Yi Wang
Assistant Professor
BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Auburn University
United States of America
Biography
Assistant Professor, 01/2015-present Biosystems Engineering Department, Auburn University Post-Doc Research Associate, 06/2012-12/2014 Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER), Institute for Genomic Biology, UIUC Graduate Research Assistant, 10/2008-06/2012 Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Institute for Genomic Biology, Graduate Research Assistant, 08/2006-10/2008 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC Graduate Research Assistant, 09/2003-06/2006 Environmental Engineering lab, Department of Chemistry, USTC
Research Interest
Bioprocess engineering Metabolic engineering Synthetic biology Applied and industrial microbiology Biofuels and biochemicals Bioremediation Waste management Wastewater treatment Environmental molecular biology Pathogen control
Publications
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Zhang, J., Taylor, S., Wang, Y*. (2016) Effects of end products on fermentation profiles in Clostridium carboxidivorans P7 for syngas fermentation. Bioresource Technology, 218: 1055-1063.
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Seo, S.O., Wang, Y., Lu, T., Jin, Y.S., Blaschek., H.P. (2016) Characterization of a Clostridium beijerinckii spo0A mutant and its application for butyl butyrate production. Biotechnology & Bioengineering. doi: 10.1002/bit.26057.
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Wang, X., Zhang, Z.T., Wang, Y., Wang, Y.F. (2016) Production of polyhydroxybuyrate (PHB) from switchgrass pretreated with a radio frequency-assisted heating process. Biomass and Bioenergy. 94: 220-227.