WANWISA SKOLPAP
Assistant Professor
Phone: +66-2-564-3001~9 Ext. 3121, 3040
Fax: +66-2-564-3010
E-mail: swanwisa@engr.tu.ac.th
Degrees:
B.Eng. Chemical Engineering
Khon Kaen University, Thailand, 1993
M. Sc. Chemical Engineering
Colorado State University, USA, 1995
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo, Canada, 2003
Research interests: Biochemical engineering; Food engineering; Environmental engineering; Process optimization
My research goal is to develop low-cost protocols for energy and environmental management in local communities. My recent research under the NCE-EHWM relates to the value added of agricultural and industrial wastes and treatment of hazardous wastes, i.e., biogas production from Jatropha curcas meals, biogas production from thermal pretreated sludge using microwave, biodiesel production using Rhizopus oryzae cells immobilized within biomass support particles, and heavy metal removal by impregnation of prepared activated carbon from coffee ground wastes.
Selected publications:
Skolpap, W., S. Nuchprayoon, J. M. Scharer, P. L. Douglas, M. Moo-Young, and N. Grisdanurak. 2008. Fed-batch optimization of recombinant a-amylase production by Bacillus subtilis using a modified Markov Chain Monte Carlo Technique. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 25(4):646-655.
Skolpap, W., S. Nuchprayoon, J. M. Scharer, P. L. Douglas, M. Moo-Young, and N. Grisdanurak. 2008. Fed-batch optimization of a-amylase and protease-producing Bacillus subtilis using genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization. Chem. Eng. Science. 63(16):4090-4099.
Skolpap, W., S. Nuchprayoon, J. M. Scharer, and M. Moo-Young. 2007. Parametric analysis of metabolic fluxes of a-amylase and protease-producing Bacillus subtilis. Bioproc. Biosyst. Eng. 30: 337-348.
Skolpap W., J. M. Scharer, P. L. Douglas and M Moo-Young. 2005. Optimal feed rate profiles for fed-batch culture in penicillin production. Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol. 27(5):1057-1064.
Skolpap, W., Scharer J. M., Douglas P. L. and Moo-Young M. 2004. Fed-batch optimization of a-amylase and protease-producing Bacillus subtilis using Markov Chain methods. Biotechnol. Bioeng.86(6): 706-717.
