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Overview

Sunghoon Park is affiliated with the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research spans a variety of topics primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable contributions across related subfields and interdisciplinary areas.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within this broad field, these subfields have been addressed:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Food Science
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Materials Chemistry

Sunghoon Park's work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Food composition and properties
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Sunghoon Park demonstrate a focus on metabolic engineering, fermentation, and materials science. These include:

  • Reprogrammable Ferromagnetic Domains for Reconfigurable Soft Magnetic Actuators, 2020, published in Nano Letters
  • Acetate as a potential feedstock for the production of value-added chemicals: Metabolism and applications, 2021, Biotechnology Advances
  • Characteristics of sourdough bread fermented with Pediococcus pentosaceus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its bio-preservative effect against Aspergillus flavus, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Development of Klebsiella pneumoniae J2B as microbial cell factory for the production of 1,3-propanediol from glucose, 2020, Metabolic Engineering
  • Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli W3110 for efficient production of homoserine from glucose, 2022, Metabolic Engineering

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Thuan Phu Nguyen-Vo
  • Suman Lama
  • Tayyab Islam
  • Vivek Kumar Gaur
  • Huichang Ryu

Sunghoon Park has published extensively in several journals, with frequent publication venues comprising:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
  • Metabolic Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nano Letters

Best Publications

  • Production and utilization of biochar: A review

    Jin Sun Cha;Sung Hoon Park;Sang-Chul Jung;Changkook Ryu

  • Recent advances in biological production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid

    Vinod Kumar;Somasundar Ashok;Sunghoon Park

  • Fermentative biohydrogen production by a new chemoheterotrophic bacterium Citrobacter sp. Y19

    You-Kwan Oh;Eun-Hee Seol;Jung Rae Kim;Sunghoon Park

  • Photoproduction of hydrogen from acetate by a chemoheterotrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris P4

    You-Kwan Oh;Eun-Hee Seol;Mi-Sun Kim;Sunghoon Park

  • Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Bio-oil Model Compounds over Pt/HY Catalyst.

    Heejin Lee;Hannah Kim;Mi Jin Yu;Chang Hyun Ko

  • Production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid via malonyl-CoA pathway using recombinant Escherichia coli strains.

    Chelladurai Rathnasingh;Subramanian Mohan Raj;Subramanian Mohan Raj;Subramanian Mohan Raj;Youjin Lee;Christy Catherine

  • Fermentative hydrogen production by a new chemoheterotrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris P4

    You-Kwan Oh;Eun-Hee Seol;Eun Yeol Lee;Sunghoon Park

  • Development and evaluation of efficient recombinant Escherichia coli strains for the production of 3‐hydroxypropionic acid from glycerol

    Chelladurai Rathnasingh;Subramanian Mohan Raj;Ji-Eun Jo;Sunghoon Park

  • Purification and Characterization of a Novel Fibrinolytic Enzyme from Bacillus sp. KA38 Originated from Fermented Fish

    Hyun-Kuk Kim;Gu-Taek Kim;Dae-Kyung Kim;Won-A Choi

  • Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass components over mesoporous catalysts using Py-GC/MS

    Mi-Jin Jeon;Jong-Ki Jeon;Dong Jin Suh;Sung Hoon Park

  • Production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid from glycerol by a novel recombinant Escherichia coli BL21 strain

    Subramanian Mohan Raj;Chelladurai Rathnasingh;Ji-Eun Jo;Sunghoon Park

  • Thermophilic biohydrogen production from glucose with trickling biofilter.

    You-Kwan Oh;Seo Hyoung Kim;Mi-Sun Kim;Sunghoon Park

  • Reprogrammable Ferromagnetic Domains for Reconfigurable Soft Magnetic Actuators

    Hyeonseo Song;Hajun Lee;Jaebyeong Lee;Jun Kyu Choe

  • Current status of the metabolic engineering of microorganisms for biohydrogen production.

    You-Kwan Oh;Subramanian Mohan Raj;Subramanian Mohan Raj;Gyoo Yeol Jung;Sunghoon Park

  • Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol over Pt loaded zeolitic materials

    Eun Hwa Lee;Rae-su Park;Hannah Kim;Sung Hoon Park

  • Production of citrinin-free Monascus pigments by submerged culture at low pH

    Biyu Kang;Xuehong Zhang;Zhenqiang Wu;Zhilong Wang

  • Batch cultivation of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. I: Production of soluble methane monooxygenase.

    Sunghoon Park;Nilesh N. Shah;Robert T. Taylor;Michael W. Droege

  • Production of phenolics and aromatics by pyrolysis of miscanthus

    Hyun Ju Park;Kyu-Hong Park;Jong-Ki Jeon;Jeongnam Kim

  • Removal of copper(II) in aqueous solution using pyrolytic biochars derived from red macroalga Porphyra tenera

    Sung Hoon Park;Hye Jung Cho;Changkook Ryu;Young-Kwon Park

  • Development of recombinant Klebsiella pneumoniae ∆ dhaT strain for the co-production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid and 1,3-propanediol from glycerol

    Somasundar Ashok;Subramanian Mohan Raj;Subramanian Mohan Raj;Chelladurai Rathnasingh;Sunghoon Park

  • Cloning, expression, and characterization of an aldehyde dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli K-12 that utilizes 3-Hydroxypropionaldehyde as a substrate

    Ji-Eun Jo;Subramanian Mohan Raj;Chelladurai Rathnasingh;Edwardraja Selvakumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Young-Kwon Park
Young-Kwon Park University of Seoul
You-Kwan Oh
You-Kwan Oh Pusan National University
Sang-Chul Jung
Sang-Chul Jung Sunchon National University
Sun-Jae Kim
Sun-Jae Kim Sejong University
Seung-Soo Kim
Seung-Soo Kim Kangwon National University
Ji Man Kim
Ji Man Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Changkook Ryu
Changkook Ryu Sungkyunkwan University
Dong Jin Suh
Dong Jin Suh Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Chang Hyun Ko
Chang Hyun Ko Chonnam National University
Byong-Hun Jeon
Byong-Hun Jeon Hanyang University

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