Nicholas Willoughby

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

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Nicholas Willoughby is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Willoughby has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Willoughby's work include Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (10 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (9 papers) and Protein purification and stability (8 papers). Nicholas Willoughby is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (10 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (9 papers) and Protein purification and stability (8 papers). Nicholas Willoughby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Malaysia. Nicholas Willoughby's co-authors include Tony Gutiérrez, Sebastian Hennige, Adebayo J. Adeloye, Bryce S. Richards, Vinod Kumar, Rolf Hjorth, Helen Bridle, Nigel J. Titchener‐Hooker, Vivek Narisetty and Mélanie Jimenez and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Bioresource Technology and Journal of Cleaner Production.

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Nicholas Willoughby

42 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Integrating micro-algae into wastewater treatment: A review

2020 545 citations Sebastian Hennige, Nicholas Willoughby et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effect of protein hydrolysis on the emulsifying properties of collagen and its hydrolysates extracted from leather by‐products 2025 ·Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology ·(unknown), (unknown), Stephen R. Euston, (unknown), Nicholas Willoughby, Kelly L. Stewart	0
2	Research Trends on Valorisation of Agricultural Waste Discharged from Production of Distilled Beverages and Their Implications for a “Three-Level Valorisation System” 2024 ·Sustainability ·K.A. Stewart, Nicholas Willoughby, Shiwen Zhuang	1
3	The influence of yeast format and pitching rate on Scotch malt whisky fermentation kinetics and congeners 2023 ·Journal of the Institute of Brewing ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas Willoughby, (unknown)	2
4	Mycoprotein as novel functional ingredient: Mapping of functionality, composition and structure throughout the Quorn fermentation process 2022 ·Food Chemistry ·Julien Lonchamp, Kelly R. Stewart, Claire D. Munialo, (unknown), (unknown), Susan Gordon, Paul S. Clegg, Nicholas Willoughby, Stephen R. Euston	30
5	Recycling potential of brewer's spent grains for circular biorefineries 2022 ·Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry ·Deepti Agrawal, (unknown), Nicholas Willoughby, Sunil Kumar Khare, Vinod Kumar	35
6	Recycling bread waste into chemical building blocks using a circular biorefining approach 2021 ·Sustainable Energy & Fuels ·Vivek Narisetty, Rylan Cox, Nicholas Willoughby, Emel Aktaş, Brijesh K. Tiwari, Avtar S. Matharu, Konstantinos Salonitis, Vinod Kumar	78
7	Effect of pot-ale enrichment on the treatment efficiency of primary settled wastewater by the microalga Chlorella vulgaris 2021 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·(unknown), (unknown), Sebastian Hennige, Nicholas Willoughby, Adebayo J. Adeloye, Tony Gutiérrez	6
8	Microbial cancer therapeutics: A promising approach 2021 ·Seminars in Cancer Biology ·Deepti Diwan, Lei Cheng, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi Sharma, Nicola Holden, Nicholas Willoughby, Neelam S. Sangwan, Rama Raju Baadhe, Chenchen Liu, Vijai Kumar Gupta	16
9	Pre-fermentation of malt whisky wort using Lactobacillus plantarum and its influence on new-make spirit character 2020 ·Food Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Nicholas Willoughby, (unknown), (unknown)	16
10	Integrating micro-algae into wastewater treatment: A review breakdown → 2020 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Sebastian Hennige, Nicholas Willoughby, Adebayo J. Adeloye, Tony Gutiérrez	545
11	High-throughput assessment of mechanical properties of stem cell derived red blood cells, toward cellular downstream processing 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Fiona C. Dempsey, Mélanie Jimenez, Henry Bock, Graeme Whyte, Nicholas Willoughby, Helen Bridle	22
12	Batch anaerobic digestion of deproteinated malt whisky pot ale using different source inocula 2017 ·Waste Management ·Raquel Barrena, (unknown), (unknown), J.A.S. Goodwin, (unknown), Nicholas Willoughby, Antoni Sánchez, Thomas J. Aspray	27
13	Luminescent photobioreactor design for improved algal growth and photosynthetic pigment production through spectral conversion of light 2013 ·Bioresource Technology ·(unknown), Nicholas Willoughby	91
14	Spectral conversion of light for enhanced microalgae growth rates and photosynthetic pigment production 2012 ·Bioresource Technology ·(unknown), Bryce S. Richards, Nicholas Willoughby	135
15	A 3D mammalian cell separator biochip 2012 ·Lab on a Chip ·Debaditya Choudhury, (unknown), Róbert Kiss, Nicholas Willoughby, Lynn Paterson, A. K. Kar	46
16	Large‐scale plasmid DNA processing: evidence that cell harvesting and storage methods affect yield of supercoiled plasmid DNA 2008 ·Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas Willoughby, Ronan O’Kennedy, (unknown), John M. Ward, Mike Hoare, M. Susana Levy	16
17	Adapted Ultra Scale‐Down Approach for Predicting the Centrifugal Separation Behavior of High Cell Density Cultures 2007 ·Biotechnology Progress ·Andrew D. Tustian, (unknown), Nicholas Willoughby, (unknown), (unknown), Frank Baganz, M. Hoare, Nigel J. Titchener‐Hooker	28
18	Extreme scale‐down of expanded bed adsorption: Purification of an antibody fragment directly from recombinant E. coli culture 2004 ·Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Nicholas Willoughby, (unknown), Nigel J. Titchener‐Hooker	21
19	Experimental measurement of particle size distribution and voidage in an expanded bed adsorption system 2000 ·Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Nicholas Willoughby, Rolf Hjorth, N. J. Titchener–Hooker	34
20	The use of rapid on-line monitoring of products and contaminants from within an expanded bed to control separations exhibiting fast breakthrough characteristics and to maximize productivity 2000 ·Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Nicholas Willoughby, (unknown), M. Hoare, Rolf Hjorth, N. J. Titchener–Hooker	11

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