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: 38

Year Title Journal
1 April Membrane-based purification of optically pure D-lactic acid from fermentation broth to poly(D-lactide) polymer
Journal of Membrane Science
201 Extractive Fermentation of Ethanol from Sweet Sorghum Using Vacuum Fractionation Technique: Optimization and Techno-Economic Assessment
International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
15 February Production of very-high purity succinic acid from fermentation broth using microfiltration and nanofiltration-assisted crystallization
Journal of Membrane Science
201 Fermentation and crystallization of succinic acid from Actinobacillus succinogenes ATCC55618 using fresh cassava root as the main substrate
Bioresource Technology
1 June Nanofiltration coupled with vapor permeation-assisted esterification as an effective purification step for fermentation-derived succinic acid
Journal of Membrane Science
201 Extractive fermentation of ethanol from fresh cassava roots using vacuum fractionation technique
Advanced Materials Research
Dec 2012 Purification of l-(+)-lactic acid from pre-treated fermentation broth using vapor permeation-assisted esterification
Process Biochemistry
201 Purification of succinic acid from synthetic solution using vapor permeation-assisted esterification coupled with reactive distillation
Advanced Materials Research
201 Separation of methanol/water mixtures from dilute aqueous solutions using pervaporation technique
Advanced Materials Research
201 Purification of D-(-)-lactic acid from fermentation broth using nanofiltration, esterification, distillation, and hydrolysis technique
Advanced Materials Research