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D-Index
64
Citations
16192
World Ranking
7976
National Ranking
203

M. Moo-Young publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where M. Moo-Young sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 311 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

M. Moo-Young D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where M. Moo-Young sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

M. Moo-Young is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada, contributing to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology through a substantial number of publications. Their research spans subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, notably Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Biofuel Production and Bioconversion, and Enzyme Structure and Function.

M. Moo-Young has authored multiple papers examining microbial and biochemical engineering techniques, with several recent contributions published in recognized scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Strain engineering for high-level 5-aminolevulinic acid production in Escherichia coli", 2020, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • "High-level heterologous production of propionate in engineered Escherichia coli", 2020, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • "Bio-based production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) with modulated monomeric fraction in Escherichia coli", 2021, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • "Integrated strain engineering and bioprocessing strategies for high-level bio-based production of 3-hydroxyvalerate in Escherichia coli", 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • "Bio-Based Production of Uroporphyrin in Escherichia coli", 2024, Synthetic biology and engineering

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Fermentation, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology and Engineering, and Bioresources and Bioprocessing.

Collaborations have been made with several researchers, often co-authoring papers with:

  • C. Perry Chou
  • Dragan Miscevic
  • Ju-Yi Mao
  • Bahareh Sadat Arab
  • Adam Westbrook

Best Publications

  • Ethanol fermentation technologies from sugar and starch feedstocks.

    F.W. Bai;W.A. Anderson;M. Moo-Young

  • Disruption of microbial cells for intracellular products

    Yusuf Chisti;Murray Moo-Young

  • Towards sustainable production of clean energy carriers from biomass resources

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  • Antimicrobial activity of annatto (Bixa orellana) extract

    O N Irobi;M Moo-Young;W A Anderson

  • AIRLIFT REACTORS: CHARACTERISTICS, APPLICATIONS AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

    M.Y. Chisti;M. Moo-Young

  • Liquid circulation in airlift reactors

    M.Y. Chisti;B. Halard;M. Moo-Young

  • Fermentation optimization for the production of poly(β-hydroxybutyric acid) microbial thermoplastic

    Enrico Grothe;Murray Moo-Young;Yusuf Chisti

  • Metabolic pathways of clostridia for producing butanol.

    R. Gheshlaghi;R. Gheshlaghi;J.M. Scharer;M. Moo-Young;C.P. Chou

  • Ester synthesis in lipase-catalyzed reactions

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  • Theoretical prediction of volumetric mass transfer coefficients in bubble columns for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids

    Y. Kawase;B. Halard;M. Moo-Young

  • Recent advances in bioprocessing application of membrane chromatography

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  • Mathematical models for design of bioreactors: applications of Kolmogoroff's theory of isotropic turbulence

    Y. Kawase;M. Moo-Young

  • Bioprocessing strategies to improve heterologous protein production in filamentous fungal fermentations

    Liping Wang;Darin Ridgway;Tingyue Gu;Murray Moo-Young

  • Fiber-Optic Biosensors-Trends and Advances

    Mehrab Mehrvar;Chris Bis;Jeno M. Scharer;Murray Moo Young

  • Effectiveness factors for immobilized-enzyme reactions

    M. Moo-Young;Takeshi Kobayashi

  • Continuous ethanol production and evaluation of yeast cell lysis and viability loss under very high gravity medium conditions.

    F.W Bai;L.J Chen;Z Zhang;W.A Anderson

  • Decolourization and Detoxification of Methyl Red by Aerobic Bacteria from A Wastewater Treatment Plant

    O. Adedayo;S. Javadpour;C. Taylor;W.A. Anderson

  • Dynamics of phenol degradation by Pseudomonas putida.

    P. J. Allsop;Y. Chisti;M. Moo-Young;G. R. Sullivan

  • Enzymatic degradation of cell wall and related plant polysaccharides.

    O P Ward;M Moo-Young

  • Kinetics of enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose: Analytical description of a mechanistic model

    M. Okazaki;M. Moo-Young

  • Oxygen transfer into mycelial pellets

    Takeshi Kobayashi;G. Van Dedem;M. Mooyoung

  • Application of statistical design for the optimization of amino acid separation by reverse-phase HPLC

    Reza Gheshlaghi;Jeno Scharer;Murray Moo-Young;Peter Douglas

  • Tissue-type plasminogen activator: Characteristics, applications and production technology

    S.A. Rouf;M. Moo-Young;Y. Chisti

  • Improve the performance of airlift reactors

    Y. Chisti;M. Moo-Young

  • Volumetric mass transfer coefficients in aerated stirred tank reactors with Newtonian and non-Newtonian media

    Y Kawase;M Moo-Young

  • Plasmid stability in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Z. Zhang;M. Moo-Young;Y. Chisti

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusuf Chisti
Yusuf Chisti Massey University
Peter L. Douglas
Peter L. Douglas University of Waterloo
Niels C. Bols
Niels C. Bols University of Waterloo
Uttam Chand Banerjee
Uttam Chand Banerjee University of Waterloo
Narendra N. Bakhshi
Narendra N. Bakhshi University of Saskatchewan

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