Tik:Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh (Tik) Biological Systems Engineering Department, Virginia Tech Website: tik's world E-mail:[mailto:sathino@vt.edu sathino@vt.edu]

Education

 * 1) Ph.D. (2011) in BioSystems Eng., Virginia Tech, VA
 * 2) M.S. (2007) Chemical Eng. & Applied Econ., Auburn University, AL
 * 3) M.S. (2003) Mechanical Eng., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL
 * 4) B.S. (1999) Chemical Eng., Thammasat University, Thailand

Experience

 * 1) 01/2008-present	Ph.D. candidate, BioSystems Eng., Virginia Tech. Productions of biofuels/bioproducts from herbaceous and woody biomass.
 * 2) 01/2007-09/2007	Lecturer, Economics Dept., Auburn University at Monbtgomery.
 * 3) 08/2003-09/2006	Research Assistant, Auburn University. Reforming liquid fuels (JP8) for production of H2 and fuel clean-up for 2kW PEMFCs
 * 4) 03/2001-08/2003	Research Assistant, Southern Illinois Univ.
 * 5) 02/1999-09/1999	Process Engineer,

Awards and Honors

 * 1) Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Sciences (ICTAS) Fellowship, Virginia Tech, 2008-present
 * 2) TFP scholarship, Graduate School, Virginia Tech, 2008, 2010, 2011
 * 3) University Fellowship, Auburn University, 2006-2007
 * 4) SIUC graduate school scholarship, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 2000-2003
 * 5) Monbukagakusho (direct/research) scholarship, TIT, Japan, 1999

Professional Activities
Serve as reviewer for journals, Applied Surface Science, Bioresource Technology

Oral Presentations

 * 1) ACS 2011 Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 27-31, 2011. Sathitsuksanoh N., Zhu ZG., Zhang YHP. Cellulose solvent-based biomass pretreatment: Concentrated phosphoric acid vs. ionic liquid.
 * 2) ACS 2011 Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 27-31, 2011. Sathitsuksanoh N., Rollin J., Zhu ZG., Zhang YHP. Cellulose solvent-based biomass pretreatment: revisited

Poster Presentations

 * 1) The 32nd annual Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Clearwater beach, FL, April 19-22, 2010. Sathitsuksanoh, N., Zhu Z., and, Zhang Y.H.-Percival, Multi-level evidences indicate that cellulose solvent-based pretreatment efficiently breaks the recalcitrance of switchgrass: crystallinity or accessibility?
 * 2) The 32nd annual Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Clearwater beach, FL, April 19-22, 2010. Sathitsuksanoh, N., Zhu Z., Ye XH., and, Zhang Y.H.-Percival, Cellulose solvent-based biomass saccharification: phosphoric acid vs ionic liquid.
 * 3) The 32nd annual Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Clearwater beach, FL, April 19-22, 2010. Zhu Z., Rollin J., Sathitsuksanoh, N., and, Zhang Y.H.-Percival, Quantitative determination of amorphous cellulose accessibility by using a novel non-hydrolytic fusion protein containing a CBM17 and a red fluorescent protein.