Steven Lim is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia. He is also the chairperson of the Centre for Advanced and Sustainable Materials Research. His research interests revolve around devising sustainable and cost-effective methods to synthesize renewable energy (biodiesel, bioethanol, and syngas) and other value-added products (bioplastic, cellulose nanofiber, and triacetin) from renewable sources, such as biomass. He has published much of his research in high-impact journals, such as Bioresource Technology, the Journal of Hazardous Material, and the Journal of Applied Energy.