EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE

Si Jae Park(박시재) , Professor

Education

Career

2017
~ present Associate Professor, Division of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Ewha Womans University
2012
~ 2017 Assistant, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Myongji University
2009
~ 2012 Senior Research Engineer, KRICT
2006
~ 2009 Project Leader, LG Chem
2003
~ 2005 Senior Research Engineer, LG Chem

Research Interests:  Development of an improved microbial strain system using metabolic engineering
 Development of microbial fermentation technology
 Development strains and optimization of fermentation for efficient utilization of carbon sources derived from biomass
 Biological and/or chemical conversion of the target product produced on a biological basis
 Purification of target products produced through fermentation

Selected Publication:  Baritugo K, Kim HT, David Y, Choi JH, Choi J, Kim TW, Park C, Hong SH, Na JG, Jeong KJ, Joo JC*, Park SJ* (2018) “Recent advances in metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum strains as potential platform microorganisms for
biorefinery” Biofuel Bioprod Bior
 Baritugo K, Kim HT, David Y, Choi J, Hong SH, Jeong KJ, Joo JC*, Park SJ* (2018) “Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for fermentative production of chemicals in biorefinery” Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
 Kim HT, Baritugo K, Oh YH, Hyun SM, Khang TU, Kang KH, Jung SH, Song BK, Park K, Kim IK, Lee MO, Kam Y, Hwang YT, Park SJ*, Joo JC* (2018) “Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for the high-level production of
cadaverine that can be used for the synthesis of bio-polyamide 510” ACS Sus Chem Eng
 Ravikumar S, David Y, Park SJ*, Choi J* (2018) “A chimeric two-component regulatory system-based Escherichia coli biosensor engineered to detect glutamate” Appl Biochem Biotechnol
 Yang JE†, Park SJ†, Kim WJ, Kim HJ, Kim BJ, Lee H, Shin J, Lee SY (2018) “One-step fermentative production of aromatic polyesters from glucose by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strains” Nat commun

Lab Overview: Biochemical Engineering Laboratory in Ewha Womans University conducts researches in various fields, such as systems biotechnology, metabolic engineering, protein engineering, microbial fermentation technologies and expand to purification of
target products produced by fermentation.
Researches in our laboratory have mainly focused on the development of metabolic engineering strategies for the production of chemicals, fuels, polymers from biomass-derived renewable resources. In our laboratory, there are diverse research
techniques related to development of recombinant microorganisms for producing various valuable materials including polymers. Furthermore, we are also interested in improvement of genetic tools for metabolic engineering as well as production. In
particular, our laboratory has a wide range of experiences along with our excellent know-how on the development and improvement of microbial strains such as Escherichia coil, Corynebacterium glutamicum, Ralstonia eutropha, and so on.