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Vishal Somasundaram

University of Delaware

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

Roman M. Dickey, Joshua Bryan, Vishal Somasundaram, Shelby R. Anderson, Nathan Phan, Aditya M. Kunjapur

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

bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

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

Priyanka Nain, Roman M. Dickey, Vishal Somasundaram, Morgan Sulzbach, 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.

Biotechnology and Bioengineering · Nov 21, 2023Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology