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Vishal Somasundaram

University of Delaware

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Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 13, 2026

Air-driven aldehyde synthesis in engineered bacteria via gene deletion and aryl-alcohol oxidase profiling

Roman M. Dickey, Joshua Bryan, Vishal Somasundaram…·Aditya M. Kunjapur

This paper engineers Escherichia coli to oxidize non-native alcohols using high-expression aryl-alcohol oxidases, enabling air-driven aldehyde synthesis.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.12.738062

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Synthetic BiologyBiotechnology and BioengineeringPeer-reviewedNov 21, 2023

Reductive amination cascades in cell-free and resting whole cell formats for valorization of lignin deconstruction products

Priyanka Nain, Roman M. Dickey, Vishal Somasundaram…·Aditya M. Kunjapur

The paper develops enzyme cascades for converting lignin-derived carboxylic acids into amines using cell-free and whole-cell biocatalysis, demonstrating new substrates and recyclable systems.

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