Publications

PUBLICATIONS

2024

  • Barnum, C., Paviani, B., Couture, G., Masarweh, C., Chen, Y., Huang, Yu-Ping, Mills, D., Lebrilla, C., Barile, D., Yang, M., Shih, P.  2024. Engineered plants provide a photosynthetic platform for the production of diverse human milk oligosaccharides. Nat. Food 5, 480–490 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-00996-x

2023

  • Barnum, C., Paviani, B., Couture, G., Masarweh, C., Chen, Y., Huang, Yu-Ping, Mills, D., Lebrilla, C., Barile, D., Yang, M., Shih, P.  2023. Plant-based production of diverse human milk oligosaccharides. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.18.558286
  • Wang, Y., Baral, N., Yang, M., Scown, C. D. 2023. Co-processing agricultural residues and wet organic waste can produce lower-cost carbon-negative fuels and bioplastics. Environ. Sci. Technol. 57, 7, 2958-2969. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06674
  • Huntington, T., Baral, N., Yang, M., Sundstrom, E., Scown, C.D. 2023. Machine learning for surrogate process models of bioproduction pathways. Bioresour. Technol. 370, 128528. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128528

2022

  • Yang, M., Liu, D., Baral, N., Lin, C., Gladden, J. M., Simmons, B. A., J., Eudes, A., Scown, C. D. 2022. Comparing in planta accumulation with microbial routes to set targets for a cost-competitive bioeconomy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 119 (30), 1-10. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2122309119
  • Liu, P., Yang, M.,* Hermanowicz, S. W., Huang, Y*. 2022. Efficacy associated cost analysis on copper-based nanopesticides for tomato disease control. ACS Agric. Sci. Technol. 2(4), 796-804. DOI: 10.1021/acsagscitech.2c00098.
    • *co-corresponding author
  • Achinivu, E. C., Cabrera, M., Umar, A., Yang, M., Baral, N., Scown, C. D., Simmons, B. A., Gladden, J. 2022. In situ synthesis of protic ionic liquid for biomass pretreatment. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 10(37), 12090-12098. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c01211
  • Tian, Y., Yang, M., Lin, C-Y., Park, J-H., Wu, C-Y., Kakumanu, R., De Ben, C. M., Dalton, J., V, K. M., Shih, P.M., Baidoo, E. E. K., Temple, S., Putnam, D. H., Scheller, H. V., Scown, C. D., Eudes, A. 2022. Expression of dehydroshikimate dehydratase in sorghum improves biomass yields, accumulation of protocatechuate, and biorefinery economics. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c01160

2021

  • Yang, M., Dahlberg, J., Baral, N., Daniel, P., Scown, C. D., 2021. Identifying forage sorghum ideotype used in biorefineries from techno-economic perspective. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 9(23), 7873-7881. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c01706
  • Yang, M., Rosentrater, K. A. 2021. Cradle to gate life cycle assessment of structural bio-adhesives derived from glycerol. J. Life Cycle Assess. DOI: 10.1007/s11367-020-01733-9
  • Scown, C. D., Baral, N., Yang, M., Nova, N., Huntington, T. 2021. Technoeconomic analysis of biofuels and bioproducts. Opin. Biotechnol. 67, 58-64. DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.01.002
  • Baral, N., Yang, M., Harvey, B. G., Simmons, B. A., Mukhopadhyay, A., Lee, T. S., Scown, C. D. 2021. Production cost and carbon footprint of biomass-derived dimethylcyclooctane as a high performance jet fuel blendstock. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. DOI: 1021/acssuschemeng.1c03772

2020

  • Yang, M., Baral, N., Simmons, B. A., Mortimer, J. C., Shih, P. M., Scown, C. D. 2020. Accumulation of high-value bioproducts in planta can improve the economics of advanced biofuels. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 117(14), 8639-8648. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2000053117
  • Yang, M., Baral, N., Anastasopoulou, A., Breunig, H. M., Scown, C. D. 2020. Cost and life-cycle greenhouse gas implications of integrating biogas upgrading and carbon capture technologies in cellulosic biorefineries. Sci. Technol. 54(50), 12180-12819. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02816
  • Yang, M., Rosentrater, K. A., 2020. Economic feasibility analysis of traditional formaldehyde-based adhesives. SN Appl. Sci. 2(7), 1309. DOI: 1007/s42452-020-3108-2
  • Yang, M., Rosentrater, K. A. 2020. Life cycle assessment of urea-formaldehyde adhesives and phenol-formaldehyde adhesives. Process. 7(2), 553-561. DOI:10.1007/s40710-020-00432-9

2019

  • Yang, M., Rosentrater, K. A. 2019. Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of pressure sensitive bio-adhesive production. Energies 12(23), 4502. DOI: 10.3390/en12234502
  • Yang, M., Rosentrater, K. A. 2019. Techno-economic analysis of the production process of structural bio-adhesive derived from glycerol. J. Clean. Prod. 228(10), 388-398. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.288

2017

  • Yang, M., Zhang, W., Rosentrater, K. A. 2017. Anhydrous ammonia pretreatment of corn stover and enzymatic hydrolysis of glucan from pretreated corn stover. Fermentation, 3(1), 9. DOI: 10.3390/fermentation3010009
  • Yang, M., Rosentrater, K. A. 2017. Small scale low-moisture anhydrous ammonia (LMAA) pretreatment of corn stover. Biomass Bioenergy 97, 38-42. DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.12.013
  • Cheng, M., Yang, M., Wang, Y. 2016. American’s energy future: an analysis of the proposed energy policy plans in presidential election. Energies 9(12),1000. DOI: 10.3390/en9121000

2016

  • Yang, M., Rosentrater, K. A. 2016. Comparison of sealing and open conditions for long term storage of corn stover using low-moisture anhydrous ammonia (LMAA) pretreatment method. Ind. Crops Prod. 91, 377-381. DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.07.028

2015

  • Yang, M., Rosentrater, K. A. 2015. Techno-economic analysis (TEA) of low-moisture anhydrous ammonia (LMAA) pretreatment method for corn stover. Ind. Crops Prod. 76, 55-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.06.023