Ji-hyun Bae, Graduate Student in the Research Team of Professor Chul-hwan Park, Received the Outstanding Paper Presentation Award of the Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering

- Presenting the possibility of producing high-value added materials using marine biomass -

The research team of Professor Chul-hwan Park (Department of Chemical Engineering) announced that Ji-hyun Bae, a master's student (advisor: Professor Chul-hwan Park, Department of Chemical Engineering), won the Outstanding Paper Presentation Award at the '2024 Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB) Spring Conference and International Symposium', held at the Changwon Convention Center from April 17 to 19.

The society is a representative society in the field of biotechnology, with about 10,000 BT experts and companies as members, and 533 latest research papers and 380 posters were presented under the theme of 'Advanced Biomanufacturing for Sustainability and Well-being.'

Ji-hyun Bae received the award by presenting a paper, 'Acid Hydrolysis of Saccharina japonica and Inhibition of Aliphatic Acids and Furan Compounds,' which proposed efficient utilization of carbohydrates contained in kelp (Saccharina japonica) as an alternative to make a strategy for bio-refinery based on marine biomass.

Ji-hyun Bae said, “I enjoyed the process of attempting a lactic acid production strategy using seaweed biomass to overcome the limitations of using traditional starch-based and lignocellulosic biomasses, and I was honored to introduce it at the conference. I plan to further develop the research to achieve greater results.”

Professor Chul-hwan Park, who supervised the research, said, “It is immensely rewarding to watch the students grow,” and left a message of encouragement, saying “I hope they will continue to challenge and develop.”

Students Hyuk-ki Kwon, Ji-hyun Bae (awardee), Bo-kyung Kim, Professor Chul-hwan Park, Hyun-mi Shin, and Eun-jung Yang of the Department of Chemical Engineering (From left)