Biological and material engineering for remediation
Nature maintains environmental balance through integrated biological and chemical processes that recycle waste efficiently. However, persistent contaminants such as PFAS and microplastics, along with excess nutrients like nitrogen and phosphate, challenge these natural systems. My research engineers and integrates biological platforms, including fungi, algae, and bacteria, with chemical processes to remove and remediate emerging contaminants. Using systems biology and mechanistic analysis, we optimize bioremediation conditions and elucidate degradation pathways to design more efficient, scalable, and sustainable remediation technologies.
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Integration of electrochemical process and synthetic biology
The root cause of climate change is due to modern society's significant demand of energy and reliance on fossil energy. The natural photosynthesis cannot harvest enough solar energy for the current global energy consumption, when the majority photosynthesis inputs are used toward agriculture and infrastructure such as food, fiber and lumber. Our goal is to bypass photosynthesis to reach higher energy conversion rate, product yield, and pay off the carbon debt.
We integrate electrocatalysis and synthetic biology for high value product synthesis such as bioplastics and fuels.
We integrate electrocatalysis and synthetic biology for high value product synthesis such as bioplastics and fuels.
