Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation
Open Access

Young Cheol Chang
College of Environmental Technology
Muroran Institute of Technology
Japan
Tel: 81-143-46-5757
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Applied environmental microbiology, Microbial removal of pollutant (Petroleum, heavy oil, inorganic chlorinated compounds; PCE, PCBs) in environment, bioremediation of heavy metals, development and separation of the effective microorganism. Purification enzymes related to the PCE dehalogenase and PCBs-degrading bacteria. Biological treatment of CCA from wood wastes.

1. How many years have you been practicing and/or performing research?
I have been doing research for 20 years

2. What is the research topic you are working on now?
My major research topic is “Cold tolerant and hydrocarbon degradative microbial genes and the characterization of cold tolerant microbes of the rhizosphere: a new insight into the degradation of hydrocarbon contaminated Arctic/alpine soil”

3. What makes an article top quality?
Novelty and strict review process

4. What are the qualities you look for in an article?
Well-written and logical expressions

5. Do you have any research funding (NIH or other national funding) now?
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Japan

6. When did you become an editor of OMICS Journal?
Oct, 2011

7. What is your greatest career accomplishment?
Awarded Prize of Secretary of Korea Ministry of Science &Technology through development of Environment-friendly water recycle system

8. How does the research published percolate through to practitioners?
Several published articles have been used as a manual to the practitioners and a few articles became basic theory to develop a practical system for the treatment of waste water

9. What is the purpose of serving as an editor?
To contribute the development of environmental biotechnology

10. Have you contributed any editorials or papers (any types) to OMICS Journals in the past two years?
Yes, I did

11. Do you plan to contribute any editorials or papers to OMICS Journals in the next year?
Yes, I do

12. Would you recommend OMICS to your friends or colleagues?
No problem

13. How do you differentiate Biosafety: Open Access Journal with other journals in the field?
It is a very difficult question. Before mentioning differentiated Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation with the other, we need to do our best to become this journal as one of the enrolled PubMed journal