Publications

2024

2025

2024

39. Jeongmi Park, Hyeyeon Park, Jun-U Jang, Hyunjung Kim, Hyeona Park, Tahir Iqbal, Hyun-Suk Oh, Kwang-Ho Choo, and Kibaek Lee*, Benefits of Fungal-to-Bacterial Quorum Quenching as an Anti-Biofouling Strategy in Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse, Bioresource Technology (Elsevier, 2023 JCR IF 9.7, Top 2.5% in Agricultural Engineering), 2024, 403, 130848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130848

38. Tahir Iqbal, Hyeona Park, Syed Salman Ali Shah, Jinwoo Kim, Naresh Mameda, Kibaek Lee, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Preservation and Reactivation Strategies for Quorum Quenching Media to Combat Membrane Biofouling, Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier, 2023 JCR IF 8.4, Top 4.7% in Polymer Science), 2024, 703, 122856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2024.122856

37. Hyeyeon Park, Jun-U Jang, Jeongmi Park, Hyeona Park, Kwang-Ho Choo, Jongho Jeon, Hyeonuk Yeo, Chung-Hak Lee, and Kibaek Lee*, Exploring Novel Quorum Quenching Strain: Enhanced Disrupting Autoinducer-2 Bacterial Communication to Combat Biofouling in Membrane Bioreactor for Wastewater Treatment, Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier, 2023 JCR IF 13.4, Top 3.1% in Engineering, Chemical), 2024, 486, 150173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.150173

36. Jinwoo Kim, Eunjin Bae, Hyeona Park, Hyung-June Park, Syed Salman Ali Shah, Kibaek Lee, Jaewoo Lee, Hyun-Suk Oh, Pyung-Kyu Park, Yong Cheol Shin, HeeWan Moon, Vincenzo Naddaeo, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Membrane Reciprocation and Quorum Quenching: An Innovative Combination for Fouling Control and Energy Saving in Membrane Bioreactors, Water Research (Elsevier, 2023 JCR IF 11.5, Top 0.4% in Water Resources), 2024, 250, 121035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.121035

35. Hyeok Kim, Abdolvahed Noori, Myung Hee Kim, Chungseob Lee, Je-Hyeon Ko, Byung-Kook Hwang, Kibaek Lee, Hyun-Suk Oh*, Biofouling Mitigation of A Membrane Bioreactor for Industrial Wastewater Treatment by Quorum Quenching, Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier, 2023 JCR IF 8.4, Top 4.7% in Polymer Science), 2024, 690, 122198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.122198

2023

34. Kibaek Lee†, Yeong-Jun Park†, Tahir Iqbal, Hyeona Park, YeonGyun Jung, Jae-Ho Shin, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Does Quorum Quenching Matter to Microbial Community Dynamics in Long-term Membrane Bioreactor Operation?, Water Research (Elsevier, 2023 JCR IF 11.5, Top 0.4% in Water Resources), 2023, 244, 120473, †The first two authors contributed equally to this work. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120473

33. In Kim, Jun-U Jang, Hyeyeon Park, Jeongmi Park, Hyun-Suk Oh, Seonki Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, Pyung-Kyu Park, and Kibaek Lee*, An Efficient Continuous Quorum Quenching Feed to Mitigate Membrane Biofouling in Membrane Bioreactors: Strain 1A1 (extracellular) versus Strain BH4 (intracellular), Journal of Water Process Engineering (Elsevier, 2023 JCR IF 6.3, Top 5.1% in Water Resources), 2023, 52, 103594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.103594

32. Boyan Xu, Tze Chiang Albert Ng*, Shujuan Huang, Meibo He, Kibaek Lee, and How Yong Ng*, Underestimation of Extracellular Lipids Contribution to Fouling in Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors (AnMBRs), ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS, 2023 JCR IF 7.1, Top 12.1% in Engineering, Chemical), 2023, 11(7), pp. 3036-3043. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06755

2022

31. Abdolvahed Noori, Hyeok Kim, Myung Hee Kim, Keumyong Kim, Kibaek Lee, and Hyun-Suk Oh*, Quorum Quenching Bacteria Isolated from Industrial Wastewater Sludge to Control Membrane Biofouling, Bioresource Technology (Elsevier, 2022 JCR IF 11.4, Top 3.6% in Agricultural Engineering), 2022, 352, 127077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127077

