Mustafa Kansiz

PhD Student   Room:   Phone:   Fax:   email: mustafa.kansiz@cussons.com.au

Summary

Research Area

Applying mid-infrared and Raman spectroscopy, together with chemometrics data analysis, for biotechnological applications. In particularly, the coupling of flow analysis techniques, such as Sequential Injection Analysis (SIA), for the on-line quantitative monitoring of fermentations such as Poly (B-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE), with the aim of applying these techniques to other fermentations and industrial processes.

Thesis title:

Biotechnological applications of infrared and Raman spectroscopy.

Recent Publications

• M. Kansiz, J.R. Gapes, D. McNaughton, B. Lendl, K.C. Schuster, "Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Coupled to Sequential Injection Analysis (SIA) for the On-line Monitoring of the Acetone-Butanol (ABE) Fermentation Process", Analytica Chimica Acta, in press. (2001)
• M. Giordano, M. Kansiz, P.R. Heraud, B.R. Wood, J. Beardall, D. McNaughton, "FT-IR Spectroscopy as a Novel Tool to Investigate Changes in the Intracellular Macromolecular Pools In the Marine Microalgae Chaetoceros mullerii" , Journal of Phycology, in press (2001)
• M. Kansiz, H. Billman-Jabobe, D. McNaughton, "Quantitative Determination of the Biodegradable Polymer Poly (B-hydroxybutyrate) in a Recombinant Escherichia coli Strain by Use of Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariative statistics", Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66(8) , 3415-3420, (2000)
• M. Kansiz, P. Heraud, B. Wood, F. Burden, J. Beardall, D. McNaughton, "Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy and Chemometrics as a Tool for the Discrimination of Cyanobacterial Strains", Phytochemistry, 52