Handbook of Biorefinery Research and Technology

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of techniques applied in biorefinery. it covers the basic principles, upfront research accomplishments as well as successful industrial applications, including all necessary steps for the provision and preparation of the biomass and all possible downstream processing steps. The book is structured in a way that is appropriate for advanced graduate students and professionals in diverse scientific and engineering communities, including biocatalysis, chemical catalysis, metabolic engineering, bioprocess engineering as well as in various engineering disciplines.

Prof. GREGORY N. STEPHANOPOULOS
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1978
M.S., University of Florida, 1975
B.S., National Technical University, Athens, 1973

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006- MIT, W.H. Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
2006-2007 ETH, Visiting Professor, Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering, Zurich
2000-05 MIT, Bayer Professor of Chem. Eng. and Biotechnology
2000- MIT-Harvard Division of Health Science and Technology (HST), Professor
1990 - 1997 MIT, Associate Director, Biotechnology Center
1997 - present Harvard University, MGH, Lecturer on Surgery and Bioengineering
1985 – 2000 MIT, Professor of Chemical Engineering
1983 - 1985 California Institute of Technology
Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Chemical Engineering
1978 - 1983 California Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
1975 - 1978 University of Minnesota
Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering
March-July, 1975 Union Carbide Corporation
Linde Division, Tonawanda, New York
Research and Development Engineer
1973-1975 University of Florida
Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering
1972 Erbsloh Aluminum, Wuppertal, W. Germany, Summer Research Fellow


Prof. Park, Jong Moon
1986 Ph.D.,Univ. of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester
1986-1988 Post-Doc., University of Minessota
1988-1989 Section Head, Vipont Research Lab., Inc.
1996- Secretary of Research Affairs School of Environmental Engineering, POSTECH
1998-1999 McGill University, Visiting Professor

Research Interest
1) Wastewater treatment
2) Bioremediation
3) Air pollution
4) Others: microbiological influenced corrosion(MIC) survey and biofiltration process to remove VOCs or toxic gases (e.g. hydrogen sulfide) are going on. Plant cell and tissue culture is another main stream of research activity of our group, through which high value complicated chemicals(mainly phytochemicals such as taxol(anti-cancer drug), ginkgoglide and sangunarine) can be produced in an environmentally friendly way.