PROFESSOR
Keunje Yoo, 유근제
📞 +82 051-410-4416
🏢 Room# 702, A2,
727, Taejong-ro, Yeongdo-Gu
Busan,Republic of Korea, 49112
Professional Career
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2023 - Present
Associate professor at National Korea Maritime and Ocean University
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2019 - 2023
Assistant professor at National Korea Maritime and Ocean University
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2017 - 2019
Post-doc. at Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University
Post-doc. at Dept. of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
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2015 - 2017
Research Fellow at Division of Natural Resources Conservation,
Korea Environemnt Institute (KEI)
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2012
Visiting Researcher at Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University
Education
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2008 - 2015
Ph.D. in Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University
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2001 - 2008
B.S. in Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University
Research Specialities
- Carbon dioxide reduction and resource recovery in wastewater treatment using microalgae and bacterial symbiosis
- Pollution behavior and biological degradation mechanism of microplastics in marine environment
- Multi-Omics approaches for environmental microorganisms community analysis and functional assessment
- Detection and hazardous risk assessment of harmful microorganisms in the environment
- Environmental pollution monitoring and impact assessment using big data
- Characterization of airborne microbial community, bioaerosol
- Performance evaluation based on marine environment data for the development of oil spill recovery and remediation technology
Committee Memberships
- The Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (2023 - Present)
- Korean Society on Water Environment (2023 - Present)
- Korean Society of Water & Wastewater (2023 - Present)
- Association for Carbon-Neutral Circular Economy (2023 - Present)
- Korean Society of Environmental DNA (2023 - Present)
- International Conference on Applied Convergence Engineering (2023 - Present)
- Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment (2021 - Present)
- The Korean Environmental Sciences Society (2020 - Present)
- The Microbiological Society of Korea (2020 - Present)
- Asian Symposium of Microbial Ecology (2020 - Present)
Advisory Members
- 부산광역시 물관리위원회, 전문위원 (2023 - Present)
- 부산광역시 환경정책위원회, 전문위원 (2023 - Present)
- 부산광역시 해양수도정책과, 해양환경관리위원 (2022 - Present)
- ISO (국제표준화기구) 바이오에어로졸 분야, 한국위원 (2021 - Present)
- 환경부 낙동강유역환경청, 기술자문위원 (2021 - Present)
- 한국산업기술진흥협회, 기술인증 심사위원 (2021 - Present)
- 부산도시공사, 기술자문위원 (2020 - Present)
Patents
- 복합 바이오에어로졸 수집장치 (등록번호: 10-2678870)
- 해조류의 호흡량을 고려한 탄소 고정량 평가 장치 (출원번호: 10-2024-0025948)
- 스왑 샘플링을 이용한 유전물질 추출 방법 (출원번호: 10-2023-0112598)
- ddPCR을 이용한 위해성 평가 방법 (출원번호: 10-2023-0112607)
Currents
Ph.D. students
Gihan Lee, 이기한
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Harmful bacteria and their genes are detected in various indoor air environments and wastewater treatment facilities, assessing the potential for the transfer of antibiotic resistance among the environment, animals, and humans, as well as the associated hazards and risks to human health.
Hyunsu Kim, 김현수
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Monitoring of microbial communities and pollutants in marine MPs as vectors for pollutants using omics approaches
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Deveolpment of quantification methods of carbon fixation in seaweeds for blue carbon certification and carbon neutrality
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AI-based water quality prediction in aquaculture using environmental big data and image data
Amrutha. V
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Marine microbes capable of degrading bioplastics are isolated and characterized from seawater, and their biodegradation potential under marine conditions is assessed along with an analysis of their impact on the environment.
Shaheen Akhtar
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Evaluating the potential of macroalgae and blue carbon for onceanic carbon sequestration
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Life cycle assessment (LCA) of carbon capture storage/utilization (CCS/CCU) technologies
Geumju Yoon, 윤금주
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Evaluation of the operational efficiency of wastewater treatment facilities nationwide to promote the modernization of aging sewage treatment plants.
Undergraduate Student
Hyemin Hwang, 황혜민
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Optimization of environmental conditions to enhance growth and metabolic functions for the harvesting of value-added products from microalgae.
Researcher
Yejin Lee, 이예진
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Enhancing biological nutrient removal efficiency from wastewater while assessing with associated microorganinsm's functional gene expression
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Establishing the symbiotic relationship between microalgae and bacteria for achieving carbon neutrality and producing value-added products.
Alumni
Sena Park, M.S.
2021.03 ~ 2022.03
現 국립야생동물질병관리원
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Microbial risk assessment of bioaerosol
Jeongwon Kim, M.S.
2020.03 ~ 2022.02
現 인트론바이오테크놀로지
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Evaluated bioremediation of the groundwater
Suyeon Bae, M.S.
2020.03 ~ 2022.02
現 누리바이오
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Explored bacterial contamination in marin microplastic