Dr. Yujun Zhao

Teaching Associate Professor

Faculty/Professor
Building: McLean
Room: 403
Phone: 201.216.8358
Fax: 201.216.8306
Email: yzhao@stevens.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), Stevens Institute of Technology
  • M.S. (Chemical Engineering), University of Tokyo
  • B.S. (Chemical Equipment), East China University of Science and Technology

Experience

  • Teaching Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, ChE Undergraduate Laboratory Supervisor, & Liaison of the Risk & Safety Oversight Task Force, Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ
  • Lecturer of Chemistry & Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ
  • Consultant, Nichu Teikeishy Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
  • Research Assistant Engineer, Institute of Chemical Engineering at ECUST, Shanghai, China

Research Projects Interests

  • Bioreductions, biocatalysts, and bioreactors
  • Plant cell and tissue culture
  • Bioseparation technology and engineering

Publications

  1. Zhao, Y, DeLancey, G B (2000) "A diffusion model and optimal cell loading for immobilized cell biocatalysts", Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol. 69, p. 639-647.

  2. Zhao, Y, DeLancey, G B (1999) "A predictive thermodynamic model for the bioreduction of acetophenone to phenethyl alcohol using resting cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae", Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol. 64, p. 442-451.

  3. Zhao, Yujun, DeLancey, George (Dec 1999) "Substrate and product distribution in yeast", Industrial Bioprocessing Alert, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISSN 1056-7194.

  4. Zhao, Y, DeLancey, G B (1999) "Transmembrane distribution of substrate and product during the bioreduction of acetophenone with resting cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae", Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol. 64, p. 434-441.

  5. Zhao, Y, Islam, S, DeLancey, G B (Dec 1998) "Temperature effect on initial bioreduction kinetics of acetophenone with whole cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae", The 1998 Fall ACS National Meeting, Boston.

  6. Seki, M, Zhao, Y, Furusaki, S (Dec 1993) "Improved efficiency of somatic embryogenesis in Daucus carota", Sixth Conference of the Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering; Twenty-first Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference; Official Proceedings of Combined Conference 1993, Melbourne, Vol. 2, p. 385-390.

  7. Zhao, Y, Seki, M, Furusaki, S (Dec 1992) "Development of bioreactors for somatic embryogenesis", The 25th Fall Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan, Tokyo.

  8. Zhao, Y, Seki, M, Furusaki, S (Dec 1991) "Effects of environmental factors on somatic embryogenesis in Daucus carota", The 57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan, Osaka.