Nasib Qureshi, Research Collaborator

Office Address

Phone
Fax
e-mail
Education

United States Department of Agriculture,
National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research,
Fermentation/Biotechnology,
1815 N University Street,
Peoria, IL 61604
(309) 681-6318
(309) 681-6427

B. Tech. (Biochemical Engineering)
Ph.D. (Fermentation Technology)
Ph.D. (Biochemical Engineering)

Current Funding

United States Department of Agriculture (NRI-CGP), Illinois-Missouri Biotechnology Alliance, Illinois Corn Marketing Board, Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research

Fermentation: Industrial fermentations, Fermentation kinetics; batch, fed-batch, and continuous culture, and cell immobilization, Animal cell cultures Biochemical Engineering: Bioreaction kinetics, Reactor design and scale-up, Mathematical modeling of fermentation and downstream processing, and Process economics evaluation Upstream and Downstream Processing: Upstream processing, Product separation and purification, Pervaporation, Gas stripping, Liquid-liquid extraction, Perstraction, and Adsorption of fermentation products

Biographical Information

• Ph.D. (Biochemical Engineering), University of Nebraska, 1997
• Ph.D. (Fermentation Technology), University of Bombay, 1985
• B.Tech. (Biochemical Engineering), University of Kanpur, 1980

Professional Activities

• Co-Editor, World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology (Link to this journal)
• Guest Editor, Journal Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (2001) Vol. 27, No 5, Special Issue
• Editorial Board Member, Energy Sources
• Editorial Board Member, Renewable Energy
• Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Link to this)
• Member, American Chemical Society
• Affiliate Member, International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) (Link to this)
• Affiliate Member, Biochemical Technology Division (ACS)

Representative Publications

• Qureshi N, Lai LL, Blaschek HP (2004) Scale-up of a high productivity continuous biofilm reactor to produce butanol by adsorbed cells of Clostridium beijerinckii BA101. Transactions Institution Chemical Engineers (Trans IChemE) (Chemical Engineering Research and Design). 82(C1): 1-10
• Qureshi N, Blaschek HP (2001) Evaluation of recent advances in butanol fermentation, upstream, and downstream processing. Bioprocess Biosystems Engineering. 24: 219-226
• Qureshi N, Blaschek HP (2000) Economics of butanol fermentation using hyper-butanol producing Clostridium beijerinckii BA101. Trans Institution Chemical Engineers. 78: 139-144
• Tanner RD, Hunkeler D, Qureshi N, Maddox IS (1996) The effect of a variable yield function on the profitability of an integrated acetone butanol ethanol (ABE) fermentation product recovery system. Bioprocess Engineering. 14: 177-181
• Friedl A, Qureshi N, Maddox IS (1991) Continuous Acetone Butanol Ethanol (ABE) fermentation using immobilized cells of Clostridium acetobutylicum in a packed bed reactor and integration with product removal by pervaporation. Biotechnol. Bioengineering. 38: 518-527