2026 - Ja Hyun Lee, Yoonjoo Kim, Dong Hyun Kim*, Kyoung Heon Kim*
Biocatalytic stereoinversion of D-ribose to enantiopure L-ribose via a kinetic model-guided redox cascade
Green Chemistry, accepted (IF=10.6)
2026 - Sun-Hee Lee†, Na-Rae Lee†, Jae Heun Ji, Sanghyun Lim, Choong Hwan Lee, Eun Ju Yun*, Kyoung Heon Kim*
Adaptive laboratory evolution of Lactobacillus helveticus enhances acid tolerance for food-grade, non-GMO applications
Food Research International (IF=8.8)
2026 - Na Ree Han, Nayoung Lim, Jung A Byun, Eun Ju Yun, Yu Eun Cheong, Seongbong Song, Sangmin Shim*, Kyoung Heon Kim*
Metabolomic differentiation of industrial baker's yeasts reveals yeast product formulation-associated metabolic and flavor signatures during dough fermentation and bread baking
International Journal of Food Microbiology (IF=5.7)
2026 - Habin Sun†, So Jeong Lee†, Hyun-Joong Kim, Hyeongmin Seo, Jeongchan Lee, Jung Ho Ahn, Gyeongtaek Gong, Youngsoon Um, Kyoung Heon Kim, Ja Kyong Ko*
Development of an efficient poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production platform from lignocellulosic hydrolysates using a robust Cupriavidus necator RXI22 strain
Green Chemistry (IF=10.6)
2026 - Yu Rim Yun, Subin Kim, Dong Young Lee, Sora Yu, Kyoung Heon Kim*, Eun Ju Yun*
Valorizing renewable biomass into prebiotic oligosaccharides: Enzymatic, microbial, and synthetic biology strategies
Bioresource Technology (IF=8.2)
2026 - Jung-Hyun Ju, Sun-Yeon Heo, Chang-Bum Son, Jae Kyun Kim, Kyoung Heon Kim, Baek-Rock Oh*
Sustainable glycolic acid production using Gluconobacter frateurii: Preventing end-product inhibition for efficient upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate
Materials Today Sustainability (IF=7.9)
2026 - Shuaiwen Wang, Yukyoung Oh, Sangyun Ji, Eun Ju Yun*, Kyoung Heon Kim*
De novo production of sebacic acid from glucose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae via engineered ω-oxidation and β-oxidation pathways
Bioresource Technology (IF=8.2)
2026 - Jae Kyun Kim, Yeyoon Choi, Soo Hyun Kim, Yejin Won, Dong Hyun Kim*, Kyoung Heon Kim*
Upcycling waste PET into high-purity bis(4-hydroxybutyl) terephthalate via repeated transesterification and purification
Polymer (IF=4.5)
2026 - Dong Young Lee, Sanghyun Lim, Kyoung Heon Kim*, Eun Ju Yun*
Carbon source-dependent metabolic shift of Lactobacillus gasseri reveals condition-specific bioactive metabolites for postbiotic applications
Journal of Food Biochemistry, In press (IF=4.2)
2025 - Ja Hyun Lee†, Yoonjoo Kim†, Dong Hyun Kim*, Kyoung Heon Kim*
One-pot enzyme cascade production of therapeutic deoxyribonucleoside analogs from glycerol and acetaldehyde
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (IF=8.5)
