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Biology and Biochemistry
New Zealand
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
53286
World Ranking
2379
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Yusuf Chisti is affiliated with Massey University in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to research in biotechnology and related fields. Their work spans several areas of molecular biology, renewable energy and sustainability, biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, as well as biomaterials.

The primary topics of research covered by Yusuf Chisti include:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Enzyme catalysis and immobilization
  • Aquaculture nutrition and growth
  • Microbial metabolites in food biotechnology

The research outputs of Yusuf Chisti have been published frequently in the following venues:

  • Biotechnology Advances
  • Biofuel Research Journal
  • Marine Drugs
  • Fermentation
  • Industrial Crops and Products

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Yusuf Chisti include:

  • Collagen Extraction from Animal Skin, 2022, Biology
  • Production of polyunsaturated fatty acids by Schizochytrium (Aurantiochytrium) spp., 2021, Biotechnology Advances
  • Pathogens and predators impacting commercial production of microalgae and cyanobacteria, 2021, Biotechnology Advances
  • Removal of nitrate and phosphate from simulated agricultural runoff water by Chlorella vulgaris, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental impacts of examination gloves made of natural rubber and nitrile rubber, identified by life-cycle assessment, 2021, SPE Polymers

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Nanthiya Hansupalak
  • Carolina Shene
  • Juan A. Asenjo
  • Panithi Wiroonpochit
  • Keikhosro Karimi

Their research contributions emphasize developments in algal biology for biofuel production, microbial processes, and sustainable approaches within biotechnology. This body of work reflects engagement with diverse scientific domains and intersections between environmental sustainability and bioengineering.

Best Publications

  • Biodiesel from microalgae.

    Yusuf Chisti

  • Biodiesel from microalgae beats bioethanol.

    Yusuf Chisti

  • Synthesis of metallic nanoparticles using plant extracts.

    Amit Kumar Mittal;Yusuf Chisti;Uttam Chand Banerjee

  • RECOVERY OF MICROALGAL BIOMASS AND METABOLITES: PROCESS OPTIONS AND ECONOMICS

    E Molina Grima;E.-H Belarbi;F.G Acién Fernández;A Robles Medina

  • Production, purification, characterization, and applications of lipases.

    Rohit Sharma;Yusuf Chisti;Uttam Chand Banerjee

  • Botryococcus braunii: A Renewable Source of Hydrocarbons and Other Chemicals

    Anirban Banerjee;Rohit Sharma;Yusuf Chisti;U. C. Banerjee

  • Biotechnology-a sustainable alternative for chemical industry.

    Maria Gavrilescu;Yusuf Chisti

  • Tubular photobioreactor design for algal cultures.

    E. Molina;J. Fernández;F.G. Acién;Y. Chisti

  • Photobioreactors: light regime, mass transfer, and scaleup

    E. Molina Grima;F.G.Acién Fernández;F. Garcı́a Camacho;Yusuf Chisti

  • Constraints to commercialization of algal fuels.

    Yusuf Chisti

  • Protein measurements of microalgal and cyanobacterial biomass.

    Cynthia Victoria González López;María del Carmen Cerón García;Francisco Gabriel Acién Fernández;Cristina Segovia Bustos

  • Disruption of microbial cells for intracellular products

    Yusuf Chisti;Murray Moo-Young

  • RETRACTED: A process for high yield and scaleable recovery of high purity eicosapentaenoic acid esters from microalgae and fish oil

    El-Hassan Belarbi;Emilio Molina;Yusuf Chisti

  • Comparative evaluation of compact photobioreactors for large-scale monoculture of microalgae

    Asterio Sánchez Mirón;Antonio Contreras Gómez;Francisco Garcı́a Camacho;Emilio Molina Grima

  • Polysaccharopeptides of Coriolus versicolor: physiological activity, uses, and production

    Jian Cui;Yusuf Chisti

  • Towards a luxury uptake process via microalgae--defining the polyphosphate dynamics.

    Nicola Powell;Andy Shilton;Yusuf Chisti;Steven Pratt

  • Airlift-driven external-loop tubular photobioreactors for outdoor production of microalgae: assessment of design and performance

    F.G. Acién Fernández;J.M. Fernández Sevilla;J.A. Sánchez Pérez;E. Molina Grima

  • A mechanistic model of photosynthesis in microalgae

    F. Camacho Rubio;F. García Camacho;J. M. Fernández Sevilla;Y. Chisti

  • Bubble-column and airlift photobioreactors for algal culture

    Asterio Sánchez Mirón;Francisco García Camacho;Antonio Contreras Gómez;Emilio Molina Grima

  • Shear rate in stirred tank and bubble column bioreactors

    J.A. Sánchez Pérez;E.M. Rodríguez Porcel;J.L. Casas López;J.M. Fernández Sevilla

Frequent Co-Authors

Uttam Chand Banerjee
Uttam Chand Banerjee University of Waterloo
M. Moo-Young
M. Moo-Young University of Waterloo
E. Molina Grima
E. Molina Grima University of Almería
J.A. Sánchez Pérez
J.A. Sánchez Pérez University of Almería
Andy Shilton
Andy Shilton Massey University
Meisam Tabatabaei
Meisam Tabatabaei Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran
Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba
Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba University of Almería
José Luis García
José Luis García Spanish National Research Council
Johann Plank
Johann Plank Technical University of Munich
Keikhosro Karimi
Keikhosro Karimi Isfahan University of Technology

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