Kang Wu

Kang Wu

Associate Professor
of Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering
Phone: (603) 862-4388
Office: Kingsbury Hall, Room W315, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:
Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

  • CHBE 501: Material Balances
  • CHBE 703: Mass Transfer & Stagewise Ops
  • CHBE 761: Biochemical Engineering
  • CHBE 761/861: Biochemical Engineering
  • CHBE 900: Seminar
  • CHBE 999: Doctoral Research
  • CHE 501: Intro Chemical Engineering I
  • CHE 502: Intro Chemical Engineering II
  • CHE 761/861: Biochemical Engineering
  • CHE 999: Doctoral Research
  • INCO 590: Student Research Experience
  • INCO 790: Advanced Research Experience

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • B.S., Biochemical Engineerin, Tianjin University

Selected Publications

  • Jia, X., Liu, T., Ma, Y., & Wu, K. (2021). Construction of cadmium whole-cell biosensors and circuit amplification. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 105(13), 5689-5699. doi:10.1007/s00253-021-11403-x

  • Jia, X., Ma, Y., Bu, R., Zhao, T., & Wu, K. (2020). Directed evolution of a transcription factor PbrR to improve lead selectivity and reduce zinc interference through dual selection. AMB Express, 10(1). doi:10.1186/s13568-020-01004-8

  • Jia, X., Li, Y., Xu, T., & Wu, K. (2020). Display of lead?binding proteins on Escherichia coli surface for lead bioremediation. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 117(12), 3820-3834. doi:10.1002/bit.27525

  • Wu, G., Drufva, E., & Wu, K. (2019). Fast genome editing in Bacillus subtilis. Engineering in Life Sciences, 19(6), 471-477. doi:10.1002/elsc.201800164

  • Jia, X., Zhao, T., Liu, Y., Bu, R., & Wu, K. (2018). Gene circuit engineering to improve the performance of a whole-cell lead biosensor. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 365(16). doi:10.1093/femsle/fny157

  • Zhou, J., Wu, K., & Rao, C. V. (2016). Evolutionary Engineering of Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius for Improved Ethanol Production. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING, 113(10), 2156-2167. doi:10.1002/bit.25983

  • Wu, K., & Rao, C. V. (2012). Computational methods in synthetic biology: towards computer-aided part design.. Curr Opin Chem Biol, 16(3-4), 318-322. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.05.003

  • Wu, K., Walukiewicz, H. E., Glekas, G. D., Ordal, G. W., & Rao, C. V. (2011). Attractant binding induces distinct structural changes to the polar and lateral signaling clusters in Bacillus subtilis chemotaxis.. J Biol Chem, 286(4), 2587-2595. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.188664

  • Nistala, G. J., Wu, K., Rao, C. V., & Bhalerao, K. D. (2010). A modular positive feedback-based gene amplifier.. J Biol Eng, 4, 4. doi:10.1186/1754-1611-4-4

  • Wu, K., & Rao, C. V. (2010). The role of configuration and coupling in autoregulatory gene circuits.. Mol Microbiol, 75(2), 513-527. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.07011.x

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