Byoung-In Sang

I'm a professor and researcher in environmental biotechnology currently working on bioprocess engineering and renewable energy systems. I previously did research at various institutions working with microbial communities and bioconversion processes. My work focuses on developing sustainable biotechnological solutions for waste management and bioenergy production. My research encompasses several key areas including anaerobic digestion for biogas production, fermentative processes for biofuel generation, and microbial fuel cell technologies. I have extensive experience in studying microbial community dynamics and metabolic pathways, particularly in the context of converting organic waste materials into valuable products like methane, hydrogen, and various carboxylic acids.

Much of my recent work involves optimizing bioprocesses for medium-chain carboxylic acid production, investigating novel pretreatment strategies for lignocellulosic biomass, and developing integrated biorefinery systems. I'm particularly interested in the intersection of environmental sustainability and biotechnology, focusing on how microbial systems can be engineered to address waste management challenges while simultaneously producing renewable energy and biochemicals.

Publications

Representative Metagenomes of Mesophilic Biogas Reactor Across South Korea

Darsha Prabhaharan, Young Wook Go, Hyunjin Kim, Seongcheol Kang, B. Sang

Scientific Data 2025

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Retraction notice to "Pretreatment strategies for enhanced biogas production from lignocellulosic biomass" [Bioresour. Technol. 301 (2020) 122725].

Amith Abraham, A. Mathew, Hyojung Park, O. Choi, R. Sindhu, Binod Parameswaran, Ashok Pandey, Jung Han Park, B. Sang

Bioresource Technology 2024

Byoung-In Sang

Publications

Representative Metagenomes of Mesophilic Biogas Reactor Across South Korea

Retraction notice to "Pretreatment strategies for enhanced biogas production from lignocellulosic biomass" [Bioresour. Technol. 301 (2020) 122725].

Enhancing cellulose acetate biodegradability in cigarette filters: an in-depth analysis of thermal alkaline pretreatment, microbial dynamics, and breakdown pathway prediction

Complete genome sequence of Methanothermobacter sp. DP, a hydrogenotrophic and thermophilic methanogen

Applicability of Rice Husk Residue Generated by the Silica Extraction Process to Anaerobic Digestion for Methane Production

Techno-Economic Analysis of Succinic Acid Production from Sugar-Rich Wastewater

Anisotropic Alignment of Bacterial Nanocellulose Ionogels for Unconventionally High Combination of Stiffness and Damping.

Alkali Extraction to Detoxify Rice Husk-Derived Silica and Increase Its Biocompatibility

Production of microalgae with high lipid content and their potential as sources of nutraceuticals

Chain elongation process for caproate production using lactate as electron donor in Megasphaera hexanoica.

Mass cultivation and harvesting of microalgal biomass: Current trends and future perspectives.

Metabolic cascade of complex organic wastes to medium-chain carboxylic acids: A review on the state-of-the-art multi-omics analysis for anaerobic chain elongation pathways.

Characterisation of bacterial nanocellulose and nanostructured carbon produced from crude glycerol by Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans.

Complete Genome Sequence of Methanothermobacter sp. Strain THM-1, a Thermophilic and Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen Isolated from an Anaerobic Reactor in South Korea

Electronic wastes: A near inexhaustible and an unimaginably wealthy resource for water splitting electrocatalysts.

Two-Stage Continuous Process for the Extraction of Silica from Rice Husk Using Attrition Ball Milling and Alkaline Leaching Methods

Dynamic Changes of Microbiome with the Utilization of Volatile Fatty Acids as Electron Donors for Denitrification

Impact of Attrition Ball-Mill on Characteristics and Biochemical Methane Potential of Food Waste

Recent advances in Bioprocess Technology-2020.

Anaerobic co-digestion of bioplastics as a sustainable mode of waste management with improved energy production - A review.

Antimicrobial Air Filter Coating with Plant Extracts Against Airborne Microbes

Multi-omics study on chain elongation processes for medium chain carboxylic acids

Fumaric acid production from sugarcane trash hydrolysate using Rhizopus oryzae NIIST 1

Efficient, Simple Production of Corresponding Alcohols from Supplemented C2-C8 Carboxylic Acids in Escherichia coli Using Acyl-CoA Transferase from Megasphaera hexanoica

Enzymatic Esterification under High-pressure CO2 Conditions for in situ Recovery of Butyric Acid from Anaerobic Fermenters

Bacterial nanocellulose as a green and flexible electrode matrix for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline conditions

Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Chlorine-Dynamics Modeling of In-Situ Chlorination Systems for Cooling Systems

Innovations in environmental bioprocesses for sustainable development

Robust solid-state interface with a deformable glass interlayer in sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries

Impact of feedstocks and downstream processing technologies on the economics of caproic acid production in fermentation by Megasphaera elsdenii T81.

Pretreatment strategies for enhanced biogas production from lignocellulosic biomass.

