Overview
Research Interests
Biological H2 production from renewable resources
Syngas fermentation to hydrocarbon biofuels
Pathway engineering, regulations, and systems biology
Enzyme catalysis and mechanisms
Bioreactor development
Microbial strains development
Rubrivivax, Synechocystis, Clostridium, Ralstonia
Biological H2 production
Nitrogenase-mediated pathways
Hydrogenase-mediated pathways
Metabolic pathways, regulations, systems biology
Syngas fermentation
CO dehydrogenase, hydrogenase, kinetics, regulations
Regulations, energy conservation
Electron bifurcation and catalysis
Bifurcation catalysis and mechanism
Electron transfer network
Synthetic biology
Biosystems design principles for ethylene production
Bioreactors development
Syngas and lignocellulose fermentation
Professional Experience
Principal Scientist and Section Supervisor, NLR, 2007–2013
Detailee, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, 2006–2007
Senior Scientist, NLR, 1997–2007
Staff Scientist, NLR, 1991–1997
Associate Scientist, NLR, 1981–1991
Research Specialist, University of California at Berkeley, 1976–1981
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Microbiology, Indiana State University
Bachelor, Botany, National Taiwan University
Master, Computer Information Systems, University of Denver
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Advanced Pathways for Hydrogen Production: A Collective View from a Technical Experts Meeting
Chou, K., Acevedo, Y., Agbo, P., Bayon, A., Beliaev, A., Beyenal, H., Croft, T., Elgowainy, A., Esposito, D., Falter, C., Ginley, D., Haussener, S., Hu, S., Koepf, E., Kumar, D., Lidor, A., Logan, B., Loutzenhiser, P., Mandalika, A. & Maness, P. & 10 others, , 2026, In: Energy and Environmental Science. 19, 8, p. 2507-2535 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Engineering the Cellulolytic Bacterium, Clostridium Thermocellum, to Co-Utilize Hemicellulose
Chou, K., Croft, T., Hebdon, S., Magnusson, L., Xiong, W., Reyes, L., Chen, X., Miller, E., Riley, D., Dupuis, S., Laramore, K., Keller, L., Winkelman, D. & Maness, P.-C., 2024, In: Metabolic Engineering. 83, p. 193-205 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coupling Gas Purging with Inorganic Carbon Supply to Enhance Biohydrogen Production with Clostridium thermocellum: Article No. 141028
Kim, C., Wolf, I., Dou, C., Magnusson, L., Maness, P.-C., Chou, K., Singer, S. & Sundstrom, E., 2023, In: Biochemical Engineering Journal. 456, 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thermodynamic and Kinetic Modeling Directs Pathway Optimization for Isopropanol Production in a Gas-Fermenting Bacterium
Lo, J., Wu, C., Humphreys, J., Yang, B., Jiang, Z., Wang, X., Maness, P., Tsesmetzis, N. & Xiong, W., 2023, In: Journal of Bacteriology. 8, 2, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acetogenic Production of 3-Hydroxybutyrate Using a Native 3-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA Dehydrogenase
Lo, J., Humphreys, J., Magnusson, L., Wachter, B., Urban, C., Hebdon, S., Xiong, W., Chou, K. & Maness, P. C., 2022, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 13, 12 p., 948369.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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