Mechanism-Guided Design of Highly Efficient Protein Secretion and Lipid Conversion for Biomanufacturing and Biorefining

Shangxian Xie, Su Sun, Furong Lin, Muzi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Yanbing Cheng, Bing Xu, Zhihua Liu, Leonardo da Costa Sousa, Bruce E. Dale, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Susie Y. Dai, Joshua S. Yuan

Advanced Science, 2019. 6: 1801980

Non-Solvent Fractionation of Lignin Enhances Carbon Fiber Performance

Dr. Qiang Li, Dr. Mengjie Li, Hao-Sheng Lin, Cheng Hu, Dr. Phuc Truong, Dr. Tan Zhang, Dr. Hung-Jue Sue, Dr. Yunqiao Pu, Dr. Arthur J. Ragauskas, Dr. Joshua S. Yuan

ChemSusChem 2019. 12, 3249-3256

Cooperative valorization of lignin and residual sugar to polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) for enhanced yield and carbon utilization in biorefineries†

Zhi-Hua Liu, Somnath Shinde, Shangxian Xie, Naijia Hao, Furong Lin, Man Li, Chang Geun Yoo, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2019. 3, 2024-2037

Microstructure defines the electroconductive and mechanical performance of plant-derived renewable carbon fiber

Qiang Li, Cheng Hu, Heidi Clarke, Mengjie Li, Patrick Shamberger, Wenhao Wu, Joshua S. Yuan

Chemical Communications, 2019. 55, 12655-12658

Defining lignin nanoparticle properties through tailored lignin reactivity by sequential organosolv fragmentation approach (SOFA)

Zhi-Hua Liu, Naijia Hao, Somnath Shinde, Yunqiao Pu, Xiaofeng Kang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan*

Green Chemistry, 2019. 21(2): 245-260

Codesign of Combinatorial Organosolv Pretreatment (COP) and Lignin Nanoparticles (LNPs) in Biorefineries

Zhi-Hua Liu, Naijia Hao, Somnath Shinde, Michelle L. Olson, Samarthya Bhagia, John R. Dunlap, Katy C. Kao, Xiaofeng Kang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Joshua S. Yuan*

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018. 7: 2634-2647

Tuning hydroxyl groups for quality carbonfiber of lignin

Qiang Li, Mandar T. Naik, Hao-Sheng Lin, Cheng Hu, Wilson K. Serem, Li Liu, Pravat Karki, Fujie Zhou, Joshua S. Yuan*

Carbon, 2018. 139: 500-511

Co-Compartmentation of Terpene Biosynthesis and Storage via Synthetic Droplet

Cheng Zhao, YongKyoung Kim, Yining Zeng, Man Li, Xin Wang, Cheng Hu, Connor Gorman, Susie Y. Dai, Shi-You Ding*, Joshua S Yuan*

ACS Synthetic Biology, 2018. In press

Synergistic maximization of the carbohydrate output and lignin processability by combinatorial pretreatment

Zhi-Hua Liu, Michelle L Olson, Somnath Shinde, Xin Wang, Naijia Hao, Chang Geun Yoo, Samarthya Bhagia, John R Dunlap, Yunqiao Pu, Katy C Kao, Arthur J Ragauskas, Mingjie Jin, Joshua S Yuan*

Green Chemistry, 2017. DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02057K

Molecular Weight and Uniformity Define the Mechanical Performance of Lignin-based Carbon Fiber

Qiang Li, Wilson Serem, Wei Dai, Yuan Yue, Mandar Naik, Shangxian Xie, Pravat Karki, Li Liu, Hung-Jue Sue, Hong Liang, Fujie Zhou, Joshua S. Yuan*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017. DOI: 10.1039/C7TA01187C

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Shangxian Xie successfuly defended his PhD thesis.

Quality carbon fiber from fractionated lignin

Qiang Li, Shangxian Xie, Wilson Serem, Mandar Naik, Li Liu and Joshua S. Yuan*

Green Chem., 2017, 19: 1628–1634

Enhanced limonene production in cyanobacteria reveals photosynthesis limitations

Xin Wang, Changpeng Xin, Wei Liu, Yi Zheng, Runzhe Li, Susie Y. Dai, Xinguang Zhu, Peter Rentzepis, Joshua S. Yuan*

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 2016, 113(50): 14225-14230.

Advanced chemical design for efficient lignin bioconversion

Shangxian Xie; Qining Sun, Yunqiao Pu, Furong Lin, Su Sun, Xin Wang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan*

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02401

Systems biology-guided biodesign of consolidated lignin conversion

Lu Lin, Yanbing Cheng, Yunqiao Pu, Su Sun, Xiao Li, Mingjie Jin, Elizabeth A. Pierson, Dennis Gross, Bruce E. Dale, Susie Y. Dai, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan*

Green Chemistry, 2016, 18, 5536-5547

Synergistic enzymatic and microbial conversion of lignin for lipid

Cheng Zhao, Shangxian Xie, Yunqiao Pu, Rui Zhang, Fang Huang, Arthur J. Ragausaks, Joshua S. Yuan*

Green Chemistry, 2016, 18, 1306-1312