User:Carolyn

Tianjin iGEM 2007

Education

• Candidate for master of Chemical Engineering (Enzyme engineering), Department of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University (China) (September 2005-July 2007)
• Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, (China) (September 2001 to June 2005)

Research Experience

• Graduate Independent Research: (September 2005 to Present)
  • iGem member for Tianjin University 2007
  • Separation and purification of extract of Radix Salvia Miltiorrhiza using resins
  • Applied Fick’s second law for unsteady state diffusion to set up a improved diffusion model for extraction process of Radix Salvia Miltiorrhiza and developed Matlab subroutine to evaluate the effective diffusion coefficients
  • Applied Response Surface Methodology (RSM) to optimize extraction efficiency with Central Composite Design (CCD) using Design Expert 7.0
  • Studied the separation and identification of polyphenolics using HPLC/ESI-MSn as well as accurately determined the their contents respectively in Radix Salvia Miltiorrhiza extract
• Graduate Cooperative Research: (June 2006 to Present)
  • Studied the effects of 16 variables on beta-mannanase production from Bacillus licheniformis TJ-101 and optimized the whole process
  • Developed three nonlinear kinetic models for cell growth, enzyme synthesis and the total sugar utilization
• Undergraduate research: (September 2003 to June 2005)
  • Studied the effects of various parameters on enzyme-assisted extraction (Bachelor’s thesis)
  • Studied the preparation of nano ferric oxide red pigment from the waste iron mud in dye factory
  • Studied the preparation and characterization of SrFeO3 and LaFeO3, nano-preovskite type oxides with photocatalytic oxidation activity

Contact

• wanghl198357 AT hotmail DOT com

Contribution

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• Take the responsibility of web building.