† indicates co-first authors and * indicates (co-)corresponding authors.

2026

• Yujung Choi, Ayong Kim, and Nam Kyu Kang*, An advanced genome engineering platform for Komagataella phaffii enabling versatile in vivo DNA assembly and multiplex integration. Journal of Biological Engineering (2026) Accepted

• Yujung Choi, Yejee Park, Yejin Lin, Hyunjun Min, Daeun Lee, Jiwoo Kwon, Seunghyun Kim, Jeong Chan Joo*, and Nam Kyu Kang*, Harnessing Yeasts for Sustainable Methanol Valorization: Metabolic and Fermentation Engineering Strategies. New Biotechnology 94 (2026) 106-120 [Link]

• Yujung Choi, Nam Kyu Kang*, Systematic Metabolic Engineering of Komagataella phaffii for Methanol-to-Lactate Bioconversion. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 49 (2026) 1353-1362 [Link]

• Nurzhan Kuanyshev, Degaulle Dai, Jungyeon Kim, Nam Kyu Kang, Ming-Hsun Cheng, Vijay Singh, Yong-Su Jin*, All You Can Eat Yeast: Substituting Hexose Transporters With AtSWEET7 Alleviates Glucose Repression, Enabling Simultaneous Utilization of Sugars in Renewable Feedstocks Biotechnology and Bioengineering 123 (2026) 1518-1530 [Link]

2025

• Hyunjun Min and Nam Kyu Kang*, Enhancing glycolic acid production in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by optimization of culture conditions and overexpression of lactate dehydrogenase. KSBB Journal 40(2) (2025) 141-148 [Link].

• Hyun Gi Koh, Kyungmoon Park, See-Hyoung Park, Minsik Kim, Nam Kyu Kang*, Enhancing lipid production in Nannochloropsis salina via RNAi-medicated downregulation of carbohydrate biosynthesis, Frontiers in Microbiology Frontiers in Microbiology 16 (2025) 1601691 [Link]

• Nam Kyu Kang, Hyun Gi Koh, Yujung Choi, Hyunjun Min, Donald R. Ort, Yong-Su Jin*, Bioconversion of CO2 into valuable bioproducts via synthetic modular co-culture of engineered Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Escherichia coli. Metabolic Engineering 90 (2025) 57-66 [Link]

• Junghun Chae, WooJoong Kim, Woochul Jung, Dawoon Jeong, Roktaek Lim, Manoj Chamlagain, Giju Jung, Juneil Jang, Jae Won Lee, Nam Kyu Kang, Kwangryul Baek, Jonghyeok Shin, Ye-Gi Lee, Hyun Gi Koh, Chanwoo Kim, Sangdo Yook, Allen Ka Loon Cheung, Yong-Su Jin, Hyejin Youn, Pan-Jun Kim, Cheol-Min Ghim, Long-term innovative potential of genetic research and its suppression. BioRxiv (2025) [Link]

2024

• Tisa Rani Saha, Nam Kyu Kang*, and Eun Yeol Lee*, Advanced metabolic engineering strategies for the sustainable production of free fatty acids and their derivatives using yeast, Journal of Biological Engineering 18 (2024) 73. [Link]

• Ae Jin Ryu†, Won-Sub Shin†, Sunghoon Jang, Yejin Lin, Yejee Park, Yujung Choi, Ji Young Kim*, and Nam Kyu Kang*, Enhancing fatty acid and omega-3 production in Schizochytrium sp. using developed safe-harboring expression system, Journal of Biological Engineering 18 (2024) 56 [Link].

• Hyun Gi Koh† , Seungjib Jeon† , Minsik Kim, Yong Keun Chang, Kyungmoon Park, See-Hyoung Park, Nam Kyu Kang*, Optimization and mechanism analysis of photosynthetic EPA production in Nannochloropsis salina: evaluating the effect of temperature and nitrogen concentrations, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 211 (2024) 108729. [Link]

• Sung-Eun Shin†, Hyun Gi Koh†, Kyungmoon Park, See-Hyoung Park, Yong Keun Chang, Nam Kyu Kang*, Increasing lipid production in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii through genetic introduction for the overexpression of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 12 (2024). [Link]

• Ye-Gi Lee†, Nam Kyu Kang†, Chanwoo Kim, Vinh G. Tran, Mingfeng Cao, Yasuo Yoshikuni, Huimin Zhao, Yong-Su Jin*, Self-Buffering System for Cost-Effective Production of Lactic Acid from Glucose and Xylose Using Acid-Tolerant Issatchenkia orientalis, Bioresource Technology 399 (2024) 130641. [Link]

