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: 39

Year Title Journal
201 Purification of D-(-)-lactic acid from fermentation broth using nanofiltration, esterification, distillation, and hydrolysis technique
Advanced Materials Research
201 Simple fed-batch technique for the production of recombinant enterokinase light chain by Pichia pastoris
Thai Journal of Agricultural Science
201 Development of a composite tubular membrane for separation of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) from fermentation broth by using pervaporation technique
Thai Journal of Agricultural Science
201 Process optimization of anhydrous ethanol production using vapor Permeation (VP) and pressure swing adsorption (PSA) techniques
Thai Journal of Agricultural Science
Nov 2011 Process optimization for motor fuel grade ethanol production using hybrid vapor permeation and pressure swing adsorption technique
European Journal of Scientific Research
15 May Extractive fermentation of l-(+)-lactic acid by Pediococcus pentosaceus using electrodeionization (EDI) technique
Biochemical Engineering Journal
17 October Isolation and characterization of Jatropha oildegradation by Enterococcus faecalis and burkholderia cenocepacia W-1 under anaerobic condition
African Journal of Biotechnology
Feb 2006 A membrane bioreactor for the biotransformation of α-pinene oxide to isonovalal by Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 11671
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Nov 2005 Mass transfer of terpenes through a silicone rubber membrane in a liquid-liquid contacting system
Biotechnology Progress