Venkatesh Balan

Designer synthetic media for studying microbial-catalyzed biofuel production

Xiaoyu Tang, Leonardo da Costa Sousa, Mingjie Jin et al. · Biotechnology for Biofuels · 2015 · 898 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology +17

Physical and chemical characterizations of corn stover and poplar solids resulting from leading pretreatment technologies

Rajeev Kumar, Gaurav Mago, Venkatesh Balan et al. · Bioresource Technology · 2009 · 869 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +9

Evaluation of ammonia fibre expansion (AFEX) pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of switchgrass harvested in different seasons and locations

Bryan Bals, Chad A. Rogers, Mingjie Jin et al. · Biotechnology for Biofuels · 2010 · 752 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Agronomy, Crop Sciences +13

Multi-scale visualization and characterization of lignocellulosic plant cell wall deconstruction during thermochemical pretreatment

Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Bryon S. Donohoe, Leonardo da Costa Sousa et al. · Energy & Environmental Science · 2011 · 518 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Plant Sciences +17

Effect of particle size based separation of milled corn stover on AFEX pretreatment and enzymatic digestibility

Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce E. Dale · Biotechnology and Bioengineering · 2006 · 388 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Bioseparations +12