Complete Genomic Sequence of the Thermophilic and Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen Methanothermobacter sp. Strain KEPCO-1

Induction of systemic acquired resistance in Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg. by an endophytic bacterium antagonistic to Phytophthora meadii McRae

Selective Removal of Water Generated during Hydrogenotrophic Methanation from Culture Medium Using Membrane Distillation

An Efficient New Process for the Selective Production of Odd-Chain Carboxylic Acids by Simple Carbon Elongation Using Megasphaera hexanoica

Aerobic denitrification by a novel Pseudomonas sp. JN5 in different bioreactor systems

Metal-organic framework derived NiMo polyhedron as an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalyst

Tomographical analysis of electrochemical lithiation and delithiation of LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 cathodes in all-solid-state batteries

Feasibility of Continuous Pretreatment of Corn Stover: A Comparison of Three Commercially Available Continuous Pulverizing Devices

Simultaneous production of methane and acetate by thermophilic mixed culture from carbon dioxide in bioelectrochemical system.

Comparison between OCl−-Injection and In Situ Electrochlorination in the Formation of Chlorate and Perchlorate in Seawater

New coculture system of Clostridium spp. and Megasphaera hexanoica using submerged hollow-fiber membrane bioreactors for caproic acid production.

Collateral hydrogenation over proton-conducting Ni/BaZr0.85Y0.15O3−δ catalysts for promoting CO2 methanation

Quantitative Analysis of Microstructures and Reaction Interfaces on Composite Cathodes in All-Solid-State Batteries Using a Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Technique.

Effects of water content on ball milling pretreatment and the enzymatic digestibility of corn stover

Enhanced extraction of butyric acid under high-pressure CO2 conditions to integrate chemical catalysis for value-added chemicals and biofuels

A Hierarchically Modified Graphite Cathode with Au Nanoislands, Cysteamine, and Au Nanocolloids for Increased Electricity-Assisted Production of Isobutanol by Engineered Shewanella oneidensis MR-1.

Silica formation with nanofiber morphology via helical display of the silaffin R5 peptide on a filamentous bacteriophage

Silica formation with nanofiber morphology via helical display of the silaffin R5 peptide on a filamentous bacteriophage

Perspectives for biocatalytic lignin utilization: cleaving 4-O-5 and Cα–Cβ bonds in dimeric lignin model compounds catalyzed by a promiscuous activity of tyrosinase

Effects of supplement additives on anaerobic biogas production

Megasphaera hexanoica sp. nov., a medium-chain carboxylic acid-producing bacterium isolated from a cow rumen.

Simple quantification method for N-nitrosamines in atmospheric particulates based on facile pretreatment and GC-MS/MS.

Preparation of high purity silica originated from rice husks by chemically removing metallic impurities

Catalytic behavior of metal catalysts in high-temperature RWGS reaction: In-situ FT-IR experiments and first-principles calculations

Pyrosequencing analysis of microbial communities in hollow fiber-membrane biofilm reactors system for treating high-strength nitrogen wastewater.

13 C-labeled propionate tracing as a direct method for determining the production of oddnumbered carboxylic acids in Megasphaera hexanoica

Hexanoic acid production in Escherichia coli by introducing beta-ketothiolase and acetyl-CoA transferase into butyric acid producing strain

Plasmonic-based colorimetric and spectroscopic discrimination of acetic and butyric acids produced by different types of Escherichia coli through the different assembly structures formation of gold nanoparticles.

Production of medium-chain carboxylic acids by Megasphaera sp. MH with supplemental electron acceptors

Metal-oxide thin-film transistor-based pH sensor with a silver nanowire top gate electrode

Metal-oxide thin-film transistor-based pH sensor with a silver nanowire top gate electrode

One-dimensional InGaZnO field-effect transistor on a polyimide wire substrate for an electronic textile

One-dimensional InGaZnO field-effect transistor on a polyimide wire substrate for an electronic textile

Extracellular electron transfer from cathode to microbes: application for biofuel production

Analysis of the Microbial Community in an Acidic Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor (Hf-MBfR) Used for the Biological Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Methane

Caproiciproducens galactitolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium capable of producing caproic acid from galactitol, isolated from a wastewater treatment plant.

Improved Sugar Production by Optimizing Planetary Mill Pretreatment and Enzyme Hydrolysis Process

Transciptomic Analysis of Metabolic Changes by Temperature Stress in Megasphaera elsdenii SU1 for the Production of Hexanoic Acid from Jerusalem Artichoke

Analysis of Microbial Communities in Biofilms from CSTR-Type Hollow Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactors for Autotrophic Nitrification and Hydrogenotrophic Denitrification.

In Situ Biphasic Extractive Fermentation for Hexanoic Acid Production using Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers by Megasphaera elsdenii SU1

Isobutanol production from an engineered Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

Application of SPE followed by large-volume injection GC/MS for the analysis of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol in water

Butyric acid production from red algae by a newly isolated Clostridium sp. S1

Butyric acid production from red algae by a newly isolated Clostridium sp. S1

In situ detoxification of lignocellulosic hydrolysate using a surfactant for butyric acid production by Clostridium tyrobutyricum ATCC 25755

Enhanced light scattering and trapping effect of Ag nanowire mesh electrode for high efficient flexible organic solar cell.

Effect of geometric lattice design on optical/electrical properties of transparent silver grid for organic solar cells.