LabCompass

Shang‐Tian Yang

Engineering · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1984
Biofuel production and bioconversionMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationEnzyme Production and Characterization3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Publications

376

Citations

17,330

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

42

Publishing since 1984

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher works on industrial biotechnology and metabolic engineering, focusing on using bacteria (especially Clostridium species) to convert plant sugars and agricultural waste materials into useful chemicals like butanol and butyric acid, which can serve as biofuels or industrial feedstocks. The work also extends into related areas such as enzyme engineering, bioreactor design for continuous fermentation, and some biomedical applications like drug screening and gut bacteria-based cancer research.

Microbial metabolic engineering for biofuel/biochemical productionClostridium fermentation and bioreactor engineeringEnzyme catalysis and biocatalyst designWaste-to-value bioconversion processesApplied biotechnology tools for biomedical screening

Publication output was relatively steady and higher (10-20 papers/year) from 2017-2022 but has notably slowed since 2023, with only 2-8 papers per year in 2023-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.8/year recently
2017: 19 publications172018: 11 publications182019: 20 publications20192020: 14 publications202021: 20 publications20212022: 10 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 8 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Bioresource Technology×18
  • Process Biochemistry×10
  • Biotechnology and Bioengineering×8
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology×4
  • Biochemical Engineering Journal×4
Similar researchers
By research-topic overlap

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

Claim or correct this profile