Dr. Joshua Ohair
Assistant Professor
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Department of Biological Sciences
College of Life and Physical Sciences
Office: McCord Hall 112D
Phone: 615-963-5748
Email: johair@tnstate.edu
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Education:
USDA Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Ph.D. Biological Sciences, 91制片厂, Nashville, TN 37209
M.S. Biology, 91制片厂, Nashville, TN 37209
B.S. Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
Research Areas:
Microbial fermentation, waste biomass conversion to value-added products, bacterial species identification through genomic sequencing, and studies on thermophile microbial diversity from Yellowstone National Park.
Publications:
Li H, Qin Y, Wu X,听O'Hair J,听Potts J, et al. 2022. Identification of heat-induced proteomes in meiotic pollen mother cells of tomato 'Maxifort' using single-cell-type tandem mass tag (TMT) proteomics.听Vegetable Research听2: 2听听
Yu D,听O鈥橦air J, Poe N, Jin Q, Pinton S, He Y, Huang H. Conversion of Food Waste into 2,3-Butanediol via Thermophilic Fermentation: Effects of Carbohydrate Content and Nutrient Supplementation.听Foods. 2022; 11(2):169.听
He, Y.;OHair, J. A.; Jin, Q.; Xu, Z.; Wu, J.; Huang, H. Co-Production of Protein Hydrolysates and 2,3-Butanediol from Brewer鈥檚 Spent Grain.ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng.2021 . .听
OHair, J. A.; Jin, Q.; Li, H.; Yu, D.; He, Y.; Thapa, S.; Bhatti, S.; Huang, H.; Zhou, S. 2021. 听Biochemical and Genomic Identification of Novel Thermophilic Bacillus Licheniformis Strains YNP1-TSU, YNP2-TSU, and YNP3-TSU with Potential in 2,3-Butanediol Production from Non-Sterile Food Waste Fermentation. Food Bioprod. Process. .
OHair, J.; Jin, Q.; Yu, D.; Wu, J.; Wang, H.; Zhou, S.; Huang, H. 2021. Non-Sterile Fermentation of Food Waste Using Thermophilic and Alkaliphilic Bacillus Licheniformis YNP5-TSU for 2,3-Butanediol Production. Waste Manag. 120, 248鈥�256. .
O鈥橦air, J.; Jin, Q.; Yu, D.; Poe, N.; Li, H.; Thapa, S.; Zhou, S.; Huang, H. 2020. Thermophilic and Alkaliphilic Bacillus Licheniformis YNP5-TSU as an Ideal Candidate for 2,3-Butanediol Production. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. .
OHair, J. A. O.; Li, H.; Rangu, M.; Thapa, S.; Yang, Y.; Fish, T.; Bhatti, S.; Thannhauser, T. W.; Zhou, S. 2019. Proteomic Effects of Magnesium Stress on Biofilm Associated Proteins Isolated from Cellulolytic Bacillus Licheniformis YNP5-TSU. J. Proteomics Bioinformatic. 12, 113鈥�121. .
Thapa, S.; Li, H.; OHair, J.; Bhatti, S.; Chen, F.-C.; Nasr, K. Al; Johnson, T.; Zhou, S. 2019. Biochemical Characteristics of Microbial Enzymes and Their Significance from Industrial Perspectives. Mol. Biotechnol. No. 0123456789. .
Jin, Q.; O鈥橦air, J.; Stewart, A. C.; O鈥橩eefe, S. F.; Neilson, A. P.; Kim, Y.-T.; McGuire, M.; Lee, A.; Wilder, G.; Huang, H. 2019. Compositional Characterization of Different Industrial White and Red Grape Pomaces in Virginia and the Potential Valorization of the Major Components. Foods. .
O鈥� Hair, J. A.; Li, H.; Thapa, S.; Scholz, M.; Zhou, S. 2017. Draft Genome Sequences of Three Cellulolytic Bacillus Licheniformis Strains Isolated from Imperial Geyser, Amphitheater Springs, and Whiterock Springs inside Yellowstone National Park. Genome Announc. 5 (13). .
OHair, J.; Hui, L.; Santosh, T.; Matthew, S.; Suping, Z. 2017. Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus Altitudinis YNP4-TSU, Isolated from Yellowstone National Park. Genome Announc. 5 (28), e00631-17. .
OHair, J.; Hui, L.; Santosh, T.; B., S. M.; Suping, Z. 2017. Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus Licheniformis Strain YNP1-TSU Isolated from Whiterock Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Genome Announc. 5 (9), e01496-16. .
Thapa S.; Li, H.; Joshua, O.; Bhatti, H. S.; Zhou, S. 2017. Metagenomics Prospective in Bio-Mining The Microbial Enzymes. J. Genes Proteins. 1 (1), 5.
OHair, J. A.; Johnson, T. L.; Ejiofor, A. O.; Zhou, S. 2016. Reducing Inconsistent Cellulolytic Screenings during the Gram鈥檚 Iodine Assay. Cellulose. 23 (5), 3389鈥�3392. .
Courses taught:
BIOL2400 Principles of Microbiology
BIOL2401 Principles of Microbiology Lab
BIOL 3420 General Microbiology
BIOL 3421 General Microbiology Lab
BIOL 1110 General Biology I
BIOL 1120 General Biology II听
BIOL 5400 Microbial Genetics听
BIOL 4920 Honors Undergraduate Research
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