30. Sojin Min, Hosung Lee, Dowon Chae, Jeongwon Park, Sang H. Lee, Hyun-Suk Oh, Kibaek Lee, Chung-Hak Lee, Soryong Chae, and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Innovative Biofouling Control for Membrane Bioreactors in Cold Regions by Inducing Environmental Adaptation in Quorum Quenching Bacteria, Environmental Science & Technology (ACS, 2022 JCR IF 11.4, Top 6.7% in Environmental Sciences), 2022, 56(7), pp. 4396-4403. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c07786

29. Xiaolei Zhang, Hyeona Park, Yeong-Jun Park, Kibaek Lee, Huarong Yu, Jae-Ho Shin, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Photolytic Quorum Quenching Effects on the Microbial Communities and Functional Gene Expressions in Membrane Bioreactors, Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier, 2022 JCR IF 9.8, Top 9.3% in Environmental Sciences), 2022, 819, 152017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152017

28. Syed Salman Ali Shah†, Kibaek Lee†, Hyeona Park, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Live Membrane Filters with Immobilized Quorum Quenching Bacterial Strains for Anti-biofouling, Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier, 2022 JCR IF 9.5, Top 4.1% in Polymer Science), 2022, 641, 119895. †The first two authors contributed equally to this work. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119895

27. Kibaek Lee, Syed Salman Ali Shah, Hyeona Park, Chung-Hak Lee, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Layered Antibiofouling Composite Membrane for Quenching Bacterial Signaling, Membranes (MDPI, 2022 JCR IF 4.2, Top 28.5% in Polymer Science), 2022, 12(3), 296. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12030296

2021

26. Tahir Iqbal, Syed Salman Ali Shah, Kibaek Lee, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Porous Shell Quorum Quenching Balls for Enhanced Anti-biofouling Efficacy and Media Durability in Membrane Bioreactors, Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier, 2021 JCR IF 16.744, Top 2.448% in Engineering, Chemical), 2021, 406, 126869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.126869

25. Syed Salman Ali Shah, Luigi De Simone, Giuseppe Bruno, Hyeona Park, Kibaek Lee, Massimiliano Fabbricino, Irini Angelidaki, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Quorum Quenching, Biological Characteristics, and Microbial Community Dynamics as Key Factors for Combating Fouling of Membrane Bioreactors, npj Clean Water (Nature Publishing Group, 2021 JCR IF 12.190, Top 1.500% in Water Resources), 2021, 4(19), 1338. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-021-00110-9

24. Kibaek Lee, Chung-Hak Lee, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, A Facile HPLC-UV-Based Method for Determining the Concentration of the Bacterial Universal Signal Autoinducer-2 in Environmental Samples, Applied Sciences (MDPI, 2021 JCR IF 2.838, Top 41.848% in Engineering, Multidisciplinary), 2021, 11(19), 9116. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11199116

2020

23. Kibaek Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, How Yong Ng, and Chung-Hak Lee*, Preparation of a Mesoporous Silica Quorum Quenching Medium for Wastewater Treatment Using a Membrane Bioreactor, Biofouling (Taylor & Francis, 2020 JCR IF 3.209, Top 15.000% in Marine & Freshwater Biology), 2020, 36(4), pp 369-377. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2020.1749601

22. Naresh Mameda, Hyeona Park, Syed Salman Ali Shah, Kibaek Lee, Chi-Wang Lic, Vincenzo Naddeo, Kwang-Ho Choo*, Highly Robust and Efficient Ti-based Sb-SnO2 Anode with a Mixed Carbon and Nitrogen Interlayer for Electrochemical 1,4-Dioxane Removal from Water, Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier, 2020 JCR IF 13.273, Top 2.448% in Engineering, Chemical), 2020, 393, 124794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.124794

21. Sang Hyun Lee, Hosung Lee, Chang Hyun Nahm, Joowan Lim, Sojin Min, Dowon Chae, Kibaek Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, Chung-Hak Lee, and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Effect of Permeate Flux and Backwashing on Quorum Sensing and Quorum Quenching within a Biocake Layer in a Membrane Bioreactor, Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE, 2020 JCR IF 1.860, Top 68.248% in Engineering, Civil), 2020, 146(5), 04020025. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001683

20. Tahir Iqbal, Nuwan A Weerasekara, Kibaek Lee, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Impact of Encapsulated Quorum Quenching Bacterial Dose and Feed Type on Biofouling Control in Membrane Bioreactors, Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE, 2020 JCR IF 1.860, Top 68.248% in Engineering, Civil), 2020, 146(2), 04019109. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001640

