* Education

- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

* Publications 

- Byung-Hwan Um and G. Peter van Walsum. 2012:Effect of Pretreatment Severity on Accumulation of Major Degradation Products from Dilute Acid Pretreated Corn Stover and Subsequent Inhibition of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose,Appl Biochem Biotechnol.168: 406-420

- Byung-Hwan Um, Benjamin Friedman, and G. Peter van Walsum. 2011. Conditioning hardwood-derived pre-pulping extracts for use in fermentation through removal and recovery of acetic acid using trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO), Holzforschung. 65(1):51-58. 

- Byung-Hwan Um and G. Peter van Walsum. 2010: Mass Balance on the Green Liquor Pre-Pulping Extraction of Northeast Mixed Hardwood, Bioresource Technology, 101: 5978-5987. 

- Byung-Hwan Um and G. Peter van Walsum. 2010: Evaluation of Enzyme Mixtures in Releasing Fermentable Sugars from Pre-Pulping Extract of Mixed Northeast Hardwoods. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 161 (1-8): 432-447

- Byung-Hwan Um and G. Peter van Walsum. 2010:Evaluation of Enzyme Mixtures in Releasing Fermentable Sugars from Pre-Pulping Extract of Mixed Northeast Hardwoods.Appl Biochem Biotechnol.161: 432-447.