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Sang-Hyun Pyo

Associate Professor, Docent

Research interests:

Biotechnology and green chemistry
- Biotechnology for production of platform chemicals from renewable resources
- Biotransformation using enzyme and microorganisms

- Identification and development of biocatalysts

- Fermentation, separation and bioprocess engineering

Sustainable polymer science

- Synthesis and application of biobased polymers

- 3D-Printing and nano-composite of green polymers

Integration of biotransformation and green chemistry

Bioactive metabolites and biomolecules

Research projects:

Bio-based and carbon neutral chemicals and polymers from CO2 and biomass

New value chain around polyols from renewable resources

Sustainable plastics, STEPS

Green chemicals and materials

www.greenchem.lu.se

Teaching:

Green Chemistry and Biotechnology

Bioseparation

Contact:

Phone: +46 46 222 4838        

Email: sang-hyun.pyo@biotek.lu.se

Selected publications:

1. S.H. Pyo, P. Wang, H.H. Hwang, W. Zhu, J. Warner, C. Chen, Continuous Optical 3D Printing of Green Aliphatic Polyurethanes, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9 (2017) 836-844.

2. S.H. Pyo, R. Hatti-Kaul, Chlorine-free synthesis of organic alkyl carbonates and five- and six-membered cyclic carbonates, Adv. Synth. Catal. 358 (2016) 834-839.

3. M. Sayed, T. Dishisha, W.F. Sayed, W. M. Salem, H.A. Temerk, S.H. Pyo, Selective oxidation of trimethylolpropane to 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)butyric acid using growing cells of Corynebacterium sp. ATCC 21245, J. Biotechnol. 221 (2016) 62-69.

4. T. Dishisha, S.H. Pyo, R. Hatti-Kaul, Bio-based 3-hydroxypropionic- and acrylic acid production from biodiesel glycerol via integrated microbial and chemical catalysis, Microb. Cell Fact. 14 (2015) 1.

5. R.R.R. Sardari, T. Dishisha, S.H. Pyo, R. Hatti-Kaul, Improved production of 3-hydroxypropionadehyde by complex formation with bisulfite during biotransformation of glycerol, Biotechnol. Bioeng. 110 (2013) 1243-1248.

6. S.H. Pyo, T. Dishisha, S. Dayankac, J. Gerelsaikhan, S. Lundmark, N. Rehnberg, R. Hatti-Kaul, A new route for the synthesis of methacrylic acid from 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol by integrating biotransformation and catalytic dehydration. Green Chem., 14 (2012) 1942-1948.

7. S.H. Pyo, R. Hatti-Kaul, Selective, green synthesis of six-membered cyclic carbonates by lipase catalysed regio-selective transesterification of diols with dimethylcarbonate, Adv. Synth. Catal. 354 (2012) 797-802.

8. S.H. Pyo, P. Persson, S. Lundmark, R. Hatti-Kaul, Solvent-free lipase-mediated synthesis of six-membered cyclic carbonates from trimethylolpropane and dialkylcarbonates, Green Chem., 13 (2011) 976-982.