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Biology and Biochemistry
Taiwan
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
152
Citations
76972
World Ranking
168
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen

Jo Shu Chang mainly investigates Biomass, Biofuel, Food science, Fermentation and Waste management. His research integrates issues of Nutrient, Flue gas, Pulp and paper industry and Sewage treatment in his study of Biomass. His studies in Biofuel integrate themes in fields like Biodiesel, Raw material, Renewable energy and Biochemical engineering.

His Food science study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Light intensity, Chlorella vulgaris, Botany and Hydrolysate. His Fermentation research incorporates elements of Biohydrogen, Hydrogen production, Yield and Activated carbon. As part of the same scientific family, Jo Shu Chang usually focuses on Biohydrogen, concentrating on Bioreactor and intersecting with Chromatography and Continuous stirred-tank reactor.

His most cited work include:

  • Cultivation, photobioreactor design and harvesting of microalgae for biodiesel production: A critical review (1244 citations)
  • Bacterial decolorization and degradation of azo dyes: a review. (791 citations)
  • Effect of light intensity and nitrogen starvation on CO2 fixation and lipid/carbohydrate production of an indigenous microalga Scenedesmus obliquus CNW-N (480 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Biomass, Food science, Biofuel, Fermentation and Pulp and paper industry. His research investigates the connection between Biomass and topics such as Wastewater that intersect with issues in Sewage treatment. He usually deals with Food science and limits it to topics linked to Botany and Light intensity.

His Biofuel research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Biodiesel, Renewable energy and Biochemical engineering. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Biohydrogen, Dark fermentation, Yield and Bioreactor. The study incorporates disciplines such as Torrefaction and Biochar in addition to Pulp and paper industry.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Biomass (33.29%)
  • Food science (28.21%)
  • Biofuel (26.60%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Biomass (33.29%)
  • Biofuel (26.60%)
  • Food science (28.21%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Biomass, Biofuel, Food science, Pulp and paper industry and Fermentation. His Biomass research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Wastewater, Waste management, Sewage treatment, Biohydrogen and Chlorella sorokiniana. His work carried out in the field of Biofuel brings together such families of science as Biochemical engineering, Renewable energy and Hydrolysate.

Jo Shu Chang has included themes like Productivity, Glycerol, Heterotroph, Chlorella vulgaris and Lactic acid in his Food science study. His Pulp and paper industry research incorporates themes from Cellulose, Zymomonas mobilis, Ethanol fuel, Biochar and Torrefaction. His Fermentation study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Bagasse, Hydraulic retention time, Substrate and Enzymatic hydrolysis.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Bioremediation of heavy metals using microalgae: Recent advances and mechanisms. (64 citations)
  • Bioremediation of heavy metals using microalgae: Recent advances and mechanisms. (64 citations)
  • Resource recovery from wastewaters using microalgae-based approaches: A circular bioeconomy perspective. (38 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen

His primary areas of investigation include Biomass, Biofuel, Pulp and paper industry, Biochemical engineering and Fermentation. The various areas that Jo Shu Chang examines in his Biomass study include Hydrogen production, Dark fermentation, Fermentative hydrogen production, Biohydrogen and Greenhouse gas. His Biofuel research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Torrefaction, Biochar and Hydrolysate.

Jo Shu Chang combines subjects such as Cellulose, Carbon footprint, Effluent, Bioconversion and Biosorption with his study of Pulp and paper industry. His Biochemical engineering research includes themes of Bioremediation, Biorefinery, Bioproducts, Bioreactor and Granulation. Food science covers Jo Shu Chang research in Fermentation.

Best Publications

  • Cultivation, photobioreactor design and harvesting of microalgae for biodiesel production: A critical review

    Chun Yen Chen;Kuei Ling Yeh;Rifka Aisyah;Duu Jong Lee

  • Bacterial decolorization and degradation of azo dyes: a review.

    R. G. Saratale;R. G. Saratale;G. D. Saratale;G. D. Saratale;Jo-Shu Chang;S. P. Govindwar

  • Microalgae biorefinery: High value products perspectives.

    Kit Wayne Chew;Jing Ying Yap;Pau Loke Show;Ng Hui Suan

  • Progress in biomass torrefaction: Principles, applications and challenges

    Wei Hsin Chen;Bo Jhih Lin;Bo Jhih Lin;Yu Ying Lin;Yen Shih Chu

  • Effect of light intensity and nitrogen starvation on CO2 fixation and lipid/carbohydrate production of an indigenous microalga Scenedesmus obliquus CNW-N

    Shih Hsin Ho;Chun Yen Chen;Jo Shu Chang

  • Microalgae-based carbohydrates for biofuel production

    Chun Yen Chen;Xin Qing Zhao;Hong Wei Yen;Shih Hsin Ho

  • Conventional and emerging technologies for removal of antibiotics from wastewater

    Bao Lee Phoon;Chong Cheen Ong;Mohamed Shuaib Mohamed Saheed;Pau Loke Show

  • Biosorption of lead, copper and cadmium by biomass of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PU21

    Jo Shu Chang;Robin Law;Chung Cheng Chang

  • Bioethanol production using carbohydrate-rich microalgae biomass as feedstock.

    Shih Hsin Ho;Shu Wen Huang;Chun Yen Chen;Tomohisa Hasunuma

  • Bioremediation of heavy metals using microalgae: Recent advances and mechanisms.

    Yoong Kit Leong;Jo Shu Chang;Jo Shu Chang

  • Biosequestration of atmospheric CO2 and flue gas-containing CO2 by microalgae

    Wai Yan Cheah;Pau Loke Show;Jo Shu Chang;Tau Chuan Ling

  • Kinetic characteristics of bacterial azo-dye decolorization by Pseudomonas luteola

    Jo Shu Chang;Chien Chou;Yu Chih Lin;Ping Jei Lin

  • Thermochemical conversion of microalgal biomass into biofuels: A review

    Wei Hsin Chen;Bo Jhih Lin;Ming Yueh Huang;Jo Shu Chang

  • Microalgae-based biorefinery--from biofuels to natural products.

    Hong Wei Yen;I. Chen Hu;Chun Yen Chen;Shih Hsin Ho

  • Biohydrogen production with fixed-bed bioreactors

    Jo Shu Chang;Kuo Shing Lee;Pin Jei Lin

  • Perspectives on microalgal CO2-emission mitigation systems - A review

    Shih Hsin Ho;Chun Yen Chen;Duu Jong Lee;Jo Shu Chang

  • Fermentative hydrogen production with Clostridium butyricum CGS5 isolated from anaerobic sewage sludge

    Wen Ming Chen;Ze Jing Tseng;Kuo Shing Lee;Jo Shu Chang

  • Enhanced decolorization and biodegradation of textile azo dye Scarlet R by using developed microbial consortium-GR.

    R.G. Saratale;R.G. Saratale;G.D. Saratale;Dayanand Kalyani;J.S. Chang

  • Exploring the potential of using algae in cosmetics

    Hui Min David Wang;Ching Chun Chen;Pauline Huynh;Jo Shu Chang

  • Kinetics of hydrogen production with continuous anaerobic cultures utilizing sucrose as the limiting substrate.

    C. C. Chen;C. Y. Lin;J. S. Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Duu-Jong Lee
Duu-Jong Lee National Taiwan University
Chun Yen Chen
Chun Yen Chen National Cheng Kung University
Shih-Hsin Ho
Shih-Hsin Ho Harbin Institute of Technology
Pau Loke Show
Pau Loke Show UCSI University
Wei-Hsin Chen
Wei-Hsin Chen National Cheng Kung University
Tau Chuan Ling
Tau Chuan Ling University of Malaya
Nanqi Ren
Nanqi Ren Harbin Institute of Technology
Wen-Ming Chen
Wen-Ming Chen Fudan University
Akihiko Kondo
Akihiko Kondo Kobe University
Chiu-Yue Lin
Chiu-Yue Lin Feng Chia University

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