TAN, RAYMOND GIRARD R.
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Raymond R. Tan is a full professor of chemical engineering, university fellow and the current Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. His main areas of research are process systems engineering (PSE) and process integration (PI), both of which focus on the development of computational techniques for the design of sustainable and resilient industrial systems. Prof. Tan received his BS and MS in chemical engineering and PhD in mechanical engineering from De La Salle University, and is the author of over 160 Scopus-indexed publications (including over 120 journal articles) with an h-index of 28. His work include some of the most highly cited papers in such journals as Process Safety and Environmental Protection (IChemE/Elsevier), Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (Springer) and Computers & Chemical Engineering (Elsevier). He is a member of the editorial board of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (Springer), and is editor of the books Recent Advances in Sustainable Process Design and Optimization (World Scientific) and Process Design Strategies for Biomass Conversion Systems (forthcoming from Wiley). He is also the recipient of multiple scientific awards from the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP).