel, Garry L and Ng, Flora TT, Single-step synthesis of dimethyl ether from biomass-derived syngas over CuO-ZnO-MOx (M= Zr, Al, Cr, Ti)/HZSM-5 hybrid catalyst: Effects of MOx, Applied Catalysis A: General, 540, 2017, 68 - 74
• Iravani, Amir A and Gunda, Kamalakar and Ng, Flora TT, Adsorptive Removal of Refractory Sulphur Compounds by Tantalum Oxide Modified Activated Carbons, AIChE Journal, 2017
• Mai, Chau TQ and Ng, Flora TT, Effect of Cs+ on the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to higher value sustainable and green chemicals using a supported Ni-HSiW catalyst, Catalysis Today, 291, 2017, 195 - 203