Assoc.Prof.Dr. Apichat Boontawan
Lecturer

Contact:
 apichat@sut.ac.th
 (66) 4422 4562, (66) 4422 4234

Education
  • Ph.D (Chemical Engineering), University of Florida, USA
  • M.Eng (Chemical Engineering), University of Florida, USA
  • M.Sc (Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering), Mahidol University, Thailand
  • B.Sc (Food Science and Technology), 1st Class Honors, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Area of Expertise
  • Metabolic Engineering of Klebsiella oxytoca to produce homo-succinate, lactic acid, and 2,3-butanediol
  • Development of symbiotic products-based Bifidobacterium animalis to potentially use as functional products
  • Production of succinic acid from cellulosic materials by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli
  • Process Scale-up and Purification of succinate and 2,3-butanediol
Current Research

Publications by Assoc.Prof.Dr. Apichat Boontawan

Total Publications: 37

Year Title Journal
Dec 2023 Simultaneous Lipid and Carotenoid Production via Rhodotorula paludigena CM33 Using Crude Glycerol as the Main Substrate: Pilot-Scale Experiments
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Dec 2023 Oleaginous yeast, Rhodotorula paludigena CM33, platform for bio-oil and biochar productions via fast pyrolysis
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts
Oct 2023 Effect of fed dietary yeast (Rhodotorula paludigena CM33) on shrimp growth, gene expression, intestinal microbial, disease resistance, and meat composition of Litopenaeus vannamei
Developmental and Comparative Immunology
202 Fermentation of Non-Edible Lipids using Agro-Industrial Residues (AIRs) for Biodiesel Production by Rhodotorular paludigena CM33
2023 International Conference on Power and Renewable Energy Engineering Pree 2023
4 February Effect of temperature and time for the production of polylactic acid without initiator catalyst from lactide synthesized from ZnO powder catalyst
Journal of Physics Conference Series
Nov 2021 Investigation of microbial community structure and its potential for biomethane production by co-digestion of cassava pulp and distillery stillage
Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy
10 March The potential of the oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula paludigena CM33 to produce biolipids
Journal of Biotechnology
14 November Production of Medium Chain Fatty Acid Ethyl Ester, Combustion, and Its Gas emission using a Small-Scale Gas Turbine Jet Engine
International Journal of Green Energy
Nov 2019 Pretreatment of mulberry stem by cholinium-based amino acid ionic liquids for succinic acid fermentation and its application in poly(butylene) succinate production
Bioresource Technology
1 April Membrane-based purification of optically pure D-lactic acid from fermentation broth to poly(D-lactide) polymer
Journal of Membrane Science