Christopher Q. Lan,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Tel: (613) 562-5800 ext. 2050
Fax: (613)
562-5172
E-mail: Christopher.Lan@uottawa.ca
Research Interests
1. Bioprocesses
a.
Biofuels
b.
Novel Alternatives
to Antibiotics
c.
Recombinant protein
expression
d.
Fermentation process
development, modelling and optimization
e.
Protein purification
2. Portable
Microclimate Cooling Systems
3. Membrane Technologies
a.
Membrane Separation
b.
Membrane Cooling
4. Thermodynamics
Selected Peer-Reviewed Papers
Li Y., Horsman M,
Wu N, Lan CQ, Dubois-Calero N., Biofuels from Microalgae,
Biotech Prog. (2008)
Wang Z. and Lan C.Q., Excess molar enthalpies of the ternary mixtures: methyl
tert-butyl ether (or
di-isopropyl ether) + n-octane
+2-methylpentane at 293.15 K, Can J.
Chem. Eng. (2008)
Zhang J. and Lan CQ,
Laser-generated Ni and Co Nanoparticles in Organic Media, Mat. Letts. 62: 1521-1524 (2008)
Parisien A; Allain B; Zhang J; Mandeville R; Lan, CQ, Novel Alternatives to Antibiotics: Bacteriophages, Bacterial Cell Wall Hydrolases, and Antimicrobial Peptides, J Appl Microbiol, 104: 1-13 (2008)
Oddone G, Lan CQ, Rawsthorne H, Mills DA, and Block DE, Optimization of Fed Batch Production of the Model Recombinant Protein GFP in Lactococcus lactis, Biotechnol Bioeng Volume 96: 1127-1138 (2007).
Lan CQ, Oddone G, Mills DA, and Block DE, Kinetics of Lactococcus lactis Growth and Metabolite Formation under Aerobic or Anaerobic Conditions at the Presence or Absence of Hemin, Biotechnol Bioeng, 95(6): 1070 – 1080 (2006)
Zhang J, Lan CQ, Post M, Simard B, Deslandes Y, and Hsieh TH, Design of nanoparticles as drug carriers for cancer therapy. Cancer, Genomics & Proteomics 3: 147-157 (2006)
Lan CQ, Kodama D, Wang Z and Lu BC-Y, Excess molar enthalpies of the ternary mixtures (1-hexene + tetrahydrofuran or 2-methyltetrahydrofuran + methyl tert-butyl ether) at the temperature 298.15 K. J Chem Thermodynamics, Available online (2006)
Wang Z, CQ
Lan, BC-Y Lu, “Excess molar enthalpies of the ternary mixtures:
Lan Q, A Bassi, J-X Zhu and A Margaritis, “Continuous Protein Recovery with a Liquid¯Solid Circulating Fluidized-Bed Ion Exchanger”. AIChE J. 48(2) 252-261, 2002
Lan Q, A Bassi, J-X Zhu and A Margaritis “Continuous Protein Recovery from Whey Using Liquid Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Ion Exchange Extraction”. Biotechnol Bioeng. 78(2) 157-163, 2002
Lan Q, A Bassi, J-X Zhu and A Margaritis, “A Modified Langmuir Model for the Prediction of the Effects of Ionic Strength on the Equilibrium Characteristics of Protein Adsorption onto Ion Exchange/Affinity Adsorbents”. Chem Eng J 179-186 (2001)
Lan Q, J-X Zhu, A Bassi, A Margaritis, Y Zheng and G Rowe, “Continuous Protein Recovery Using a Liquid-Solid Circulation Fluidized Bed Ion Exchange System: Modelling and Experimental Studies.” Can J Chem Eng 78: 858-866 (2000)
Rowe GE, A Margaritis, Q Lan, AS Bassi and J-X Zhu, “A new kinetic model of protein adsorption on suspended anion-exchange resin particles”, Biotechnol Bioeng, 65(6) 613-621, 1999
Patents
Bassi A. S., J. Zhu, Q. Lan, A. Margaritis, Y. Zheng, 2005 “Methods for recovering ionic products” USA Patent 6,887,386, B2 2005
A. S. Bassi, J. Zhu, Q. Lan, A. Margaritis, Y. Zheng, 2004 “Liquid-solids circulating fluidized bed” USA Patent 6,716,344, 2004
Conference Abstracts and Technical Reports
Yanqun Li, Nan Wu, Mark Horsman, Christopher Q. Lan,
On-Site CO2 Fixation Using an Alternate Photoautotrophic and Heterotrophic
Cultivation of Microalgae, Workshop on in-situ CO2 Removal ISCR
2007, Ottawa, Canada
Mark Horsman, Yanqun Li, Nan Wu, Nathalie
Dubois-Calero, Christopher Q. Lan, « Alternate
Photoautotrophic and Heterotrophic Cultivation of Microalgae”, the 9th Annual
Azher Razvi,
Albert Parisien, Azher Razvi, and Christopher Q. Lan, “Effect of Medium Composition on the Cell Growth of
Lactic Acid Bacteria and the Propagation of LAB Bacteriophages”, the 9th Annual
Azher Razvi, Julia Stawski,
Bo Yu, Christopher Lan, “Sulfate Removal from High Concentrate Sodium Chloride
Brines from Chloralkali Industry with NF Membrane”,
North American Membrane Society Conference (
Edward J. Thompson, Chris Q. Lan, Matthew
Price, and Tim Woods, “Milestone Report: Carbohydrate Specification, Medium
Optimization and Pilot Design for the Development of a Commercial Xanthan Fermentation Process”, Rebus Corporation, April,
2002
Edward Thompson, Qingdao (Chris) Lan, Peter Dalal,
Mattew Price, “Xanthan
Production from Wheat Starch”, Sixth International Hydrocolloids Conference,
July 2002, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Edward J. Thompson, Chris Q.
Lan, Peter Dalal,
and Matthew Price, “
Lan Q., A.S. Bassi, J.-X. Zhu
and A. Margaritis, “An Investigation on the Protein
Adsorption in an LSCFB Ion Exchange System”, 49th
Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 1999,
Lan, Q. and F. Chen, “Effects of Nitrogen Sources on
the Cell Growth and Phycocyanin Biosynthesis of Spirulina platensis”,
the 48th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference,
Lan, Q., A. Bassi and A. Margaritis,
J.-X. Zhu, and G. Rowe, “Whey Protein Recovery in Liquid Solid Circulating
Fluidized Beds”, 48th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 1998,
Governmental Funding Sources
Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
Undergraduate Courses
CHG 4381: Introduction to Biochemical Engineering
CHG 4360: Fermentation Technology
CHG 3326: Introduction to Phase Equilibria and
Chemical Reaction Equilibria
CHG 3324: Fundamentals and Applications of Chemical Thermodynamics
Graduate Courses
CHG 8145: Selected Topics in Biotechnology
Reviewing Services for
Academic Journals
Journal of membrane science
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Microbial Cell Factories
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Dairy Science and Technology