Publications

  1. Michael A Chen, Sang Hyun Lee , Peter K Kang*, Inertia-induced mixing and reaction maximization in laminar porous media flows (Under Review)
  2. Sang Hyun Lee, Marcel Moura, Shreya Srivastava, Cara Santelli, and Peter K. Kang*, Filamentous fungi-induced multiphase flow in heterogeneous porous media, (In preparation).
  3. Sang Hyun Lee, Huong Ngyuen Thi Thu, Chau Minh Dao, Young-Haeng Lee, Seoung-Hak Lee, and Sang-Hyup Lee*, Positively charged polyamide nanofiltration membranes prepared by polyethylenimine coating and grafting for enhanced removal of  manganese and iron ions from groundwater under anoxic condition, (In preparation).
  4. Weipeng Yang , Michael A Chen , Sang Hyun Lee , Peter K Kang*, Fluid inertia controls mineral precipitation and clogging in pore to network-scale flows (In Press, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 )
  5. Sojin Min, Hosung Lee, Dowon Chae, Sang Hyun Lee, Seung-Jin Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, Chung-Hak Lee, and Pyung-Kyu Park Application of psychrotolerant quorum quenching Planococcus versutus sp. L10.15 T to membrane bioreactors for biofouling control at low temperatures Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Vol. 10, 631-638, 2024
  6. Sang Hyun Lee, Eleonora Secchi, and Peter K. Kang*, Rapid formation of bioaggregates and morphology transition to biofilm streamers induced by pore-throat flows, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 120(14), e2204466120, 2023
  7. Sojin Min, Hosung Lee, Dowon Chae, Jeongwon Park, Sang Hyun Lee, Hyun-Suk Oh, Kibaek Lee, Chung-Hak Lee, Soryong Chae, and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Innovative biofouling control for membrane bioreactors in cold regions by inducing environmental adaptation in quorum quenching bacteria, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 56(7), 4396-4403, 2022
  8. Sang Hyun Lee, and Peter K. Kang*, Three-dimensional vortex-induced reaction hotspots at flow intersections, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 124(14), 144501, 2020. – Selected as Editor’s Suggestion
  9. Sang Hyun Lee, Hosung Lee, Chang Hyun Nahm, Joowan Lim, Sojin Min, Dowon Chae, Kibaek Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, Chung-Hak Lee, and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Effect of permeate flux and backwashing on quorum sensing and quenching within biocake layer in membrane bioreactor, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 146(5), 2020.
  10. Sung Jun Jo, So-Yeon Jeong, Hyeokpil Kwon, Sang Hyun Lee, Hyun-Suk Oh, Taewoo Yi, Pyung-Kyu Park, Chung-Hak Lee, and Tae Gwan Kim*, Effects of quorum quenching on temporal succession of activated sludge microbial community in a membrane bioreactor, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Vol. 128(3), 907-918, 2020.
  11. Kibaek Lee, Yea-Won Kim, Seonki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Chang Hyun Nahm, Hyeokpil Kwon, Pyung-Kyu Park, Kwang-Ho Choo, Ismail Koyuncu, Anja Drews, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Jung-Kee Lee*, Stopping AI-2 chatter by means of an indigenous bacterium (Acinetobacter sp. DKY-1): A new anti-biofouling strategy in an MBR for wastewater treatment, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 52(11), 6237-6245, 2018.
  12. Jaewoo Lee, Hongsik Yoon,  Jae Hyun Yoo, Dong-Chan Choi, Chang H. Nahm, Sang Hyun Lee,   Hee-Ro Chae, Yong Hyup Kim, Chung-Hak Lee and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Influence of a sublayer structure of thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes on the overall water flux, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Vol. 4(12), 1912-1922, 2018.
  13. Chang Hyun Nahm, Seonki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Kibaek Lee, Jaewoo Lee, Hyeokpil Kwon, Kwang-Ho Choo, Jung-Kee Lee, Jae Young Jang, Chung-Hak Lee* and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Mitigation of membrane biofouling in MBR using a cellulolytic bacterium, Undibacterium sp. DM-1, isolated from activated sludge,Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 27(3), 573-583, 2017.
