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Kai Lan, Ph.D.

Dr. Kai Lan is an incoming Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science and Engineering at Forest Biomaterials Department, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University. Dr. Kai Lan will start in January 2024.

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Our Sustainability Analysis and Innovation Lab (SAIL) now is recruiting PhD students!

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Dr. Kai Lan is a researcher working on developing powerful tools to address sustainability issues. His research interest covers developing new methods and integrated modeling frameworks to assess and advance industrial systems related to sustainable energy and materials for improved environmental, economic, and societal outcomes. His research is aiming at providing insightful information for future pathways.      

RECENT ARTICLES

  1. Zhang, B.#, Lan, K.#, Harris, T. B., Ashton, M. S., & Yao, Y. (2023). Climate-smart forestry through innovative wood products and commercial afforestation and reforestation on marginal land. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(23), e2221840120.

  2. Wu, N., Lan, K., & Yao, Y. (2023). An integrated techno-economic and environmental assessment for carbon capture in hydrogen production by biomass gasification. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 188, 106693.

  3. Lan, K., & Yao, Y. (2022). Feasibility of gasifying mixed plastic waste for hydrogen production and carbon capture and storage. Communications Earth & Environment, 3(1), 300.

  4. Ding, Y., Pang, Z., Lan, K., Yao, Y., Panzarasa, G., Xu, L., ... & Hu, L. (2022). Emerging engineered wood for building applications. Chemical Reviews, 123(5), 1843-1888.

  5. Lan, K., Zhang, B., & Yao, Y. (2022). Circular utilization of urban tree waste contributes to the mitigation of climate change and eutrophication. One Earth, 5(8), 944-957.

  6. Lan, K., & Yao, Y.* (2022). Dynamic life cycle assessment of energy technologies under different greenhouse gas concentration pathways. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(2), 1395–1404.  

  7. Lan, K., Xu, Y., Kim, H., Ham, C., Kelley, S. S., & Park, S.* (2021). Techno-economic analysis of producing xylo-oligosaccharides and cellulose microfibers from lignocellulosic biomass. Bioresource Technology, 340, 125726.

  8. Lan, K., Ou, L., Park, S., Kelley, S. S., Nepal, P., Kwon, H., Cai, H.*, & Yao, Y.* (2021). Dynamic Life Cycle Carbon Analysis for Fast Pyrolysis Biofuel Produced from Pine Residues: Implications of Carbon Temporal Effects. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14(1), 1-17.

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