2019-2013

19. Huarong Yu, Kibaek Lee, Xiaolei Zhang, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, In Situ versus Pre-Quorum Quenching of Microbial Signaling for Enhanced Biofouling Control in Membrane Bioreactors, Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier, 2019 JCR IF 7.183, Top 2.809% in Polymer Science), 2019, 592, 117387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117387

18. Xiaolei Zhang, Kibaek Lee, Huarong Yu, Naresh Mameda, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Photolytic Quorum Quenching: A New Anti-Biofouling Strategy for Membrane Bioreactors, Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier, 2019 JCR IF 10.652, Top 2.448% in Engineering, Chemical), 2019, 378, 122235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.122235

17. Nuwan A Weerasekara, Sung-Geun Woo, Craig Criddle, Tahir Iqbal, Kibaek Lee, Yeong-Jun Park, Jae-Ho Shin, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Clues to Membrane Fouling Hidden Within the Microbial Communities of Membrane Bioreactors, Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology (RSC, 2019 JCR IF 3.449, Top 16.489% in Water Resources), 2019, 5(8), pp. 1389-1399. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EW00213H

16. Chang Hyun Nahm, Keehong Kim, Sojin Min, Hosung Lee, Dowon Chae, Kibaek Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, Chung-Hak Lee, Ismail Koyuncu and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Quorum Sensing: An Emerging Link Between Temperature and Membrane Biofouling in Membrane Bioreactors, Biofouling (Taylor & Francis, 2019 JCR IF 2.351, Top 21.028% in Marine & Freshwater Biology), 2019, 35(4), pp. 443-453. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2019.1611789

15. Huarong Yu, Kibaek Lee, Xiaolei Zhang, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Core-shell Structured Quorum Quenching Media as a Sustainable Anti-biofouling in Membrane Bioreactors, Water Research (Elsevier, 2019 JCR IF 9.130, Top 0.532% in Water Resources), 2018, 150, pp. 321-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.071

14. Kibaek Lee, Huarong Yu, Xiaolei Zhang, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Quorum Sensing and Quenching in Membrane Bioreactors: Opportunities and Challenges for Biofouling Control, Bioresource Technology (Elsevier, 2018 JCR IF 6.669, Top 3.846% in Agricultural Engineering), 2018 (270), pp. 656-668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.09.019

13. Kibaek Lee, Jun-Seong Park, Tahir Iqbal, Chang-Hyun Nahm, Pyung-Kyu Park, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Membrane Biofouling Behaviors at Cold Temperature in Pilot-Scale Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactors with Quorum Quenching, Biofouling (Taylor & Francis, 2018 JCR IF 2.847, Top 14.352% in Marine & Freshwater Biology), 2018, 34(8), pp. 912-924. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2018.1515925

12. Tahir Iqbal, Kibaek Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, and Chung-Hak Lee*, Effective Quorum Quenching Bacteria Dose for Anti-fouling Strategy in Membrane Bioreactor Utilizing Fixed-sheet Media, Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier, 2018 JCR IF 7.015, Top 1.724% in Polymer Science), 2018, 562, pp. 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.05.031

11. Kibaek Lee, Yea-Won Kim, Seonki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Chang Hyun Nahm, Hyeokpil Kwon, Pyung-Kyu Park, Kwang-Ho Choo, Ismail Koyuncu, Anja Drews, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Jung-Kee Lee*, Stopping Autoinducer-2 Chatter by Means of an Indigenous Bacterium (Acinetobacter sp. DKY-1): A New Antibiofouling Strategy in a Membrane Bioreactor for Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Science & Technology (ACS, 2018 JCR IF 7.149, Top 5.378% in Environmental Sciences), 2018, 52(11), pp. 6237-6245. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b05824

10. Chang Hyun Nahm, Seonki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Kibaek Lee, Jaewoo Lee, Hyeokpil Kwon, Kwang-Ho Choo, Jung-Kee Lee, Jae Young Jang, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Mitigation of Membrane Biofouling in MBR Using a Cellulolytic Bacterium, Undibacterium sp. DM-1, Isolated from Activated Sludge, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (2017 JCR IF 1.650, Top 68.012% in Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology), 2017, 27(3), pp. 573-583. https://doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1610.10007

9. Chang Hyun Nahm, Dong-Chan Choi, Hyeokpil Kwon, Seonki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Kibaek Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, Jung-Kee Lee, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Application of Quorum Quenching Bacteria Entrapping Sheets to Enhance Biofouling Control in a Membrane Bioreactor with a Hollow Fiber Module, Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier, 2017 JCR IF 6.578, Top 2.874% in Polymer Science), 2017, 526, pp. 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.12.046