• Hyun Gi Koh, Yong Keun Chang, and Nam Kyu Kang*, Enhancing lipid productivity in Nannochloropsis salina by overexpression of endogenous Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Journal of Applied Phycology 36 (2024) 73-85. [Link]

• Nam Kyu Kang†, Tin Hoang Trung Chau†, Eun Yeol Lee*, Engineered methane biocatalysis: Strategies to assmilate methane for chemical production. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 85 (2024) 103031. [Link]

2023

• Hyun Gi Koh, Jun Muk Cho, Seungjib Jeon, Yong Keun Chang, Bongsoo Lee*, and Nam Kyu Kang*, Transcriptional Insights into Chlorella sp. ABC-001: A Comparative Study of Carbon Fixation and Lipid Synthesis Under Different CO2 Conditions. Biotechnology for Biofuels 16 (2023) 113. [Link]

2022

• Ye-Gi Lee, Chanwoo Kim, Nurzhan Kuanyshev, Nam Kyu Kang, Zia Fatma, Zong-Yen Wu, Ming-Hsun Cheng, Vijay Singh, Yasuo Yoshikuni, Huimin Zhao, and Yong-Su Jin*, Cas9-Based Metabolic Engineering of Issatchenkia orientalis for Enhanced Utilization of Cellulosic Hydrolysates, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemicstry (2022). [Link]

•  Nam Kyu Kang, Minsik Kim, Kwangryul Baek, Yong Keun Chang, Donald R. Ort*, Yong-Su Jin*, Photoautotrophic organic acid production: glycolic acid production by microalgal cultivation. Chemical Engineering Journal 433 (2022) 133636. [Link]

• Nam Kyu Kang, Jae Won Lee, Donald R. Ort, Yong-Su Jin*, L-malic acid production from xylose by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Biotechnology Journal 17 (2022) 2000431. [Link]

• Nam Kyu Kang, Kwangryul Baek, Hyun Gi Koh, Christine A. Atkinson, Donald R. Ort, Yong-Su Jin*, Microalgal metabolic engineering strategies for the production of fuels and chemicals. Bioresource Technology 345 (2022) 126529. [Link]

• Minsik Kim, Seungjib Jeon, Nam Kyu Kang, Hyung‑Gwan Lee, Won-Sub Shin, Hyun Gi Koh, Jin-Ho Yun, Hee-Mock Oh, Yong Keun Chang*, Molecular analysis of sugar transporters and glycolysis pathways in Ettlia sp. under heterotrophy using fructose and glucose,  Biotechnology Journal 17 (2022) 2100214. [Link]

2021

• Ae Jin Ryu, Byeong-ryool Jeong, Nam Kyu Kang, Seungjib Jeon, Min Gi Sohn, Hyo Jin Yun, Jong Min Lim, Seok Won Jeong, Youn-Il Park, Won Joong Jeong, Sunghoon Park, Yong Keun Chang, Ki Jun Jeong*, Safe-Harboring Based Novel Genetic Toolkit for Nannochloropsis salina CCMP1776: Efficient Overexpression of Transgene via CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Knock-in at the Transcriptional Hotspot, Bioresource Technology 340 (2021) 125676. [Link]

• Seungjib Jeon, Hyun Gi Koh, Jun Muk Cho, Nam Kyu Kang*, Yong Keun Chang*, Enhancement of lipid production in Nannochloropsis salina by overexpression of endogenous NADP-dependent malic enzyme, Algal Research 54 (2021) 102218. [Link]

2020

• Hansol Lee, Won-Sub Shin, Young Uk Kim, Seungjib Jeon, Minsik Kim, Nam Kyu Kang*, Yong Keun Chang*, Enhancement of lipid production under heterotrophic conditions by overexpression of an endogenous bZIP transcription factor in Chlorella sp. HS2, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 30 (2020) 1597-1606. [Link]

• Ae Jin Ryu, Nam Kyu Kang, Seungjib Jeon, Dong Hoon Hur, Eun Mi Lee, Do Yup Lee, Byeong‑ryool Jeong*, Yong Keun Chang*, Ki Jun Jeong*, Development and characterization of a Nannochloropsis mutant with simultaneously enhanced growth and lipid production, Biotechnology for Biofuels 13 (2020) 38. [Link]

