Research
Publications
Arora, N., Tripathi, S., Philippidis, G.P., Kumar, S. (2025) “Thriving in extremes: harnessing the potential of pH-resilient algal strains for enhanced productivity and stability”, Environmental Science: Advances 4, 884, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4va00247d.
Arora, N., Tripathi, S., Bhatnagar, P., Gururani, P., Philippidis, G.P., Kumar, V., Poluri, K. M., Nanda, M. (2024) “Algal-based biochar and hydrochar: A holistic and sustainable approach to wastewater treatment”, Chemical Engineering Journal 496, 153953, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153953.
Tsarpali, M., Kuhn, J., Philippidis, G.P. (2024) “Activated carbon production from algal biochar: Chemical activation and feasibility analysis”, Fuel Communications 19, 100115, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfueco.2024.100115.
Arora, N., Enlin, L., Legall, N., Philippidis, G.P. (2024) “Incorporation of chemical modulators to enhance algal biomass and bioproduct synthesis”, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 58, 103145, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2024.103145.
Arora, N., Lo, E., Legall, N., Philippidis, G.P. (2023) “A Critical Review of Growth Media Recycling to Enhance the Economics and Sustainability of Algae Cultivation”, Energies 16, 5378, https://doi.org/10.3390/en16145378.
Arora, N., Philippidis, G.P. (2023) “The Prospects of Algae-Derived Vitamins and Their Precursors for Sustainable Cosmeceuticals”, Processes 11(2), 587, https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11020587.
Martin, J., Philippidis, G.P. (2023) “Mixotrophic cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris in Brassica carinata meal hydrolysate for enhanced lipid and lutein production”, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-03854-1.
Merz, C.R., Arora, N., Welch, M., Lo, E., Philippidis, G.P. (2023) “Microalgal Cultivation Characteristics Using Commercially Available Air-Cushion Packaging as a Photobioreactor”, Scientific Reports 13, 3792, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30080-6.
Arora, N., Lo, E., Philippidis, G.P. (2022) “A two-prong mutagenesis and adaptive evolution strategy to enhance the temperature tolerance and productivity of Nannochloropsis oculata”, Bioresource Technology 364, 128101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128101.
Arora, N., Lo, E., Philippidis, G.P. (2022) “Dissecting Enhanced Carbohydrate and Pigment Productivity in Mutants of Nannochloropsis oculata Using Metabolomics and Lipidomics”, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 70, 8338-8350, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c02755.
Lo, E., Arora, N., Philippidis, G.P. (2022) “Physiological insights into enhanced lipid accumulation and temperature tolerance by Tetraselmis suecica ultraviolet mutants”, Science of the Total Environment 839, 156361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156361.
Tsarpali, M., Martin, J., Kuhn, J., Philippidis, G.P. (2022) “Valorization of Brassica carinata biomass through conversion to hydrolysate and hydrochar”, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 4, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02578-y.
Tsarpali, M., Kuhn, J., Philippidis, G.P. (2022) “Hydrothermal Carbonization of Residual Algal Biomass for Production of Hydrochar as a Biobased Metal Adsorbent”, Sustainability 14, 455, https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010455.
Lo, E., Arora, N., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “Deciphering metabolic alterations in algae cultivated in spent media for enhancing algal biorefinery sustainability”, Bioresource Technology 342, 125890, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125890.
Arora, N., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “Microalgae strain improvement strategies: random mutagenesis and adaptive laboratory evolution”, Trends in Plant Science 26:11, 1199-1200, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.06.005.
Tsarpali, M., Arora, N., Kuhn, J.N., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “Beneficial use of the aqueous phase generated during hydrothermal carbonization of algae as nutrient source for algae cultivation”, Algal Research 60, 102485, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2021.102485.
Ammar, E.M., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “Fermentative Production of Propionic acid: Prospects and Limitations of Microorganisms and Substrates”, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 105, 6199-6213, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-021-11499-1.
Arora, N., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “Unraveling metabolic alterations in Chlorella vulgaris cultivated on renewable sugars using time resolved multi-omics”, Science of the Total Environment 800, 149504, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149504.
Zhao, C., Colson, G., Karali, B., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “Drop-in Ready Jet Biofuel from Carinata: A Real Options Analysis of Processing Plant Investments”, GCB Bioenergy 13, 1624-1635, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12873.
Tsarpali, M., Arora, N., Kuhn, J.N., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “Lipid-extracted algae as a source of biomaterials for algae biorefineries”, Algal Research 57, 102354, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2021.102354.
George, S., Seepaul, R., Geller, D., Dwivedi, P., DiLorenzo, N., Altman, R., Coppola, E., Miller, S.A., Bennett, R., Johnston, G., Streit, L., Csonka, S., Field, J., Marois, J., Wright, D., Small, I., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “A regional inter-disciplinary partnership focusing on the development of a carinata-centered bioeconomy”, GCB Bioenergy 13:7, 1018-1029, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12828.
