Associate Professor Kaemwich Jantama, Ph.D.

Lecturer, School of Biotechnology

Contact:
  kaemwich@g.sut.ac.th
  (66) 4422 4562

Education
Ph.D (Chemical Engineering), University of Florida
M.Eng (Chemical Engineering), University of Florida
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

- 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

Publications

Year Month Title Journal
2024 February An efficient production of bio-succinate in a novel metabolically engineered Klebsiella oxytoca by rational metabolic engineering and evolutionary adaptation
Phosriran C.; Wong N.; Jantama K.
Bioresource technology
2023 August Genome engineering of Kluyveromyces marxianus for high D-(−)-lactic acid production under low pH conditions
Gosalawit C.; Khunnonkwao P.; Jantama K.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2023 Process optimization of metabolically engineered Escherichia coli NSK015 fermentation for progressive improvement of 1,3-propanediol production
Wong N., Jantama K., Cassan C.J., Taillandier P.
Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
2023 Valorization of empty oil-palm fruit bunch waste for an efficient improvement of succinic acid production by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli
Khunnonkwao P., Phosiran C., In S., Kory S., Jantama K.
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
2022 Kinetic modeling of succinate production from glucose and xylose by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli KJ12201
Chaleewong T., Khunnonkwao P., Puchongkawarin C., Jantama K.
Biochemical Engineering Journal
2022 Synthesis of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide from Xylose via Coupling Engineered Escherichia coli and a Biocatalytic Cascade
Ngivprom U., Lasin P., Khunnonkwao P., Worakaensai S., Jantama K., Kamkaew A., Lai R.-Y.
ChemBioChem
2022 Engineering Escherichia coli for a high yield of 1,3-propanediol near the theoretical maximum through chromosomal integration and gene deletion
Wong N., Jantama K.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2022 Technology toward biochemicals precursors and bioplastic production
Jantama K.
A-Z of Biorefinery: A Comprehensive View
2022 Probiotics isolated from Thai fermented foods for potential uses against foodborne pathogens
Sangprapai W., Prasitpuriprecha C., Jantama K., Jantama S.S.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
2021 Sequential coupling of enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation platform for high yield and economical production of 2,3-butanediol from cassava by metabolically engineered Klebsiella oxytoca
Khunnonkwao P., Jantama S.S., Jantama K., Joannis-Cassan C., Taillandier P.
Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
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