Matthew Wook Chang

8.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
115 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Matthew Wook Chang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Wook Chang has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Matthew Wook Chang's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (39 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (18 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers). Matthew Wook Chang is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (39 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (18 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers). Matthew Wook Chang collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and China. Matthew Wook Chang's co-authors include Hua Ling, In Young Hwang, Susanna Su Jan Leong, Yung Seng Lee, Jee Loon Foo, Wei Suong Teo, Nikhil Aggarwal, Adison Wong, Wen Shan Yew and Tat‐Ming Lo and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Chemical Reviews and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Wook Chang

110 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A polycationic antimicrobial and biocompatible hydrogel with microbe membrane suctioning ability

2010 721 citations Xiaobao Qi, Matthew Wook Chang et al. profile →
Engineered probiotic Escherichia coli can eliminate and prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa gut infection in animal models

2017 321 citations In Young Hwang, Adison Wong et al. Nature Communications profile →
Microbiome and Human Health: Current Understanding, Engineering, and Enabling Technologies

2022 239 citations Nikhil Aggarwal, Shohei Kitano et al. profile →
Engineered commensals for targeted nose-to-brain drug delivery

2025 37 citations Haosheng Shen, Nikhil Aggarwal et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Wook Chang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matthew Wook Chang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matthew Wook Chang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Matthew Wook Chang. Matthew Wook Chang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	New-to-nature biocompatible chemistry for plastic waste upcycling 2025 ·Nature Chemistry ·Wei Long Soon, Hui Chong, Jee Loon Foo, Matthew Wook Chang	0
2	Abstraction hierarchy to define biofoundry workflows and operations for interoperable synthetic biology research and applications 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Haseong Kim, Nathan J. Hillson, Byung‐Kwan Cho, Bong Hyun Sung, Dae‐Hee Lee, Dong‐Myung Kim, Min‐Kyu Oh, Matthew Wook Chang, Yong‐Su Jin, Susan J. Rosser, Péter Végh, Rennos Fragkoudis, Rosalind Le Feuvre, Nigel S. Scrutton, Marko Storch, Wonjae Seong, Paul S. Freemont, Seung‐Goo Lee	0
3	Tunable cell differentiation via reprogrammed mating-type switching 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Shohei Kitano, (unknown), Jee Loon Foo, Matthew Wook Chang	2
4	Prodrug-conjugated tumor-seeking commensals for targeted cancer therapy 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Haosheng Shen, Changyu Zhang, (unknown), Yuanmei Liang, (unknown), Nikhil Aggarwal, K.S. Wun, Jing Liu, Saravanan Prabhu Nadarajan, (unknown), Hua Ling, Joshua K. Tay, De Yun Wang, Shao Q. Yao, In Young Hwang, Yung Seng Lee, Matthew Wook Chang	32
5	Engineering probiotics to inhibit Clostridioides difficile infection by dynamic regulation of intestinal metabolism 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), In Young Hwang, (unknown), (unknown), Jonathan Lee, Yung Seng Lee, John C. March, Matthew Wook Chang	80
6	Design and fabrication of field-deployable microbial biosensing devices 2022 ·Current Opinion in Biotechnology ·(unknown), Hua Ling, Matthew Wook Chang	7
7	Mechanism-Driven Metabolic Engineering for Bio-Based Production of Free R-Lipoic Acid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mitochondria 2020 ·Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology ·Binbin Chen, Jee Loon Foo, Hua Ling, Matthew Wook Chang	15
8	Engineering an Alcohol-Forming Fatty Acyl-CoA Reductase for Aldehyde and Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2020 ·Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology ·Jee Loon Foo, (unknown), (unknown), Susanna Su Jan Leong, Matthew Wook Chang	12
9	Synthetic genetic circuits for programmable biological functionalities 2019 ·Biotechnology Advances ·Peng‐Fei Xia, Hua Ling, Jee Loon Foo, Matthew Wook Chang	88
10	Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica towards food waste bioremediation: Production of fatty acid ethyl esters from vegetable cooking oil 2019 ·Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering ·(unknown), Aiqun Yu, Hua Ling, (unknown), Won Jae Choi, Susanna Su Jan Leong, Matthew Wook Chang	30
11	Engineering microbes for targeted strikes against human pathogens 2018 ·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences ·In Young Hwang, (unknown), James Guoxian Huang, (unknown), Wen Shan Yew, Yung Seng Lee, Matthew Wook Chang	13
12	An oleaginous yeast platform for renewable 1-butanol synthesis based on a heterologous CoA-dependent pathway and an endogenous pathway 2018 ·Microbial Cell Factories ·Aiqun Yu, Yakun Zhao, (unknown), Zhihui Hu, Cuiying Zhang, Dongguang Xiao, Matthew Wook Chang, Susanna Su Jan Leong	14
13	Production of Fatty Acid-Derived Valuable Chemicals in Synthetic Microbes 2014 ·Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology ·Aiqun Yu, (unknown), Susanna Su Jan Leong, Matthew Wook Chang	49
14	Microbial engineering strategies to improve cell viability for biochemical production 2013 ·Biotechnology Advances ·Tat‐Ming Lo, Wei Suong Teo, Hua Ling, Binbin Chen, Aram Kang, Matthew Wook Chang	57
15	Systems-level characterization and engineering of oxidative stress tolerance in Escherichia coli under anaerobic conditions 2012 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Aram Kang, (unknown), Hua Ling, Matthew Wook Chang	15
16	Identification and reconstitution of genetic regulatory networks for improved microbial tolerance to isooctane 2012 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Aram Kang, Matthew Wook Chang	22
17	Improvement of biomass properties by pretreatment with ionic liquids for bioconversion process 2012 ·Bioresource Technology ·Piyarat Weerachanchai, Susanna Su Jan Leong, Matthew Wook Chang, Chi Bun Ching, Jong‐Min Lee	96
18	Engineering microbes to sense and eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa , a human pathogen 2011 ·Molecular Systems Biology ·Nazanin Saeidi, Adison Wong, Tat‐Ming Lo, Hung Nguyen, Hua Ling, Susanna Su Jan Leong, Chueh Loo Poh, Matthew Wook Chang	270
19	The absence of the luxS gene increases swimming motility and flagella synthesis in Escherichia coli K12 2010 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Hua Ling, Aram Kang, (unknown), Xiaobao Qi, Matthew Wook Chang	34
20	Vaccinia-Related Kinase 1 Is Required for the Maintenance of Undifferentiated Spermatogonia in Mouse Male Germ Cells 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Yoon Ha Choi, Choon-ho Park, Wanil Kim, Hua Ling, Aram Kang, Matthew Wook Chang, Sun‐Kyoung Im, Hyun‐Woo Jeong, Young‐Yun Kong, Kyong‐Tai Kim	25

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