Susie Dai
Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering,
sydai@missouri.edu
573-882-0619
Research Emphasis
My research program focuses on designing innovative decarbonization platforms, electro-bioproduction routes for fuels, chemicals, and materials, and persistent organic pollutant removal methods, all of which are pertinent to the challenges in our environments. The scientific principle of my program lies in synergizing the strengths of chemical and biological systems to build integrated processes. My research also simulates or leverages environmentally friendly natural bioprocesses yet strengthens them with engineered chemicals and materials to achieve higher efficiency, unique capacity, and sometimes valorization. I also work on other topics such as bioproduction from other carbon waste (i.e., lignocellulosic biomass and others) and remediation of other emerging contaminants.
Research Interests
- Biological and materials engineering
- Contaminant remediation
- Carbon waste conversion
- Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
Education
PhD 2006 Chemistry – Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Certificate in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University
Certificate in Regulatory Science from Texas A&M University
BS 2001 Chemistry – Fudan University, China
Selected Publications
Bin Long, Fuzhong Zhang, Susie Y Dai, Marcus Foston, Yinjie J Tang, Joshua S Yuan, Engineering Strategies to Optimize Lignocellulosic Biorefineries, Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2024, 1-15,
Wan Zhang, Yuanhao Liang, Cheng Hu, Jingru Lai, Kainan Chen, Sisi Xiang, Andrew Li, Susie Y. Dai 3D Structure-Functional Design of Biomass-derived Photocatalyst for Antimicrobial Efficacy and Chemical Degradation at Ambient Conditions, Green Chemistry, 2024, 26 (19), 10139-10151
Hosea A Santiago-Cruz, Zimo Lou, Jiang Xu, Ryan C Sullivan, Bailey B Bowers, Rachel A Molé, Wan Zhang, Jinghao Li, Joshua S Yuan, Susie Y Dai, Gregory V Lowry, Carbon Adsorbent Properties Impact Hydrated Electron Activity and Perfluorocarboxylic Acid (PFCA) Destruction, ACS ES&T Engineering 4 (9), 2220-2233
Alyssa J Mattson, Jiali Yu, Elizabeth M Miller, Michael Schueller, Michael Pentella, Susie Y. Dai Human Biomonitoring without In-person Interaction: Public Health Engagements during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Implications, BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2024 Feb 28;24(1):53.
Huaimin Wang, Brian Neal, Bert White, Bill Nelson, Jingru Lai, Bin Long, Jorge Arreola-Vargas, Jiali Yu, Mark Banik and Susie Y. Dai#. Microplastics Removal in Aquatic Environment via Fungal Pelletization. Bioresource Technology Report, 2023, 23, 101545.
Jiali Yu, Jingru Lai, Brian Neal, Bert White, Mark Banik, Susie Y. Dai Genomic Diversity and Phenotypic Variation in Fungal Decomposers Involved in Bioremediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Journal of Fungi, 2023, 9 (4), 418.
Jiali Yu, Ugur Uzuner, Bin Long, Zachery Wang, Joshua Yuan, and Susie Y. Dai Artificial Intelligence-based HDX (AI-HDX) Prediction Reveals Fundamental Characteristics to Protein Dynamics: Mechanisms on SARS-CoV-2 Immune Escape, iScience, 2023, 26 (4).
Peng Zhang, Kainan Chen, Bing Xu, Jinghao Li, Cheng Hu, Joshua S. Yuan, and Susie Y. Dai Chem-Bio Interface Design for Rapid Conversion of CO2 to Bioplastics in an Integrated System, Chem, 2022, 8 (12), 3363-338.
Jorge Arreola-Vargas, Bing Xu, Cheng Hu, Xianzhi Meng, Yun-yan Wang, Arthur J Ragauskas, Hugo Oscar Méndez-Acosta, José Antonio Perez-Pimienta, Susie Y Dai, Joshua S Yuan Bioconversion of Agave Bagasse Lignin to Medium-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Pseudomonas putida ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10 (48) 15670-15679
Wan Zhang, Peng Zhang, Huaimin Wang, Jinghao Li, Susie Y. Dai Design of biomass-based renewable materials for environmental remediation Trends in Biotechnology, 2022, 40 (12) 1519-1534
Jinghao Li, Xiaohan Li, Yabin Da, Jaili Yu, Bin Long, Peng Zhang, Chris Bakker, Joshua Yuan, Susie Y. Dai Sustainable Environmental Remediation via Biomimetic Multifunctional Lignocellulosic Nano-framework, 13, 4368 (2022), Nature Communications.
JinghaoLi, ChengHu, Yun-YanWang, XianzhiMeng, SisiXiang, Christopher Bakker, Katherine Plaza, Arthur J.Ragauskas, Susie Y. Dai, Joshua S.Yuan, Lignin molecular design to transform green manufacturing, Matter, 2022, 5 (10), 3513-3529
Man Li, Bin Long, Susie Y. Dai, James W. Golden, Xin Wang, and Joshua S. Yuan, Carbon repartition enhances CO2 to terpene conversion in cyanobacteria, Biodesign Research, vol. 2022, ID 9897425.
Bin Long, Bart Fischer, Yining Zeng, Zoe Amerigian, Qiang Li, Henry Bryant, Man Li, Susie Y. Dai, Joshua S. Yuan, Machine Learning-Informed and Synthetic Biology-Enabled Semi-Continuous Algal Cultivation (SAC) to Unleash Renewable Fuel Productivity, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 541.
Cheng Hu, Mingzhen Zhao, Qiang Li, Zhihua Liu, Naijia Hao, Xianzhi Meng, Jinghao Li, Furong Lin, Chenxuan Li, Lei Fang, Susie Y Dai, Arthur J Ragauskas, HJ Sue, Joshua S Yuan, Phototunable Lignin Plastics to Enable Recyclability, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 19, 4260-4269
Li Y, Sang H, Schnoebelen D. J, Wels B, Simmons. D, Mattison A, Schueller M, Pentella M, Dai, S Y Risk Based Arsenic Rational Sampling Design for Public and Environmental Health Management, Chemometrics and Intellectual Laboratory Systems, 2021, 211, 104274
Li T, Liu Y, Li M, Qian X, Dai SY. Mask or No Mask for COVID-19: A Public Health and Market Study. PLoS One. 2020 Aug 14;15(8):e0237691.
Bao, W, Liu B, Trasande, L, Rong S, Dai, SY, Lehmler H. Association Between Bisphenol A Exposure and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults, JAMA Network Open, 2020, Aug; 3(8): e2011620. PMC7431989.
Xie S, Sun S, Lin F, Li M, Pu Y, Cheng Y, Xu B, Liu Z, da Costa Sousa L, Dale BE, Ragauskas AJ, Dai SY, Yuan JS. Mechanism-Guided Design of Highly Efficient Protein Secretion and Lipid Conversion for Biomanufacturing and Biorefining. Advanced Science (Weinh). 2019, May 1;6 (13):1801980.