  14. Sang Hyun Lee, Seonki Lee, Kibaek Lee, Chang Hyun Nahm, Sung-Jun Jo, Jaewoo Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, Jung-Kee Lee, Chung-Hak Lee* and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Enhancing physical properties and lifespan of bacterial quorum quenching media through combination of ionic cross-linking and dehydration,Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 27(3), 552-560, 2017.
  15. Chang Hyun Nahm, Dong-Chan Choi, Hyeokpil Kwon, Seonki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Kibaek Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, Jung-Kee Lee, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Application of quorum quenching bacteria entrapping sheets to enhance biofouling control in a membrane bioreactor with a hollow fiber module,Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 526, 246-271, 2017.
  16. Kibaek Lee, Seonki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Sang-Ryoung Kim, Hyun-Suk Oh, Pyung-Kyu Park, Kwang-Ho Choo, Yea-Won Kim, Jung-Kee Lee, and Chung-Hak Lee*, Fungal quorum quenching: a paradigm shift for energy savings in membrane bioreactor (MBR) for wastewater treatment,Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 50(20), 10914–10922, 2016.
  17. Seonki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Kibaek Lee, Hyeokpil Kwon, Chang Hyun Nahm, Kwang-Ho Choo, Jung-Kee Lee, Hyun-Suk Oh, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Effect of shape and size of quorum quenching medium on biofouling control in membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 26(10), 1746-1754, 2016.
  18. Sang Hyun Lee, Seonki Lee, Kibaek Lee, Chang H. Nahm, Hyeokpil Kwon, Hyun-Suk Oh, Young-June Won, Kwang-Ho Choo, Chung-Hak Lee* and Pyung-Kyu Park*, More efficient media design for enhanced biofouling control in a membrane bioreactor: quorum quenching bacteria entrapping hollow cylinder,Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 50(16) 8596-8604, 2016.
  19. Manki Cho, Sang Hyun Lee, Doyeon Lee, Dennis Chen, In-Chul Kim, Mamadou Diallo*, Osmotically driven membrane processes: exploring the potential of branched polyethyleneimine as draw solute using porous FO membranes with NF separation layers, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 511, 278-288, 2016.
  20. Seonki Lee, Seung-Kook Park, Hyeokpil Kwon, Sang Hyun Lee, Kibaek Lee, Chang Hyun Nahm, Sung Jun Jo, Hyun-Suk Oh, Pyung-Kyu Park, Kwang-Ho Choo, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Taewoo Yi*, Crossing the border between laboratory and field: bacterial quorum quenching for anti-biofouling strategy in an MBR,Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 50, 1788-1795, 2016.
  21. Sung Jun Jo, Hyeokpil Kwon, So-Yeon Jeong, Sang Hyun Lee, Hyun-Suk Oh, Taewoo Yi, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Tae Gwan Kim*, Effects of quorum quenching on the microbial community of biofilm in an anoxic-oxic MBR for wastewater treatment, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 26(9), 1593-1604, 2016.
  22. Jaewoo Lee, Jun Hee Jang, Hee-Ro Chae, Sang Hyun Lee, Chung-Hak Lee*, Pyung-Kyu Park*, Young-June Won and In-Chul Kim, A facile route to enhance the water flux of thin-film composite reverse osmosis membrane: incorporating thickness-controlled graphene oxide in highly porous support layer, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 3, 22053-22060, 2015.
  23. Won-Suk Cheong, Sang-Ryoung Kim, Hyun-Suk Oh, Sang Hyun Lee, Kyung-Min Yeon, Chung-Hak Lee* and Jung-Kee Lee, Design of quorum quenching microbial vessel to enhance cell viability for biofouling control in MBR, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 24(1), 97-105, 2014.
  24. Won-Suk Cheong, Chi-Ho Lee, Yun-Hee Moon, Hyun-Suk Oh, Sang-Ryoung Kim, Sang Hyun Lee, Chung-Hak Lee* and Jung-Kee Lee, Isolation and identification of indigenous quorum quenching bacteria, Pseudomonas sp. 1A1, for biofouling control in MBR, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 52(31), 10554-10560, 2013.