Shining a new light on chemistry
Plug in your headphones and get ready for a great episode of BCTL where you’ll meet a entrepreneurial chemical engineer aiming to change the way we make molecules. Dr. Chern-Hooi Lim shares his path of professional development and quest to use light to make chemicals in more energy efficient ways. Tune in to meet a bold personality and learn about the science he’s doing.
Bringing Chemistry to Life · Paolo Braiuca, Chern-Hooi Lim
Show Notes
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Entrepreneurship in the blood, a fine mind, and a bold spirit makes for a life of successes and a great podcast episode as well! This is how we would describe Chern-Hooi Lim, a Malaysian chemical engineer who is thinking big and aiming to reshape the way we make molecules through the use of light. Chern-Hooi is an expert and innovator of photocatalysis. His organo-catalysts are a big departure from the more established precious metal-based ones and bring with them the promise of a new deal for synthetic chemistry.
This is a fascinating discussion about the present and future of chemistry. We discover how photocatalysis enables a new paradigm in chemistry, where we depart from fully reduced carbon sources and imitate nature in using oxidized carbon and light as the fundamental building blocks. We explore mild-condition Birch reduction, cross-coupling, and radical reactions.
This is also a story of smart ideas and bold choices and a new perspective on the role entrepreneurship can play in science and technology. Another great discovery of a strong personality and the science that comes from it. more of the conversation!
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