Department Staff

Dr Changsoo Lee
Marie Curie Experiened Researcher

Contact Information
Environmental Change Institute
Department of Microbiology
National University of Ireland, Galway
University Road
Galway
Tel: 353 91 495361 (Ext 5361)
E-mail: changsoo.leenuigalway.ie

Research Interests

• Anaerobic conversion of biomass to energy (CH ₄, H ₂)
• Aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment of pollutants
• Microbial ecology in water/wastewater environments
• Quantitative microbial dynamics in bioprocesses
• Monitoring changes in specific microbial activity
• Correlation of changes in microbial community with changes in process performance

Expertise

• Environmental molecular biotechnology
• Real-time quantitative PCR
• Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE)
• Biological and statistical community analysis
• DNA sequence based microbial identification
• Genetic engineering of anaerobic microorganisms
• Analysis of cellular ATP and DNA
• Aerobic and anaerobic wastewater treatment
• Anaerobic digestion for bioenergy production
• Statistical optimization of process operation

Publications

• Changsoo Lee, Jaai Kim, Hyojin Do and Seokhwan Hwang (2007) Monitoring thiocyanate degrading microbial community in relation to changes in process performance in mixed culture systems near washout. Water Research: In press.


• Jaai Kim, Changsoo Lee, Seung Gu Shin and Seokhwan Hwang (2007) Correlation of microbial mass with ATP and DNA concentrations in acidogenesis of whey permeate. Biodegradation: In press.


• Changsoo Lee, Jaai Kim, Seung Gu Shin and Seokhwan Hwang (2006) Absolute and relative QPCR quantification of plasmid copy number in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biotechnology 123: 273-280.


• Changsoo Lee, Jaai Kim and Seokhwan Hwang (2006) Optimization of adenosine 5′-triphosphate extraction for the measurement of acidogenic biomass utilizing whey wastewater. Biodegradation 17: 347-355.


• Youngseob Yu, Changsoo Lee and Seokhwan Hwang (2005) Analysis of community structures in anaerobic processes using a quantitative real-time PCR method. Water Science and Technology 52: 85-91.


• Youngseob Yu, Changsoo Lee, Jaai Kim and Seokhwan Hwang (2005) Group-specific primer and probe sets to detect methanogenic communities using quantitative real-time PCR. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 89: 670-679.


• Changsoo Lee, Jaai Kim, Jinsoo Chang and Seokhwan Hwang (2003) Isolation and identification of thiocyanate utilizing chemolithotrophs from gold mine soils. Biodegradation

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