8. Sang Hyun Lee, Seonki Lee, Kibaek Lee, Chang Hyun Nahm, Sung-Jun Jo, Jaewoo Lee, Kwang-Ho Choo, Jung-Kee Lee, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Pyung-Kyu Park*, Enhancing Physical Properties and Lifespan of Bacterial Quorum Quenching Media through Combination of Ionic Cross-linking and Dehydration, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (2017 JCR IF 1.650, Top 68.012% in Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology), 2017, 27(3), pp. 552-560. https://doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1611.11016

7. Kibaek Lee, Seonki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Sang-Ryoung Kim, Hyun-Suk Oh, Pyung-Kyu Park, Kwang-Ho Choo, Yea-Won Kim, Jung-Kee Lee, and Chung-Hak Lee*, Fungal Quorum Quenching: A Paradigm Shift for Energy Saving in Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) for Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Science & Technology (ACS, 2016 JCR IF 6.198, Top 5.022% in Environmental Sciences), 2016, 50(20), pp. 10914-10922. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00313

6. Seonki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Kibaek Lee, Hyeokpil Kwon, Chang Hyun Nahm, Chung-Hak Lee*, Pyung-Kyu Park*, Kwang-Ho Choo, Jung-Kee Lee, and Hyun-Suk Oh, Effect of Shape and Size of Quorum Quenching Medium on Biofouling Control in Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (2016 JCR IF 1.750, Top 60.312% in Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology), 2016, 26(10), pp. 1746-1754. https://doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1605.05021

5. Sang H. Lee, Seonki Lee, Kibaek Lee, Chang H. Nahm, Hyeokpil Kwon, Hyun-Suk Oh, Young-June Won, Kwang-Ho Choo, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Pyung-Kyu Park*, More Efficient Media Design for Enhanced Biofouling Control in a Membrane Bioreactor: Quorum Quenching Bacteria Entrapping Hollow Cylinder, Environmental Science & Technology (ACS, 2016 JCR IF 6.198, Top 5.022% in Environmental Sciences), 2016, 50(16), pp. 8596-8604. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b01221

4. Seonki Lee, Seung-Kook Park, Hyeokpil Kwon, Sang Hyun Lee, Kibaek Lee, Chang Hyun Nahm, Sung Jun Jo, Hyun-Suk Oh, Pyung-Kyu Park, Kwang-Ho Choo, Chung-Hak Lee*, and Taewoo Yi*, Crossing the Border between Laboratory and Field: Bacterial Quorum Quenching for Anti-Biofouling Strategy in an MBR, Environmental Science & Technology (ACS, 2016 JCR IF 6.198, Top 5.022% in Environmental Sciences), 2016, 50(4), pp. 1788-1795. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04795

3. Sang-Ryoung Kim, Ki-Baek Lee, Jeong-Eun Kim, Young-June Won, Kyung-Min Yeon, Chung-Hak Lee*, Dong-Joon Lim, Macroencapsulation of Quorum Quenching Bacteria by Polymeric Membrane Layer and Its Application to MBR for Biofouling, Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier, 2015 JCR IF 5.557, Top 4.815% in Engineering, Chemical), 2015, 473, pp. 109-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2014.09.009

2. Jaewoo Lee, Hee-Ro Chae, Young June Won, Kibaek Lee, Chung-Hak Lee*, Hong H. Lee, In-Chul Kim, Jong-min Lee, Graphene Oxide Nanoplatelets Composite Membrane with Hydrophilic and Antifouling Properties for Wastewater Treatment, Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier, 2013 JCR IF 4.908, Top 4.887% in Engineering, Chemical), 2013, 448, pp. 223-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2013.08.017

1. Hak-Woo Kim, Hyun-Suk Oh, Sang-Ryoung Kim, Ki-Baek Lee, Kyung-Min Yeon, Chung-Hak Lee*, Seil Kim and Jung-Kee Lee, Microbial Population Dynamics and Proteomics in Membrane Bioreactors with Enzymatic Quorum Quenching, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Springer, 2013 JCR IF 3.811, Top 19.091% in Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology), 2013, 97(10), pp. 4665-4675. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-012-4272-0

40. Syed Salman Ali Shah, Jinwoo Kim, Hyeona Park, Naresh Mameda, Kibaek Lee, How Yong Ng, and Kwang-Ho Choo*, Polysulfone-reinforced Quorum Quenching Media with Silica Cage Encapsulation: Advancing Biofouling Control in Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors, Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier, 2023 JCR IF 8.4, Top 4.7% in Polymer Science), 2025, 717, 123588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2024.123588