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Sustainability Analysis and Innovation Lab

Publications

  1. Lan, K., Zhang, B., Lee, T., & Yao, Y. (2024). Soil organic carbon change can reduce the climate benefits of biofuel produced from forest residues. Joule.
  2. Sulis, D.B., Jiang, X., Yang, C., Marques, B.M., Matthews, M. L., Miller, Z., Lan, K., Cofre-Vega, C., Liu, B., Sun, R., Sederoff, H., Bing, R. G., Sun, X., Williams, C. M., Jameel, H., Phillips, R., Chang, H., Peszlen, I., Huang, Y., Li, W., Kelly, R. M., Sederoff, R. R., Chiang, V. L., Barrangou, R.*, and Wang, J. P.* (2023). Multiplex CRISPR editing of wood for sustainable fiber production. Science, 381(6654), 216-221.
  3. Lan, K.#, Zhang, B.#, Harris, T. B., Ashton, M. S. and Yao, Y.* (2023). Climate-smart forestry through innovative wood products and commercial afforestation and reforestation on marginal land. PNAS, 120(23), e2221840120.
  4.  Wu, N., Lan, K., & Yao, Y. (2023). An integrated techno-economic and environmental assessment for carbon capture in hydrogen production by biomass gasification. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 188, 106693.
  5.  Lan, K., & Yao, Y.* (2022). Feasibility of gasifying mixed plastic waste for hydrogen production and carbon capture and storage. Communications Earth & Environment, 3, 300.
  6.  Lan, K., Zhang, B., & Yao, Y.* (2022) Circular utilization of urban tree waste contributes to the mitigation of climate change and eutrophication. One Earth (Cell sister journal), 5(8), 944-957.
  7.  Ding, Y., Pang, Z., Lan, K., Yao, Y., Panzarasa, G., Lo Ricco, M., Rammer, D. R., Zhu, J. Y., Hu, M., Pan, X., Li, T., Burgert, I., & Hu, L.* (2022) Emerging Engineered Wood for Building Applications. Chemical Reviews (IF= 72.1).
  8.  Lan, K., & Yao, Y.* (2022). Dynamic life cycle assessment of energy technologies under different greenhouse gas concentration pathways. Environmental Science & Technology, Cover Paper, 56(2), 1395–1404.
  9.  Liao, M., Lan, K., & Yao, Y.* (2021) Sustainability Implications of Artificial Intelligence in the Chemical Industry: A Conceptual Framework. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 26(1), 1-19.
  10. Lan, K., Xu, Y., Kim, H., Ham, C., Kelley, S. S., & Park, S.* (2021). Techno-economic analysis of producing xylo-oligosaccharides and cellulose microfibers from lignocellulosic biomass. Bioresource Technology, 340, 125726.
  11. Lan, K., Ou, L., Park, S., Kelley, S. S., English, B. C., Yu, T. E., Larson, J., & Yao, Y.* (2020). Techno-Economic Analysis of Decentralized Preprocessing Systems for Fast Pyrolysis Biorefineries with Blended Feedstocks in the Southeastern United States. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 143, 110881.
  12. Lan, K., Kelley, S. S., Nepal, P., & Yao, Y.* (2020). Dynamic Life Cycle Carbon and Energy Analysis for Cross-Laminated Timber in Southern US. Environmental Research Letters, 15(12), 124036. 
  13. Lan, K., & Yao, Y.* (2019). Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Agent-Based Modeling: A Dynamic Modeling Framework for Sustainable Agricultural Systems. Journal of Cleaner Production, 238, 117853.
  14. Lan, K., Ou, L., Park, S., Kelley, S. S., Nepal, P., Kwon, H., Cai, H.*, & Yao, Y.* (2021). Dynamic Life Cycle Carbon Analysis for Fast Pyrolysis Biofuel Produced from Pine Residues: Implications of Carbon Temporal Effects. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14(1), 1-17.
  15.  Lan, K., Park, S., Kelley, S. S., English, B. C., Yu, T. E., Larson, J., & Yao, Y.* (2020). Impacts of uncertain feedstock quality on the economic feasibility of fast pyrolysis biorefineries with blended feedstocks and decentralized preprocessing sites in the Southeastern United States. GCB Bioenergy, 12(11), 1014-1029
  16. Lan, K., Ou, L., Park, S., Kelley, S. S., & Yao, Y.* (2019). Life Cycle Analysis of Decentralized Preprocessing Systems for Fast Pyrolysis Biorefineries with Blended Feedstocks in the Southeastern United States. Energy Technology, 1900850.
  17. Zhang, Z. & Lan, K.* (2021). Understanding the impacts of plant capacities and uncertainties on the techno-economic analysis of cross-laminated timber production in the Southern U.S. Journal of Renewable Materials, 10(1), 53. 
  18. Lan, K., Sun, H.*, & Bernitsas, M. M. (2018). Two Tandem Cylinders with Passive Turbulence Control in Flow-Induced Vibration: Relation of Oscillation Patterns to Frequency Response. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 140(3).
  19. Lan, K., Park, S., & Yao, Y.* (2020). Key Issue, Challenges, and Status Quo of Models for Biofuel Supply Chain Design. In Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future (pp. 273-315). Elsevier.