• Yanhai Gong†, Nam Kyu Kang†, Young Uk Kim, Zengbin Wang, Li Wei, Yi Xin, Chen Shen, Qintao Wang, Wuxin You, Jong-Min Lim, Suk-Won Jeong, Youn-Il Park, Hee-Mock Oh, Kehou Pan, Eric Poliner, Guanpin Yang, Yonghua Li-Beisson, Yantao Li, Qiang Hu, Ansgar Poetsch, Eva M. Farre, Yong Keun Chang*, Won-Joong Jeong*, Byeong‑ryool Jeong*, Jian Xu*, The NanDeSyn Database for Nannochloropsis systems and synthetic biology, The Plant Journal 104 (2020) 1736-1745. [Link]

2019

• Nam Kyu Kang, Eun Kyung Kim, Min‐Gyu Sung, Young Uk Kim, Byeong‑ryool Jeong*, Yong Keun Chang*, Increased biomass and lipid production by continuous cultivation of Nannochloropsis salina transformant overexpressing a bHLH transcription factor, Biotechnology and Bioengineering 116 (2019) 555-568. [Link]

• Hyun Gi Koh, Nam Kyu Kang, Eun Kyung Kim, William I. Suh, Won-Kun Park, Bongsoo Lee*, Yong Keun Chang*, Isolation and Characterization of Novel Chlorella Species with Cold Resistance and High Lipid Accumulation for Biodiesel Production, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 29 (2019) 952-961. [Link]

• Hyun Gi Koh, Nam Kyu Kang, Seungjib Jeon, Sung‑Eun Shin, Byeong‑ryool Jeong*, Yong Keun Chang*, Heterologous synthesis of chlorophyll b in Nannochloropsis salina enhances growth and lipid production by increasing photosynthetic efficiency, Biotechnology for Biofuels 12 (2019) 122. [Link]

2018

• Sohee Kwon†, Nam Kyu Kang†, Hyun Gi Koh, Sung‑Eun Shin, Bongsoo Lee, Byeong‑ryool Jeong*, Yong Keun Chang*, Enhancement of biomass and lipid productivity by overexpression of a bZIP transcription factor in Nannochloropsis salina, Biotechnology and Bioengineering 115 (2018) 331-340. [Link]

• Ahreum Yang, William I. Suh, Nam Kyu Kang, Bongsoo Lee*, Yong Keun Chang*, MAPK/ERK and JNK pathways regulate lipid synthesis and cell growth of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under osmotic stress, respectively, Scientific Reports 8 (2018) 13857. [Link]

• Hyun Gi Koh, Nam Kyu Kang, Eun Kyung Kim, Seungjib Jeon, Sung‑Eun Shin, Bongsoo Lee*, Yong Keun Chang*, Advanced multigene expression system for Nannochloropsis salina using 2A self-cleaving peptides, Journal of Biotechnology 278 (2018) 39-47. [Link]

• Seungjib Jeon, Nam Kyu Kang, William I. Suh, Hyun Gi Koh, Bongsoo Lee*, Yong Keun Chang*, Optimization of electroporation-based multiple pulses and further improvement of transformation efficiency using bacterial conditioned medium for Nannochloropsis salina, Journal of Applied Phycology 31 (2018) 1153-1161. [Link]

2017

• Nam Kyu Kang, Eun Kyung Kim, Young Uk Kim, Bongsoo Lee, Won‑Joong Jeong, Byeong‑ryool Jeong*, Yong Keun Chang*, Increased lipid production by heterologous expression of AtWRI1 transcription factor in Nannochloropsis salina, Biotechnology for Biofuels 10 (2017) 231. [Link]

• Won-Sub Shin, Bongsoo Lee, Nam Kyu Kang, Young Uk Kim, Won‑Joong Jeong, Jong-Hee Kwon, Byeong‑ryool Jeong*, Yong Keun Chang*, Complementation of a mutation in CpSRP43 causing partial truncation of light-harvesting chlorophyll antenna in Chlorella vulgaris, Scientific Reports 7 (2017) 17929. [Link]

• Sung‑Eun Shin†, Hyun Gi Koh†, Nam Kyu Kang, William I. Suh, Byeong‑ryool Jeong, Bongsoo Lee*, Yong Keun Chang*, Isolation, phenotypic characterization and genome wide analysis of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strain naturally modified under laboratory conditions: towards enhanced microalgal biomass and lipid production for biofuels, Biotechnology for Biofuels 10 (2017) 308. [Link]

