Prof. Dr. Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul

Prof. Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul obtained his B.A. in Political Science (Public Administration) from Ramkhaeng University in 1983, his B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from King Monkut’s Institute of Technology in 1983, his M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from UBC in 1986, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1991. He is now a Full Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Regina, Canada, where he was the Dean from 1999–2013. He is the co-founder of the Clean Energy Technology Research Institute in Canada. He is also the Honorary Director of the Joint International Center for CO2 Capture and Storage at Hunan University, China. He is one of the main organizers of an international consortium on low carbon and clean energy technologies. He is a key international researcher in advanced CO2 capture and separation from industrial gas streams as well as low-carbon energy development. His research topics mainly include new technologies for CO2 recovery, production, and utilization (including greenhouse gas control technologies), high-efficiency processes for gas separation and purification, industrial pollution prevention and control (including energy and environmental issues), heat and mass transfer with chemical reactions, industrial corrosion prevention and control, intelligent and knowledge-based systems development, and the modeling, simulation, control, and optimization of industrial processes.