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Jean B Hunter

Associate Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • agricultural biotechnology
  • biological and environmental engineering
  • food science
  • horticultural sciences
  • science education
  • waste management

Graduate Fields

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Eng. Sci., Columbia University, 1987
  • M.S.Ch.E., Columbia University, 1982
  • B.S.Ch.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976

Research Grants

  • BRINE ANALYSIS AND ERSATZ DEVELOPMENT FOR EBDS PHASE II: NASA SUBCONTRACT PROPOSAL
  • ENHANCED BRINE DRYING SYSTEM (EBDS)
  • CLOSED LOOP WASTE PROCESSING DRYER (DRYER)

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings

Butanol Recovery from Acetone-Butanol Fermentation of Acid Whey Permeate by Gas Stripping, M. Howeler and J.B. Hunter. Presented at AIChE 1994 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 13-18, 1994 (Paper 21g).

The role of an NAD-independent lactate dehydrogenase and acetate in the utilization of lactate by Clostridium acetobutylicum P262, F. Diez-Gonzalez, J.B. Russell and J.B. Hunter. Archives of Microbiology 164, 36-42. (1995).

In Focus and On the Move: Prospects for Electrophoresis in the Food Industry, J.B. Hunter. In Bioseparation Processes in Food, eds. S.S.R. Rizvi and R. Singh. Marcel Dekker, 1995.

Public Service Learning for Cornell Engineering Students, J.B. Hunter. Presented at ASEE Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB, Canada, June 21-25, 1994.

Production of extracellular protease by immobilized and free cells of Flavobacterium sp. R23, A.S. Zahran, G. Zayed and J.B. Hunter, Milchwissenschaft 48(1) 18-21 (1993).

Butanol production from acid whey permeate in a two-stage fermentation system: Effect of the cell recycle ratio, F. Diez-Gonzalez and J.B. Hunter: Proceedings of the 1992 Food Industry Environmental Conference, Atlanta, GA 11/92.

Bioconversion of whey permeate to butanol, J. B. Hunter and F. Diez-Gonzalez, presented at 1991 Annual Meeting of American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Chicago, IL, 12/91 (ASAE Paper 91-6510).

Countercurrent Electrochromatography: The Focussing Window, C.B. Chidambara Raj and J.B. Hunter, Bioprocess Engineering 8, 121-128 (1992).

Analysis of Joule heating in electrophoretic processes, C. B. Chidambara Raj and J.B. Hunter, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 18(6), 843-852 (1991).

Ethanol production from salt whey using free and agarose-immobilized yeasts, G. Zayed and J.B. Hunter, Milchwissenschaft 46(1), 1-7 (1991).

A population balance model of enzymatic lysis of microbial cells, J.A. Asenjo and J.B. Hunter, in Proceedings of the 5th European Congress on Biotechnology, eds. C. Christiansen, L. Munck and J. Villadsen. Munksgaard, Copenhagen.Vol 1, pp. 267-270 (1991).

Enzyme processing of cabbage brine: effect on sauerkraut quality, A.T. Hirzel and J.B. Hunter, presented at 1990 Annual Meeting of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chicago, IL 11/90 (Paper 286g).

Butanol production from acid whey permeate by fermentation, I. Ahmed, G. Zayed and J.B. Hunter, presented at 1990 Summer Meeting of American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Columbus, OH, 6/90 (ASAE Paper 90-6021).

Enzyme processing of cabbage brine for improved sauerkraut, A.T. Hirzel and J.B. Hunter, presented at 1990 Summer Meeting of American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Columbus, OH, 6/90 (ASAE Paper 90-6046).

Modeling and applications of downstream processing: A survey of innovative strategies, J.F. Hamel and J.B. Hunter, in Downstream processing and bioseparations: Recovery and purification of biological products, eds. J.F. Hamel, J.B. Hunter and S.K. Sikdar, 1990 (ACS Symposium Series 419, 1-37).

A population balance model of enzymatic lysis of microbial cells, J.B. Hunter and J.A. Asenjo, Biotech. Bioeng. 35, 31-42 (1990).