• Seungjib Jeon, Jong‑Min Lim, Hyung‑Gwan Lee, Sung‑Eun Shin, Nam Kyu Kang, Y.I. Park, Hee‑Mock Oh, Won‑Joong Jeong, Byeong‑ryool Jeong*, Yong Keun Chang*, Current status and perspectives of genome editing technology for microalgae, Biotechnology for Biofuels 10 (2017) 267. [Link]

2016

• Sung‑Eun Shin†, Jong‑Min Lim†, Hyun Gi Koh, Eun Kyung Kim, Nam Kyu Kang, Seungjib Jeon, Sohee Kwon, Won-Sub Shin, Bongsoo Lee, Kwon Hwangbo, Jungeun Kim, Sung Hyeok Ye, Jae-Young Yun, Hogyun Seo, Hee‑Mock Oh, Kyung-Jin Kim, Jin-Soo Kim, Won‑Joong Jeong*, Yong Keun Chang*, Byeong‑ryool Jeong*, CRISPR/Cas9-induced knockout and knock-in mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Scientific Reports 6 (2016) 27810. [Link]

2015

• Nam Kyu Kang†, Bongsoo Lee†, Sung‑Eun Shin, Seungjib Jeon, Min S. Park, Ji-Won Yang*, Use of conditioned medium for efficient transformation and cost-effective cultivation of Nannochloropsis salina, Bioresource Technology 181 (2015) 231-237. [Link]

• Nam Kyu Kang, Seungjib Jeon, Sohee Kwon, Hyun Gi Koh, Sung‑Eun Shin, Bongsoo Lee, Gang-Guk Choi, Ji-Won Yang, Byeong‑ryool Jeong*, Yong Keun Chang*, Effects of overexpression of a bHLH transcription factor on biomass and lipid production in Nannochloropsis salina, Biotechnology for Biofuels 8 (2015) 200. [Link]

• Nam Kyu Kang, Gang-Guk Choi, Eun Kyung Kim, Sung‑Eun Shin, Seungjib Jeon, Min S. Park, Ki Jun Jeong, Byeong‑ryool Jeong, Yong Keun Chang, Ji-Won Yang, Bongsoo Lee*, Heterologous overexpression of sfCherry fluorescent protein in Nannochloropsis salina, Biotechnology Reports  8 (2015) 10-15. [Link]

2014

• Nam Kyu Kang, Bongsoo Lee, Gang-Guk Choi, Myounghoon Moon, Min S. Park, JitKang Lim, Ji-Won Yang*, Enhancing lipid productivity of Chlorella vulgaris using oxidative stress by TiO2 nanoparticles, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 31 (2014) 861-867. [Link]

[1] Yong Keun Chang, Sohee Kwon, Byeong‑ryool Jeong, Nam Kyu Kang, Sung‑Eun Shin, Seungjib Jeon, Hyun Gi Koh, Won-Sub Shin: Method for increasing biomass and lipid productivity of microalgae by an overexpression of bZIP transcription factors, Aug 01, 2018

[2] Yong Keun Chang, Hyun Gi Koh, Byeong‑ryool Jeong, Nam Kyu Kang, Seungjib Jeon, Won-Sub Shin: Recombinant vector for targeting chloroplast of microalgae and uses thereof. Korean Intellectual Property Office 10-1855739, May 02, 2018

[3] Ji-Won Yang, Nam Kyu Kang, Byeong‑ryool Jeong, Min S. Park, Bongsoo Lee, Gang-Guk Choi, Seungjib Jeon, Sohee Kwon: Method for increasing lipid productivity and growth of microalgae by using an overexpression of bHLH transcription factors. Korean Intellectual Property Office 10-1695465, Jan 5, 2017.

[4] Ji-Won Yang, Sung‑Eun Shin, Byeong‑ryool Jeong, Nam Kyu Kang, Gang-Guk Choi, Seungjib Jeon, Min-Su Kwak: Recombinant vector for increasing biomass and lipid productivity of microalgae and uses thereof, Korean Intellectual Property Office 10-1567308, Nov 3, 2015.

[5] Ji-Won Yang, Nam Kyu Kang, Bongsoo Lee, Sung‑Eun Shin, Eun Kyung Kim, Seungjib Jeon, Min-Su Kwak: Medium composition for culture of microalgae colony and uses thereof. Korean Intellectual Property Office 10-1562790, Oct 19, 2015.

[6] Ji-Won Yang, Ju Young Jung, Jong-Hee Kwon, Kibok Nam, Min S. Park, Nam Kyu Kang, M.-G. Sung: Manufacturing method for axenic culture of microalgae using triiodide resin and TR Tube. Korean Intellectual Property Office 10-1527384, Jun 3, 2015.