School of Business and Science

Sean Michael Scully

Adjunct
Website

Location

  • Borgir rannsóknarhús

Office hours

By appointment.

Specialties

Biocatalysis Microbiology Organic synthesis Anaerobic cultivation Enzymology High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Gas chromatography Chemotaxonic analysis

General information

Courses

LFT1106120
Biotechnology
STÆ0156090
Mathematics and the Teaching of Mathematics
LES1505160
Literacy for Comprehension

Education

2019
University of Iceland, Ph.D. Graduate
2015
University of Akureyri, M.Sc. Graduate
2014
University of Akureyri, B.Sc. Undergraduate
2002
, Grunndiplóma

Career

2016
University of Akureyri, Adjunct
2008 - 2016
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2009 - 2016
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2003 - 2007
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Research

2020
Biotransformation of Carboxylic Acids to Alcohols: Characterization of Thermoanaerobacter Strain AK152 and 1-Propanol Production via Propionate Reduction
2019
Branched-chain amino acid catabolism of Thermoanaerobacter strain AK85 and the influence of culture conditions on branched-chain alcohol formation
2017
Evaluation of the genus of Caldicellulosiruptor for production of 1,2-propanediol from methylpentoses.
2015
Branched-chain alcohol formation by thermophilic bacteria within the genera of Thermoanaerobacter and Caldanaerobacter.
2015
Amino Acid Metabolism of Thermoanaerobacter Strain AK90: The Role of Electron-Scavenging Systems in End Product Formation.
2014
Branched-chain alcohol formation from branched-chain amino acids by Thermoanaerobacter brockii and Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis.
2014
Tuneable regioselectivity during the mono-etherification of the 2,3-diol of a mannose derivative.