Zhiliang (Julia) Fan, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Dartmouth College, 2004
M.S., Engineering Management, Dartmouth College, 2004
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
3016 Bainer Hall
Phone: 530-754-0317
Email: jzfan@ucdavis.edu

Current Research

Dr. Fan’s primary research interests are in advancing technologies for production of fuels and chemicals from renewable resources, including metabolic engineering and biocatalyst development; fermentation process development and modeling; biological and chemical process design and economic evaluation.  Current research is focused on novel processes for biodiesel production from oil and ethanol production from cellulosic materials.

Representative Recent Publications

Fan, Z., Lynd, L.R., 2007 “Process design and economic analysis of conversion of paper sludge to  ethanol in Fraser Gorham paper mill”, Bioproc. Biosys. Eng.30: 27-34

Fan, Z., Lynd, L.R., 2007 “Optimization of feeding frequency and mixing energy characterization for conversion of paper sludge to ethanol”, Bioproc. Biosys. Eng. 30: 35-45

Fan, Z., McBride, J. E., Lynd, L.R., 2005 “Analysis of selection-based strain improvement for microorganisms with growth dependent upon extracytoplasmic enzymes”, Biotechnol. Bioeng. 92: 35-44

Fan, Z., South, C. R., Lyford, K., Munsie, J., van Walsum, P., Lynd, L.R., 2003 “Conversion of paper sludge to ethanol in a semi-continuous solids-fed reactor", Bioproc. Biosys. Eng. 26:93–101

Fan, Z., Oguntimein, B. B., Reilly, P. J., 2000 “Characterization of kinetics and thermostability of Acremonium strictum glucooligosaccharide oxidase”, Biotechnol. Bioeng. 68:231-237

Membership in Professional Societies

American Chemical Society
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

Research Support

University of California New Faculty Startup Funds