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Overview

Keikhosro Karimi is affiliated with Isfahan University of Technology in Iran. Their research predominantly focuses on engineering with a significant emphasis on biomedical engineering, molecular biology, building and construction, renewable energy, sustainability, the environment, and biomaterials. The scholar's work is primarily situated within the domain of biofuel production and bioconversion, but it also extends into related areas such as microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, biodiesel production and applications, catalysis for biomass conversion, lignin and wood chemistry, and algal biology and biofuel production.

Their frequent coauthors include Joeri Denayer, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Meisam Tabatabaei, Marzieh Shafiei, and Safoora Mirmohamadsadeghi.

Key publication venues where the researcher has extensively published include Bioresource Technology, Renewable Energy, Fuel, Biofuel Research Journal, and Energy Conversion and Management.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Keikhosro Karimi include:

  • "Current challenges and innovative developments in pretreatment of lignocellulosic residues for biofuel production: A review," 2020, Fuel
  • "Pretreatment of lignocelluloses for enhanced biogas production: A review on influencing mechanisms and the importance of microbial diversity," 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Combined bead milling and enzymatic hydrolysis for efficient fractionation of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates of Chlorella vulgaris microalgae," 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • "A comprehensive review on bioethanol production from corn stover: Worldwide potential, environmental importance, and perspectives," 2022, Biomass and Bioenergy
  • "Exergetic, exergoeconomic, and exergoenvironmental aspects of an industrial-scale molasses-based ethanol production plant," 2020, Energy Conversion and Management

The research topics they have contributed to include:

  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Algal biology and biofuel production

Keikhosro Karimi's main fields of study are:

  • Engineering

Subfields of study include:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Building and Construction
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Biomaterials

Best Publications

  • Pretreatment of lignocellulosic wastes to improve ethanol and biogas production: a review.

    Mohammad J. Taherzadeh;Keikhosro Karimi

  • Acid-based hydrolysis processes for ethanol from lignocellulosic materials: a review.

    Mohammad J. Taherzadeh;Keikhosro Karimi

  • A critical review of analytical methods in pretreatment of lignocelluloses: Composition, imaging, and crystallinity.

    Keikhosro Karimi;Mohammad J. Taherzadeh

  • ENZYMATIC-BASED HYDROLYSIS PROCESSES FOR ETHANOL

    Mohammad J. Taherzadeh;Keikhosro Karimi

  • Ethanol production from dilute-acid pretreated rice straw by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation with Mucor indicus, Rhizopus oryzae, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Keikhosro Karimi;Keikhosro Karimi;Giti Emtiazi;Mohammad J. Taherzadeh

  • Citrus processing wastes: environmental impacts, recent advances, and future perspectives in total valorization.

    Behzad Satari;Keikhosro Karimi

  • Organosolv pretreatment of rice straw for efficient acetone, butanol, and ethanol production.

    Hamid Amiri;Keikhosro Karimi;Hamid Zilouei

  • Alkaline Pretreatment of Spruce and Birch to Improve Bioethanol and Biogas Production

    Abas Mohsenzadeh;Azam Jeihanipour;Azam Jeihanipour;Keikhosro Karimi;Keikhosro Karimi;Mohammad J. Taherzadeh

  • A review of biogas production from sugarcane vinasse.

    Mostafa Parsaee;Mostafa Kiani Deh Kiani;Keikhosro Karimi

  • A comprehensive review on recent biological innovations to improve biogas production, Part 1: Upstream strategies

    Meisam Tabatabaei;Mortaza Aghbashlo;Elena Valijanian;Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi

  • A critical review on analysis in pretreatment of lignocelluloses: Degree of polymerization, adsorption/desorption, and accessibility.

    Keikhosro Karimi;Mohammad J. Taherzadeh

  • Current challenges and innovative developments in pretreatment of lignocellulosic residues for biofuel production: A review

    Bilal Beig;Muhammad Riaz;Salman Raza Naqvi;Muhammad Hassan

  • Cellulose solvent-based pretreatment for enhanced second-generation biofuel production: a review

    Behzad Satari;Keikhosro Karimi;Rajeev Kumar;Rajeev Kumar

  • Biogas production from food wastes: A review on recent developments and future perspectives

    Safoora Mirmohamadsadeghi;Keikhosro Karimi;Meisam Tabatabaei;Mortaza Aghbashlo

  • A novel process for ethanol or biogas production from cellulose in blended-fibers waste textiles.

    Azam Jeihanipour;Keikhosro Karimi;Keikhosro Karimi;Claes Niklasson;Mohammad J. Taherzadeh

  • Improvement of biogas production from pine wood by alkali pretreatment

    Peyman Salehian;Keikhosro Karimi;Hamid Zilouei;Azam Jeihanipour

  • Recent updates on biogas production - a review

    Ilona Sárvári Horváth;Meisam Tabatabaei;Keikhosro Karimi;Rajeev Kumar

  • Recent updates on lignocellulosic biomass derived ethanol - A review

    Rajeev Kumar;Meisam Tabatabaei;Keikhosro Karimi;Ilona Sárvári Horváth

  • A comprehensive review on recent biological innovations to improve biogas production, Part 2: Mainstream and downstream strategies

    Meisam Tabatabaei;Mortaza Aghbashlo;Elena Valijanian;Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi

  • Pretreatment of lignocelluloses for enhanced biogas production: A review on influencing mechanisms and the importance of microbial diversity

    Safoora Mirmohamadsadeghi;Keikhosro Karimi;Reza Azarbaijani;Laleh Parsa Yeganeh

  • Improvement of biogas production from oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB).

    Danay Carrillo Nieves;Keikhosro Karimi;Keikhosro Karimi;Ilona Sárvári Horváth

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohammad J. Taherzadeh
Mohammad J. Taherzadeh University of Borås
Meisam Tabatabaei
Meisam Tabatabaei Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran
Mortaza Aghbashlo
Mortaza Aghbashlo University of Tehran
Su Shiung Lam
Su Shiung Lam Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Abdul-Sattar Nizami
Abdul-Sattar Nizami Government College University, Lahore
Joeri F. M. Denayer
Joeri F. M. Denayer Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Jyri-Pekka Mikkola
Jyri-Pekka Mikkola Umeå University
Morteza Sadeghi
Morteza Sadeghi Isfahan University of Technology
Irini Angelidaki
Irini Angelidaki Technical University of Denmark
Benyamin Khoshnevisan
Benyamin Khoshnevisan University of Southern Denmark

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