{"id":194,"date":"2025-07-11T17:21:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/lee-lab\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2025-07-16T04:59:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T04:59:52","slug":"selected-publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/lee-lab\/selected-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Selected Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Articles List --><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2405844019355720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee, J. (2015). <em>Proton-Electrostatic Localization: Explaining the Bioenergetic Conundrum in Alkalophilic Bacteria<\/em>. <strong>Bioenergetics<\/strong> 4 (121), pp. 2.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S2211926416301886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andemichael, H. &amp; Lee, J. (2016). <em>Toxicological study of biofuel ethanol with blue green alga Spirulina platensis<\/em>. <strong>Algal Research<\/strong> 18, pp. 110\u2013115.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0301479715302504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huff, M. D. &amp; Lee, J. (2016). <em>Biochar-surface oxygenation with hydrogen peroxide<\/em>. <strong>Journal of Environmental Management<\/strong> 165, pp. 17\u201321.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acssuschemeng.5b01687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith, C. R., Hatcher, P. G., Kumar, S. &amp; Lee, J. (2016). <em>Investigation into the sources of biochar water-soluble organic compounds and their potential toxicity on aquatic microorganisms<\/em>. <strong>ACS Sustainable Chemistry &amp; Engineering<\/strong> 4 (5), pp. 2550\u20132558.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.longdom.org\/open-access\/synthetic-biology-a-new-opportunity-in-the-field-of-plant-biochemistry-physiology-33036.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee, J. (2013). <em>Synthetic Biology: A New Opportunity in the Field of Plant Biochemistry &amp; Physiology<\/em>. <strong>J Plant Biochem Physiol<\/strong>.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2010\/ee\/c004561f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee, J., Hawkins, B., Day, D. M. &amp; Reicosky, D. C. (2010). <em>Sustainability: the capacity of smokeless biomass pyrolysis for energy production, global carbon capture and sequestration<\/em>. <strong>Energy Environ. Sci.<\/strong> 3 (11), pp. 1695\u20131705.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Saeed, H. A. &amp; Lee, J. (2016). <a href=\"https:\/\/waterjournal.org\/volume-14\/lee-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Experimental Demonstration of Localized Excess Protons at a Water-Membrane Interface and the Effect of other Cations on Their Stability<\/em><\/a>. <strong>The FASEB Journal<\/strong> 30 (1 Supplement), pp. 634\u20131.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. (2013). <em>Membrane surface charges attracted protons are not relevant to proton motive force<\/em>. <strong>Bioenerg.: Open Access<\/strong> 2 (2), pp. 1000e114\/1\u20131000e114\/3.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. W. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-93853-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mitochondrial energetics with transmembrane electrostatically localized protons: Do we have a thermotrophic feature<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Scientific Reports<\/strong> 11:14575; https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-021-93853-x.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. W. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1099-4300\/23\/6\/665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Energy renewal: Isothermal utilization of environmental heat energy with asymmetric structures<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Entropy<\/strong> 23, pp. 665.<\/li>\n<li>Sacko, O., Whiteman, R., Kharel, G. W., Kumar, S. &amp; Lee, J. W. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acssuschemeng.0c00601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sustainable Chemistry: Solubilization of phosphorus from insoluble phosphate material hydroxyapatite with ozonized biochar<\/em><\/a>. <strong>ACS Sustainable Chemistry &amp; Engineering<\/strong> 8 (18), pp. 7068\u20137077.<\/li>\n<li>Kharel, G., Sacko, O., Feng, X., Morris, J. R., Phillips, C., Trippe, K., Kumar, S. &amp; Lee, J. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acssuschemeng.9b03536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Biochar Surface Oxygenation by Ozonization for Super High Cation Exchange Capacity<\/em><\/a>. <strong>ACS Sustainable Chemistry &amp; Engineering<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Nguyen, T. H., Barnes, C. L., Agola, J. P., Sherazi, S., Greene, L. H. &amp; Lee, J. