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Overview

You-Kwan Oh is affiliated with Pusan National University in South Korea and specializes in research related to energy and environmental science. Their work predominantly focuses on renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental engineering, with notable contributions extending to electrical and electronic engineering, oceanography, and environmental chemistry.

Their research themes include algal biology and biofuel production, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, marine and coastal ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition.

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on bioresource technology and environmental systems. These include:

  • Cell disruption and astaxanthin extraction from Haematococcus pluvialis: Recent advances (2021), published in Bioresource Technology
  • Correlation of microbial community with salinity and nitrogen removal in an anammox-based denitrification system (2020), published in Chemosphere
  • Recent developments and key barriers to microbial CO2 electrobiorefinery (2020), published in Bioresource Technology
  • Enhancement of astaxanthin production by Haematococcus pluvialis using magnesium aminoclay nanoparticles (2020), published in Bioresource Technology
  • Photoautotrophic hydrogen production of Rhodobacter sphaeroides in a microbial electrosynthesis cell (2020), published in Bioresource Technology

You-Kwan Oh collaborates frequently with a group of researchers, including Soo Youn Lee, Young-Eun Kim, Aditya Lakshmi Narasimhan, Bolam Kim, and Sangui Kim. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications across different journals and topics.

Their body of work has appeared regularly in several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Bioresource Technology (10 publications)
  • Applied Sciences (9 publications)
  • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering (3 publications)
  • New & Renewable Energy (3 publications)
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (2 publications)

The scientist's main fields of study are closely aligned with energy systems and environmental science, with 32 publications in energy and 22 in environmental science. Their detailed subfields of study further highlight expertise in renewable energy solutions and environmental engineering practices.

Best Publications

  • Genome-scale reconstruction of metabolic network in Bacillus subtilis based on high-throughput phenotyping and gene essentiality data.

    You-Kwan Oh;Berrnhard O. Palsson;Sung M. Park;Christophe H. Schilling

  • Reuse of effluent water from a municipal wastewater treatment plant in microalgae cultivation for biofuel production.

    Sunja Cho;Thanh Thao Luong;Dukhaeng Lee;You-Kwan Oh

  • Cell-wall disruption and lipid/astaxanthin extraction from microalgae: Chlorella and Haematococcus.

    Dong-Yeon Kim;Durairaj Vijayan;Ramasamy Praveenkumar;Jong-In Han

  • Cell disruption and lipid extraction for microalgal biorefineries: A review.

    Soo Youn Lee;Jun Muk Cho;Young Keun Chang;You-Kwan Oh

  • Recent developments and key barriers to advanced biofuels: A short review.

    You-Kwan Oh;Kyung-Ran Hwang;Changman Kim;Jung Rae Kim

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

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

  • Biomass, lipid content, and fatty acid composition of freshwater Chlamydomonas mexicana and Scenedesmus obliquus grown under salt stress.

    El Sayed Salama;Hyun Chul Kim;Reda A I Abou-Shanab;Min Kyu Ji

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

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

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

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

  • Microalgae cultivation for bioenergy production using wastewaters from a municipal WWTP as nutritional sources

    Sunja Cho;Nakyeong Lee;Seonghwan Park;Jaecheul Yu

  • Thermophilic biohydrogen production from glucose with trickling biofilter.

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

  • Biodegradation of bisphenol A by the freshwater microalgae Chlamydomonas mexicana and Chlorella vulgaris

    Min Kyu Ji;Akhil N. Kabra;Jaewon Choi;Jae Hoon Hwang

  • 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

  • Characterization and identification of lipid-producing microalgae species isolated from a freshwater lake

    Reda A I Abou-Shanab;Ibrahim A. Matter;Su Nam Kim;You Kwan Oh

  • Recent nanoparticle engineering advances in microalgal cultivation and harvesting processes of biodiesel production: a review

    Young-Chul Lee;Kyubock Lee;You-Kwan Oh

  • Effects of ionic liquid mixtures on lipid extraction from Chlorella vulgaris

    Sun A. Choi;You Kwan Oh;Min Ji Jeong;Seung Wook Kim

  • Effect of salt type and concentration on the growth and lipid content of Chlorella vulgaris in synthetic saline wastewater for biofuel production.

    Jared Church;Jae-Hoon Hwang;Keug-Tae Kim;Rebecca McLean

  • Flocculation Harvesting Techniques for Microalgae: A Review

    Ibrahim A. Matter;Vu Khac Hoang Bui;Mikyoung Jung;Jung Yoon Seo

  • Effects of enzymatic hydrolysis on lipid extraction from Chlorella vulgaris

    Hyeon-Soo Cho;You-Kwan Oh;Soon-Chul Park;Jae-Wook Lee

  • Lithographically Encrypted Inverse Opals for Anti-Counterfeiting Applications.

    Yongjoon Heo;Hyelim Kang;Joon-Seok Lee;You-Kwan Oh

Frequent Co-Authors

Sunghoon Park
Sunghoon Park Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Jong-In Han
Jong-In Han Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Yun Suk Huh
Yun Suk Huh Inha University
Byong-Hun Jeon
Byong-Hun Jeon Hanyang University
Seung Bin Park
Seung Bin Park Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Shin-Hyun Kim
Shin-Hyun Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Seung Wook Kim
Seung Wook Kim Korea University
Chang Hyun Ko
Chang Hyun Ko Chonnam National University
Sang Jun Sim
Sang Jun Sim Korea University
Hyun-Seog Roh
Hyun-Seog Roh Yonsei University

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