Dr. Mingjie Jin

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Michigan State University, USA

Email: jinmingj@egr.msu.edu

Qualifications

2012 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering & Quantitative biology, Michigan State University, USA

2008 M.Sc., Biochemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, China

2005 B.Sc., Bioengineering, Nanjing University of Technology, China

Publications(Selected)

1. Cory Sarks*, Mingjie Jin*, Trey K Sato, Venkatesh Balan and Bruce E Dale. Studying the rapid bioconversion of lignocellulosic sugars into ethanol using high cell density fermentations with cell recycle. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2014, 7:73.
2. Xin Wang, Mingjie Jin*, Venkatesh Balan, A. Daniel Jones, Xia Li, Bing-Zhi Li*, Bruce E. Dale and Ying-Jin Yuan. Comparative metabolic profiling revealed limitations in xylose-fermenting yeast during co-fermentation of glucose and xylose in the presence of inhibitors. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2014,111(1):152-164.
3. 3. Alan Culbertson, Mingjie Jin*, Leonardo da Costa Sousa, Bruce E. Dale and   Venkatesh Balan. In-house cellulase production from AFEX^TM pretreated corn stover using Trichoderma reesei RUT C-30. RSC Advances, 2013, 3 (48): 25960 – 25969.
4. Mingjie Jin*, William Bothfeld, Samantha Austin, Trey K. Sato, Alex La Reau, Haibo Li, Marcus Foston, Christa Gunawan, Richard D. LeDuc, John F. Quensen, Mick Mcgee, Nirmal Uppugundla, Alan Higbee, Ruwan Ranatunga, Charles W. Donald, Gwen Bone, Arthur J. Ragauskas, James M. Tiedje, Daniel R. Noguera, Bruce E. Dale, Yaoping Zhang*, Venkatesh Balan*. Effect of storage conditions on the stability and fermentability of enzymatic lignocellulosic hydrolysate. Bioresource Technology, 2013, 147: 212-220.
5. Mingjie Jin*, Cory Sarks, Christa Gunawan, Benjamin D Bice, Shane P Simonett, Ragothaman Avanasi Narasimhan, Laura B Willis, Bruce E Dale, Venkatesh Balan* and Trey K Sato*. Phenotypic selection of a wild Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain for simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation of AFEX^TMpretreated corn stover. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2013, 6:108.
6. Mingjie Jin*, Christa Gunawan, Venkatesh Balan, Xiurong Yu and Bruce E. Dale. Continuous SSCF of AFEX^TM pretreated corn stover for enhanced ethanol productivity using commercial enzymes and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 424A (LNH-ST). Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2013, 110(5):1302-1311.
7. Mingjie Jin*, Christa Gunawan, Nirmal Uppugundla, Venkatesh Balan and Bruce E. Dale. A novel integrated biological process for cellulosic ethanol production featuring high ethanol productivity, enzyme recycling, and yeast cells reuse. Energy and Environmental Science, 2012,5 (5): 7168-7175.
8. Ming W. Lau , Bryan D. Bals, Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Mingjie Jin, Christa Gunawan, Venkatesh Balan, A. Daniel Jones, Bruce E. Dale. An integrated paradigm for cellulosic biorefineries: utilization of lignocellulosic biomass as self-sufficient feedstocks for fuel, food precursors and saccharolytic enzyme production. Energy and Environmental Science 2012, 5: 7100-7110.
9. Mingjie Jin*, Christa Gunawan, Venkatesh Balan and Bruce E. Dale. Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) of AFEX^TM pretreated corn stover for ethanol production using Clostridium phytofermentans at a high solids loading. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2012,109(8): 1929-1936.
10. Mingjie Jin*, Christa Gunawan, Venkatesh Balan, Ming W. Lau and Bruce E. Dale. Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation (SSCF) of AFEX^TMpretreated corn stover for ethanol production using commercial enzymes and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST). Bioresource Technology 2012, 110: 587-594.
11. Mingjie Jin*, Venkatesh Balan, Christa Gunawan and Bruce E. Dale. Quantitatively understanding reduced xylose fermentation performance in AFEX^TMtreated corn stover hydrolysate using Saccharomyces cerevisiae 424A (LNH-ST) and Escherichia coli KO11. Bioresource Technology 2012, 111: 294-300.
12. Bryan D. Bals, Farzaneh Teymouri, Tim Campbell, Mingjie Jin and Bruce E. Dale. Low temperature and long residence time AFEX pretreatment of corn stover. BioEnergy Research, 2012, 5(2):372-379.
13. Mingjie Jin*, Venkatesh Balan, Christa Gunawan, Bruce E. Dale. Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) performance of Clostridium phytofermentans on AFEX-treated corn stover for ethanol production. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2011, 108(6): 1290-1297.
14. Xiongjun Shao, Mingjie Jin, Anna Guseva, Chaogang Liu, Venkatesh Balan, David Hogsett, Bruce E. Dale, Lee Lyn. Conversion for Avicel and AFEX pretreated corn stover by Clostridium thermocellum and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation: Insights into microbial conversion of pretreated cellulosic biomass. Bioresource Technology 2011, 102:8040-8045.
15. Mingjie Jin*, Ming W. Lau, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce E. Dale. Two-step SSCF to convert AFEX-treated switchgrass to ethanol using commercial enzymes andSaccharomyces cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST). Bioresource Technology 2010, 101: 8171-8178.
16. Chandraraj Krishnan, Leonardo da Costa Sousa, Mingjie Jin, Linpei Chang, Bruce E. Dale, Venkatesh Balan. Alkali-Based AFEX pretreatment for the conversion of sugarcane bagasse and cane leaf residues to ethanol. Biotechnology and bioengineering 2010, 107(3): 441-450.
17. Bryan Bals, Chad Rogers, Mingjie Jin, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce Dale. Evaluation of ammonia fiber expansion (AFEX) pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of switchgrass harvested in different seasons and locations. Biotechnology for Biofuels 2010, 3: 1
18. Mingjie Jin, He Huang*, Zhen Gao, Kun Zhang, Xin Liu. Enhancing arachidonic acid production by Mortierella alpina ME-1 using improved mycelium aging technology. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 2009, 32(1): 117-122.
19. Mingjie Jin, He Huang*, Ai-Hua Xiao, Kun Zhang, Xin Liu, Shuang Li, Chao Peng. A novel two-step fermentation process for improved arachidonic acid production by Mortierella alpina ME-1. Biotechnology Letters 2008, 30(6): 1087-1091.