Consequences of Microbial Interactions with Hydrocarbons, Oils, and Lipids: Production of Fuels and Chemicals
Reviews exhaustively the recent status of metabolic engineering, enzyme engineering, and fermentation for the production of chemicals and fuels from renewable resourcesExplores how microbes can facilitate oil recoveryProvides thorough coverage of the global consequences of bio-based production of fuels and chemicalsHighlights the current status of microbial biofuel productionEnriches understanding of bio-based production of chemicals
| ISBN: | 9783319504353 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 794 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Lee, Sang Yup |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 06.04.2018 |
| Schlagworte: | Bio-based production of fuels Bioconversion Biorefinery Chemicals production from lipid Fermentation Fuel Metabolic Engineering Microorganism Synthetic biology for chemicals and fuels |
Dr. Sang Yup Lee is Distinguished Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He is currently the Director of Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Director of BioProcess Engineering Research Center, and Director of Bioinformatics Research Center. He has published more than 510 journal papers, 64 books/book chapters, and more than 580 patents—either registered or applied. He received numerous awards, including the National Order of Merit, National Science Medal, Science and Technology Medal from President of Korea, Ho-Am Prize in Engineering, POSCO TJ Park Prize, Merck Metabolic Engineering Award from Merck, and Elmer Gaden Award from Biotechnology and Bioengineering. He is currently Fellow of AAAS, Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology, Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Fellow of Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, Fellow of AmericanInstitute of Chemical Engineers, Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, Fellow of Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and Fellow of National Academy of Engineering Korea. He is also Foreign Associate of National Academy of Engineering USA, and Editor-in-Chief of Biotechnology Journal, and Associate Editor and board member of numerous journals. He has served as the Chairman of the Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies and also Biotechnology, at the World Economic Forum. He founded the World Council on Industrial Biotechnology in 2010 and served as a Founding Chair for two years. He is currently serving as a member of Presidential Advisory Committee on Science and Technology in Korea. His research interests are metabolic engineering, systems biology and biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, synthetic biology, and nanobiotechnology.