Ali Demirci

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Research Summary

Research interests include inactivation/control of pathogenic microorganisms in foods by novel non-thermal processing technologies; bioconversion of agricultural raw and waste commodities into value added products such as antimicrobials and biofuels; microbial food safety engineering; industrial microbiology/fermentation; novel technologies such as electrolyzed oxiding water, ozone and pulsed UV; strain development; novel bioreactor designs; optimization; and downstream processing.

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Recent Publications

Sustainable menaquinone-7 production through continuous fermentation in biofilm bioreactors

Berenjian, A., Mahdinia, E. & Demirci, A., Jul 2024, In: Bioprocess and biosystems engineering. 47, 7, p. 1107-1116 10 p.

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Approaches for Producing Fungal Cellulases Through Submerged Fermentation

Nazir, M., Iram, A., Cekmecelioglu, D. & Demirci, A., 2024, In: Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite. 16, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.

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Comparison of common carbon sources with unhydrolyzed, dilute acid and steam hydrolyzed distillers’ dried grains with solubles for lignocellulolytic enzyme productions by fungal strains

Iram, A., Cekmecelioglu, D. & Demirci, A., May 15 2023, In: Fuel. 340, 127572.

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Production of Value-Added Products as Food Ingredients via Microbial Fermentation

Iram, A., Ozcan, A., Turhan, I. & Demirci, A., Jun 2023, In: Processes. 11, 6, 1715.

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The Effects of Dilution, Aeration, and Agitation on Fungal Cellulase and Xylanase Production in the Fermentation Media Based on Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles Using Stirred Tank Bioreactors

Iram, A., Cekmecelioglu, D. & Demirci, A., Aug 1 2023, In: Industrial Biotechnology. 19, 4, p. 229-236 8 p.

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Development of bioactive solid support for immobilized Lactobacillus casei biofilms and the production of lactic acid

Bastarrachea, L. J., Britt, D. W., Ward, R. E. & Demirci, A., Jan 2022, In: Bioprocess and biosystems engineering. 45, 1, p. 217-226 10 p.

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Development of Bioactive Solid Support for Immobilized Lactococcus lactis Biofilms in Bioreactors for the Production of Nisin

Bastarrachea, L. J., Britt, D. W. & Demirci, A., Jan 2022, In: Food and Bioprocess Technology. 15, 1, p. 132-143 12 p.

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Characterization of pulsed light for microbial inactivation

Cassar, J. R., Mills, E. W. & Demirci, A., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Food Engineering. 334, 111152.

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Pulsed Ultraviolet Light Decontamination of Meat Conveyor Surfaces1

Cassar, J. R., Mills, E. W. & Demirci, A., Dec 2022, In: Food Science and Technology International. 28, 8, p. 663-671 9 p.

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Kinetic modeling, sensitivity analysis, and techno-economic feasibility of ethanol fermentation from non-sterile carob extract-based media in Saccharomyces cerevisiae biofilm reactor under a repeated-batch fermentation process

Germec, M., Karhan, M., Demirci, A. & Turhan, I., Sep 15 2022, In: Fuel. 324, 124729.

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Effects of pullulan additive and co-culture of Aureobasidium pullulans on bacterial cellulose produced by Komagataeibacter hansenii

Hu, H., Catchmark, J. M. & Demirci, A., Mar 2022, In: Bioprocess and biosystems engineering. 45, 3, p. 573-587 15 p.

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Effect of Microparticles on Fungal Fermentation for Fermentation-Based Product Productions

Iram, A., Özcan, A., Yatmaz, E., Turhan, İ. & Demirci, A., Dec 2022, In: Processes. 10, 12, 2681.

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Integrating 1G with 2G Bioethanol Production by Using Distillers’ Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) as the Feedstock for Lignocellulolytic Enzyme Production

Iram, A., Cekmecelioglu, D. & Demirci, A., Dec 2022, In: Fermentation. 8, 12, 705.

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Optimization of the fermentation parameters to maximize the production of cellulases and xylanases using DDGS as the main feedstock in stirred tank bioreactors

Iram, A., Cekmecelioglu, D. & Demirci, A., Oct 2022, In: Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 45, 102514.

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Salt and nitrogen amendment and optimization for cellulase and xylanase production using dilute acid hydrolysate of distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS) as the feedstock

Iram, A., Cekmecelioglu, D. & Demirci, A., Mar 2022, In: Bioprocess and biosystems engineering. 45, 3, p. 527-540 14 p.

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