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Sunggyu "KB" Lee is the Russ-Ohio Research Scholar in Coal Syngas Utilization in the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Ohio Coal Research Center at Ohio University. He is the author or coauthor of six books and over 400 archival publications. He received 27 U.S. patents in the field of chemical process technologies. A specialist in chemical reaction kinetics and process engineering, Dr. Lee has designed or helped design more than 25 pilot, commercial, and demonstration plants, and consulted with leading chemical industries.