EXPERTISE
Green technologies
Professor Armando Tibigin Quitain received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Nagoya University under MEXT Scholarship in 2000, and currently a Professor at Kumamoto University. His research interests are centred around development of green technologies based on microwave carbocatalysis and supercritical fluids as applied to biomass conversion. He has recently led an e-ASIA Joint Research Project on Alternative Energy (Bioenergy) and continues to collaborate with European and ASEAN researchers on biomass valorisation to support SDGs. He has also been developing student exchange programmes to cultivate future STI leaders that will promote sustainability in the Japan-ASEAN region and beyond.