Michael H. Studer

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Michael H. Studer is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael H. Studer has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael H. Studer's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (33 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (19 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (15 papers). Michael H. Studer is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (33 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (19 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (15 papers). Michael H. Studer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Michael H. Studer's co-authors include Simone Brethauer, H.U. Blaser, Charles E. Wyman, Philipp Rudolf von Rohr, Jaclyn D. DeMartini, Robert L. Shahab, Thomas Pielhop, Felix Spindler, Gerald A. Tuskan and Mark F. Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Michael H. Studer

49 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Lignin content in natural Populus variants affects sugar release

2011 490 citations Michael H. Studer, Jaclyn D. DeMartini et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael H. Studer Switzerland	24	2.2k	1.1k	391	378	367	51	3.0k
Jianxiong Jiang China	30	1.0k 0.5×	494 0.5×	434 1.1×	320 0.8×	1.0k 2.7×	113	3.6k
Rui Katahira United States	35	3.1k 1.4×	671 0.6×	978 2.5×	86 0.2×	203 0.6×	64	3.8k
Ke Zhang China	25	1.3k 0.6×	432 0.4×	236 0.6×	152 0.4×	114 0.3×	105	2.6k
Kenneth L. Sale United States	34	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	476 1.2×	93 0.2×	105 0.3×	82	3.0k
Ruchi Gaur India	24	771 0.3×	576 0.5×	244 0.6×	113 0.3×	230 0.6×	58	1.9k
Wu Lan China	31	1.8k 0.8×	810 0.8×	601 1.5×	70 0.2×	166 0.5×	88	3.1k
Yufeng Wu United States	27	735 0.3×	593 0.6×	235 0.6×	90 0.2×	536 1.5×	90	2.5k
Thomas Elder United States	37	3.0k 1.4×	621 0.6×	1.0k 2.6×	90 0.2×	337 0.9×	154	4.9k
Ashutosh Mittal United States	29	2.1k 0.9×	525 0.5×	477 1.2×	41 0.1×	137 0.4×	61	2.7k

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Gao, Fengzheng, Fabian Abiusi, Lorraine Archer, et al.. (2025). Comparison of lipid droplet extraction from cell wall-deficient Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with pulsed electric fields or osmotic shock. Bioresource Technology. 434. 132764–132764.

Studer, Michael H., et al.. (2025). Microbial consortia for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6712–6712. 4 indexed citations

Brethauer, Simone, et al.. (2024). Steam explosion pretreatment of separated dairy cattle manure: Mass balances and effect on biomethane potential. Waste Management. 193. 180–189. 1 indexed citations

Brethauer, Simone, et al.. (2023). Toward optimal use of biomass as carbon source for chemical bioproduction. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 81. 102942–102942. 19 indexed citations

Kröcher, Oliver, et al.. (2021). Techno-economic assessment of bioethanol production from lignocellulose by consortium-based consolidated bioprocessing at industrial scale. New Biotechnology. 65. 53–60. 21 indexed citations

Brethauer, Simone & Michael H. Studer. (2021). Towards Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Energy and Chemical Sectors in Switzerland and Beyond - A Review. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 75(9). 788–788. 10 indexed citations

Brethauer, Simone, Robert L. Shahab, & Michael H. Studer. (2020). Impacts of biofilms on the conversion of cellulose. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 104(12). 5201–5212. 69 indexed citations

Xiros, Charilaos, Robert L. Shahab, & Michael H. Studer. (2019). A cellulolytic fungal biofilm enhances the consolidated bioconversion of cellulose to short chain fatty acids by the rumen microbiome. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 103(8). 3355–3365. 18 indexed citations

Brethauer, Simone, et al.. (2019). Two-stage steam explosion pretreatment of softwood with 2-naphthol as carbocation scavenger. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 12(1). 37–37. 26 indexed citations

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Shahab, Robert L., Simone Brethauer, Jeremy S. Luterbacher, & Michael H. Studer. (2019). Engineering of ecological niches to create stable artificial consortia for complex biotransformations. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 62. 129–136. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Mi, Shilin Cao, Xianzhi Meng, et al.. (2017). The effect of liquid hot water pretreatment on the chemical–structural alteration and the reduced recalcitrance in poplar. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 10(1). 237–237. 109 indexed citations

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Xiros, Charilaos & Michael H. Studer. (2017). A Multispecies Fungal Biofilm Approach to Enhance the Celluloyltic Efficiency of Membrane Reactors for Consolidated Bioprocessing of Plant Biomass. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1930–1930. 15 indexed citations

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Pielhop, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Pilot-scale steam explosion pretreatment with 2-naphthol to overcome high softwood recalcitrance. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 10(1). 130–130. 19 indexed citations

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Pielhop, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Steam explosion pretreatment of softwood: the effect of the explosive decompression on enzymatic digestibility. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 9(1). 152–152. 186 indexed citations

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Brethauer, Simone & Michael H. Studer. (2015). Biochemical Conversion Processes of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals – A Review. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 69(10). 572–572. 160 indexed citations

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Brethauer, Simone, Michael H. Studer, & Charles E. Wyman. (2014). Application of a slurry feeder to 1 and 3 stage continuous simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of dilute acid pretreated corn stover. Bioresource Technology. 170. 470–476. 6 indexed citations

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Studer, Michael H., Jaclyn D. DeMartini, Mark F. Davis, et al.. (2011). Lignin content in natural Populus variants affects sugar release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(15). 6300–6305. 490 indexed citations breakdown →

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Studer, Michael H., et al.. (2011). Co-hydrolysis of hydrothermal and dilute acid pretreated populus slurries to support development of a high-throughput pretreatment system. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 4(1). 19–19. 20 indexed citations

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DeMartini, Jaclyn D., Michael H. Studer, & Charles E. Wyman. (2010). Small‐scale and automatable high‐throughput compositional analysis of biomass. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 108(2). 306–312. 47 indexed citations

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Studer, Michael H. & Philipp Rudolf von Rohr. (2007). Novel membrane bioreactor: Able to cope with fluctuating loads, poorly water soluble VOCs, and biomass accumulation. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 99(1). 38–48. 11 indexed citations

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