Arora, N., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “Insights into the physiology of Chlorella vulgaris cultivated in sweet sorghum bagasse hydrolysate for sustainable algal biomass and lipid production”, Scientific Reports 11, 6779, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86372-2.
Orejuela-Escobar, L., Gualle, A., Ochoa-Herrera, V., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “Prospects of Microalgae for Biomaterial Production and Environmental Applications at Biorefineries”, Sustainability, 13:6, 3063, https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063063.
Ammar, E.M., Martin, J., Philippidis, G.P. (2021) “Biochemical conversion of Brassica carinata biomass to organic acids”, GCB Bioenergy, 13:4, 618-626, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12812.
Kusmayadi, A., Philippidis, G.P., Yen, H.-W. (2020) “Application of computational fluid dynamics to raceways combining paddlewheel and CO2 spargers to enhance microalgae growth”, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 129:1, 93-98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiosc.2019.06.013.
Ammar, E.M., Arora, N., Philippidis, G.P. (2020) “The Prospects of Agricultural and Food Residue Hydrolysates for Sustainable Production of Algal Products”, Energies 13:23, 6427, https://doi.org/10.3390/en13236427.
Ammar, E.M., Martin, J., Brabo-Catala, L., Philippidis, G.P. (2020) “Propionic acid production by Propionibacterium freudenreichii using sweet sorghum bagasse hydrolysate”, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 104:22, 9619, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-10953-w.
Can, M., Demirci, S., Sunol, A.K., Philippidis, G., Sahiner, N. (2020) “PEI modified natural sands of Florida as catalysts for hydrogen production from sodium borohydride dehydrogenation in methanol”, International Journal of Energy Research 45:3, 4048, https://doi.org/10.1002/er.6060.
Arora, N., Yen, H.-W., Philippidis, G.P. (2020) “Harnessing the Power of Mutagenesis and Adaptive Laboratory Evolution for High Lipid Production by Oleaginous Microalgae and Yeasts”, Sustainability 12:12, 5125, https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125125.
Can, M., Demirci, S., Sunol, A.K., Philippidis, G., Sahiner, N. (2020) “Natural celluloses as catalysts in dehydrogenation of NaBH4 in methanol for H2 production”, ACS Omega 5:25, 15519, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c01653.
Dogaris, I., Ammar, E., Philippidis, G.P. (2020) “Prospects of integrating algae technologies into landfill leachate treatment”, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 36:39, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-020-2810-y.
Lo, E., Brabo-Catala, L., Dogaris, I., Ammar, E.M., Philippidis, G.P. (2020) “Biochemical conversion of sweet sorghum bagasse to succinic acid”, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 129:1, 104-109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiosc.2019.07.003.
Dogaris, I., Loya, B., Cox, J., Philippidis, G. (2019) “Study of landfill leachate as a sustainable source of water and nutrients for algal biofuels and bioproducts using a novel scalable bioreactor”, Bioresource Technology 282, 18-27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.03.003.
Manisali, A.Y., Sunol, A.K., Philippidis, G.P. (2019) “Effect of Macronutrients on Phospholipid Production by the Microalga Nannochloropsis oculata in a Photobioreactor”, Algal Research 41, 101514, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2019.101514.
Goyal, G., Kuhn, J.N., Philippidis, G. (2018) “Light alkene production by cracking Picochlorum oculatum microalgae using aluminosilicate catalysts”, Biomass and Bioenergy 108, 252-257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.11.019.
Pirasaci, T., Manisali, A.Y., Dogaris, I., Philippidis, G., Sunol, A.K. (2017) “Hydrodynamic design of an enclosed Horizontal Bioreactor (HBR) for algae cultivation”, Algal Research 28, 57-65, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2017.10.009.
Deshpande, S., Sunol, A., Philippidis, G. (2017) “Status and Prospects of Supercritical Transesterification for Sustainable Biodiesel Production”, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment e252, http://doi.org/10.1002/wene.252.
Spiegel-Feld, D., Rudyk, B., Philippidis, G. (2016) “Allocating the economic benefits of renewable energy between stakeholders on Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Arguments for a balanced approach”, Energy Policy 98, 744-748, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.03.008.
Dogaris I., Brown T.R., Loya B., Philippidis G. (2016) “Cultivation study of the marine microalga Picochlorum oculatum and outdoor deployment in a novel bioreactor for high-density production of algal cell mass”, Biomass and Bioenergy 89, 11-23, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.02.018.
Dogaris, I., Welch, M., Meiser, A., Walmsley, L., Philippidis, G. (2015) “A Novel Horizontal Photobioreactor for High Density Cultivation of Microalgae”, Bioresource Technology 198, 316-324, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.030.
Shah, K.U., Philippidis, G., Dulal, H.B., Brodnig, G. (2014) “Developing Biofuels Industry in Small Economies: Policy Experiences and Lessons from the Caribbean Basin Initiative”, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19, 229-253, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-012-9437-8.
Philippidis, G. (2012) “Powering America with Sustainable Energy in the 21st Century”, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 4, 062801, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767906.