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30935921\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Demonstration of horizontal gene transfer from genetically engineered Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP1 to wild-type E. coli DH5\u03b1<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Gene<\/strong> 704, pp. 49\u201358.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31367684\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Electrostatically localized proton bioenergetics: better understanding membrane potential<\/em>.<\/a> <strong>Heliyon<\/strong> 5 (7), pp. e01961.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. (2019).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2215016119301426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <em>Protocol measuring horizontal gene transfer from algae to non-photosynthetic organisms<\/em><\/a>. <strong>MethodsX<\/strong> 6, pp. 1564\u20131574.<\/li>\n<li>Saeed, H. A. &amp; Lee, J. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/waterjournal.org\/archives\/lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Experimental Determination of Proton-Cation Exchange Equilibrium Constants at Water-Membrane Interface Fundamental to Bioenergetics<\/em><\/a>. <strong>WATER<\/strong> 9, pp. 116\u2013140.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. (2018). <em>Ozonized Biochar Compositions And Methods Of Making And Using The Same<\/em>. United States Patent No. US 10,971,335 B2.<\/li>\n<li>Huff, M. D., Marshall, S., Saeed, H. A. &amp; Lee, J. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/bioresourcesbioprocessing.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40643-018-0205-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Surface oxygenation of biochar through ozonization for dramatically enhancing cation exchange capacity<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Bioresources and Bioprocessing<\/strong> 5, pp. 1\u20139.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J., Hawkins, B., Kidder, M. K., Evans, B. R., Buchanan, A. &amp; Day, D. (2016). <a href=\"https:\/\/bioresourcesbioprocessing.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40643-016-0092-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Characterization of biochars produced from peanut hulls and pine wood with different pyrolysis conditions<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Bioresources and Bioprocessing<\/strong> 3 (1), pp. 15.<\/li>\n<li>Saeed, H. A. &amp; Lee, J. (2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/waterjournal.org\/volume-14\/lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Experimental Demonstration of Localized Excess Protons at a Water-Membrane Interface<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Bioenergetics<\/strong> 4 (127).<\/li>\n<li>Abdel-Fattah, T. M., Mahmoud, M. E., Ahmed, S. B., Huff, M. D., Lee, J. &amp; Kumar, S. (2014). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1226086X14003402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Biochar from woody biomass for removing metal contaminants and carbon sequestration<\/em><\/a>. <strong>J Ind Eng Chem.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Huff, M. D., Kumar, S. &amp; Lee, J. (2014). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0301479714003569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Comparative analysis of pinewood, peanut shell, and bamboo biomass derived biochars produced via hydrothermal conversion and pyrolysis<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Journal of Environmental Management<\/strong> 146, pp. 303\u2013308.<\/li>\n<li>Jones, R. L., Buxens, M., Wheeler, A., Westerfield, J. &amp; Lee, J. (2013). <em>Colorimetric assay for quantitative analysis of butanol and other higher alcohols<\/em>. <strong>Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society<\/strong> 246.<\/li>\n<li>Huff, M., Kumar, S. &amp; Lee, J. (2013). <em>Comparative analysis of biochars produced via hydrothermal conversion and slow pyrolysis<\/em>. <strong>Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society<\/strong> 246.<\/li>\n<li>Saeed, H. &amp; Lee, J. (2013). <em>Experimental bioenergetics study: Electrostatically localized protons<\/em>. <strong>Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society<\/strong> 246.<\/li>\n<li>Smith, C. R., Sleighter, R. L., Hatcher, P. G. &amp; Lee, J. (2013). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/es4034777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Molecular Characterization of Inhibiting Biochar Water-Extractable Substances Using Electrospray Ionization Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Environmental Science &amp; Technology<\/strong> 47 (23), pp. 13294\u201313302.