Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences

Sean Michael Scully

Adjunct
Website

Location

  • R228
  • Borgir rannsóknarhús

Office hours

By appointment.

Specialisation

Microbiology Biocatalysis Biochemistry
Research portal - Sean Michael Scully 

General information

Courses

INJFU06030
Icelandic nature
LFT1106120
Biotechnology
LÍÖ1106200
Biotechnological Microbiology

Education

University of Akureyri, M.Ed. Graduate
University of Iceland, Diploma Higher Education
2019
University of Iceland, Ph.D. Biology
2015
University of Akureyri, M.Sc. Natural Resource Sciences
2014
University of Akureyri, B.Sc. Biotechnology
2002
, Grunndiplóma

Career

2020
Hemp Pack, ehf, Head of Research and Development
2016
University of Akureyri, Adjunct
2008 - 2016
,
2009 - 2016
,
2003 - 2007
,

Research

2024
Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism of Thermoanaerobacter mathranii
2024
Biotechnological Prospects of Thermoanerobacter AK15: End-Product Formation from Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, and Lignocellulosic and Macroalgae Hydrolysates
2024
Biotechnological Prospects of Thermoanerobacter AK15; End-Product Formation From Sugars, Amino Acids, Lignocellulosic and Macroalgae Hydrolysates
2023
Biotechnological prospects of Thermoanaerobacter AK15; end-product formation from sugars, amino acids, lignocellulosic and macroalgae hydrolysates
2021
Dataset describing ethanol and 1,2-propanediol production by a stenothermal moderately thermophilic anaerobe, Clostridium strain AK1
2021
Influence of Inhibitory Compounds on Biofuel Production from Oxalate-Rich Rhubarb Leaf Hydrolysates Using Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus Strain AK91
2021
Influence of Culture Conditions on the Bioreduction of Organic Acids to Alcohols by Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus
2020
Biotransformation of Carboxylic Acids to Alcohols: Characterization of Thermoanaerobacter Strain AK152 and 1-Propanol Production via Propionate Reduction
2020
Branched-chain amino acid catabolism of Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus reveals potential route to branched-chain alcohol formation
2020
Thermostable Thermoanaerobacter alcohol dehydrogenases and their use in organic synthesis
2019
Branched-chain amino acid catabolism of Thermoanaerobacter strain AK85 and the influence of culture conditions on branched-chain alcohol formation
2019
Biotransformation of organic acids to their corresponding alcohols by Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus
2019
Dataset describing the amino acid catabolism of Thermoanaerobacter strain AK85: The influence of culture conditions on end product formation
2019
Progress in Second Generation Ethanol Production with Thermophilic Bacteria
2019
Amino acid and related metabolism of Thermoanaerobacter species
2019
Biological Production of Alcohols
2018
Production of (S)-1,2-propanediol from l-rhamnose using the moderately thermophilic Clostridium strain AK1
2018
Some (microbes) like it hot
2018
Fermentation of Mannitol Extracts From Brown Macro Algae by Thermophilic Clostridia
2018
Characterization of a 1,2-propanediol producing Escherichia strain isolated from a geothermally heated intertidal pool in Northern Iceland
2018
Conversion of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks into Bioethanol Using Extremophiles
2017
Evaluation of the genus of Caldicellulosiruptor for production of 1,2-propanediol from methylpentoses.
2017
Framleiðsla á vetni með loftfirrtum hitakærum bakteríum
2017
Recent Advances in Genetic Engineering of Thermophilic Ethanol Producing Bacteria
2016
Effect of culture conditions on hydrogen production by Thermoanaerobacter strain AK68
2016
Exploiting an interdisciplinary approach using undergraduate research
2015
Branched-chain alcohol formation by thermophilic bacteria within the genera of Thermoanaerobacter and Caldanaerobacter.
2015
Amino Acid Metabolism ofThermoanaerobacterStrain AK90: The Role of Electron-Scavenging Systems in End Product Formation
2015
Ethanol production by a Paenibacillus species isolated from an Icelandic hot spring – Production yields from complex biomass
2015
Regioselective mono-etherification of diols using tin(II) halide catalyst
2014
Recent Advances in Second Generation Ethanol Production by Thermophilic Bacteria
2014
Branched-chain alcohol formation from branched-chain amino acids by Thermoanaerobacter brockii and Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis.
2014
Chemoenzymatic Resolution of Selected Vicinal Diols
2014
Tuneable regioselectivity during the mono-etherification of the 2,3-diol of a mannose derivative
2013
Production of biohydrogen from sugars and lignocellulosic biomass using Thermoanaerobacter GHL15
2003
University of Toledo summer camp for the integrated activities grant