Jaewook Myung @ WITHLAB @ KAIST

Sustainability assessment of polymer materials

Elucidating the true biodegradation behavior of biodegradable plastics in various environments
Exploring plastic-degrading microbiomes and isolates (bacteria, archaea, and algae)
Assessment of the effects of anthropogenic stressors on microbial ecosystem
Development of biodegradable products, including packaging, organic electronic materials, etc

Biodegradation
respirometry

Marine biodegradable
paper-coating material (link)

Biodegradation assessment
along the aquatic pathway (link)

Isolation of novel
biodegrading strains

Elucidating the impacts of CH4-based heterogeneous substrates (e.g., biogas, natural gas) on methanotrophic activity
Developing a bioaugmentation strategy to enhance methanotroph enrichment and PHA production in activated sludge
Resource-driven changes in community structure and PHA production in wetland methanotrophs

Composition-independent application of biogas for PHA production (link)

Bioaugmentation of methanotroph to boost PHA accumulation (link)

Community shifts in wetland methanotrophs under varying resource availability (link)

Fabrication of biodegradable and high-functional materials by upcycling waste resources such as natural compounds
Development of novel technologies for lignocellulose pretreatment and nanocellulose production
Improving the physicochemical properties of biodegradable blends and composites through compatibilization

Green fabrication strategies for functional cellulose-based materials (link)

Non-edible biomass into biodegradable
and high-barrier films

Designing functionalized nanocellulose materials using biobased resources

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