<\/li>\n<li>Smith, C. R., Buzan, E. M. &amp; Lee, J. (2013). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/sc300063f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Potential Impact of Biochar Water-Extractable Substances on Environmental Sustainability<\/em><\/a>. <strong>ACS Sustainable Chemistry &amp; Engineering<\/strong> 1 (1), pp. 118\u2013126.<\/li>\n<li>Andemichael, H. &amp; Lee, J. (2013). <em>Tolerance of arthrospira platensis to biofuel alcohols<\/em>. <strong>Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society<\/strong> 246.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. (2012). <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC6646885\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Proton-electrostatics hypothesis for localized proton coupling bioenergetics<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Bioenerg.: Open Access<\/strong> 1 (2), pp. 1000104\/1\u20131000104\/9.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J., Kidder, M., Evans, B. R., Paik, S., Buchanan, III, A. C., Garten, C. T. &amp; Brown, R. (2010). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/es101337x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Characterization of Biochars Produced from Cornstovers for Soil Amendment<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Environ. Sci. Technol.<\/strong> 44 (20), pp. 7970\u20137974.<\/li>\n<li>Pereiro, R. &amp; Lee, J. (2010). <em>James Weifu Lee, Robert S. Foote (Eds.): <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-1-59745-483-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Micro and nano technologies in bioanalysis. Methods and protocols<\/a><\/em>. <strong>Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry<\/strong> 396 (4), pp. 1371\u20131372.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J., Foote, R. S. &amp; others (2009). <em>Micro and nano technologies in bioanalysis<\/em>. <strong>Humana Press<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. (2007). <em>Nanoelectrode-gated detection of individual molecules with potential for rapid DNA sequencing<\/em>. <strong>Solid State Phenomena<\/strong> 121, pp. 1379\u20131386.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. &amp; Meller, A. (2007). <em>Rapid DNA sequencing by direct nanoscale reading of nucleotide bases on individual DNA chains<\/em>. <strong>Perspectives in Bioanalysis<\/strong> 2, pp. 245\u2013263.<\/li>\n<li>Zhao, X., Payne, C. M., Cummings, P. T. &amp; Lee, J. (2007). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21730451\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Single-strand DNA molecule translocation through nanoelectrode gaps<\/em><\/a>. <strong>Nanotechnology<\/strong> 18 (42), pp. 424018.<\/li>\n<li>Krsti\u0107, P. S., Wells, J. C., Fuentes-Cabrera, M., Xu, D. &amp; Lee, J. (2007). <em>Toward electronic conductance characterization of DNA nucleotide bases<\/em>. <strong>Solid State Phenomena<\/strong> 121, pp. 1387\u20131390.<\/li>\n<li>Day, D., Evans, R. J., Lee, J. &amp; Reicosky, D. (2005). <em>Economical CO\u2082, SO\u2093, and NO\u2093 capture from fossil-fuel utilization with combined renewable hydrogen production and large-scale carbon sequestration<\/em>. <strong>Energy<\/strong> 30 (14), pp. 2558\u20132579.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J., Lee, I. &amp; Greenbaum, E. (2005). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/jp044115r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Imaging nanometer metallocatalysts formed by photosynthetic deposition of water-soluble transition-metal compounds<\/em><\/a>. <strong>J Phys Chem B<\/strong> 109 (12), pp. 5409\u20135413.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. &amp; Greenbaum, E. (2004).<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/jp037565c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <em>Interfacial photoredox molecular interactions: A new class of Hill reagents for Photosystem II reaction centers<\/em><\/a>. <strong>The Journal of Physical Chemistry B<\/strong> 108 (12), pp. 3935\u20133939.<\/li>\n<li>Day, D., Evans, R. J., Lee, J. &amp; Reicosky, D. (2004). <em>The Utilization of CO\u2082 for the Creation of a Valuable and Stable Carbon Co-Product From Fossil Fuel Exhaust Scrubbing<\/em>. <strong>Papers of the American Chemical Society<\/strong>, pp. U1093.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee, J. (2015). Proton-Electrostatic Localization: Explaining the Bioenergetic Conundrum in Alkalophilic Bacteria. Bioenergetics 4 (121), pp. 2. Andemichael, H. &amp; Lee, J. (2016). Toxicological study of biofuel ethanol with blue green alga Spirulina platensis. Algal Research 18, pp. 110\u2013115. 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