Seungdae Oh
Assistant Professor
50 Nanyang Avenue, N1-01c-70, Singapore 639798
E-mail: sdoh@ntu.edu.sg
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Nanyang Technological University
Phone: +65 6790 5249
Fax: +65 6791 0676
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Oh is an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Nanyang Technological
University. He received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2013 and M.S. from KAIST in 2007.
Prior to joining NTU in 2015, he was a postdoctoral research associate in the department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at the University of Illionis at Urbana-Champaign in 2013 to 2015.
His academic awards include Best PhD Thesis Award at Georgia Tech (2014), Best Poster Award at AEES
symposium (2013), KUSCO-KSEA Scholarship (2010), and Korean Government Overseas Scholarship (2007).
His research interests are in the areas of environmental biotechnology and microbial ecology with relevance to environmental sustainability and public health. A major thrust of his research is to employ modern genomic techniques to dissect “whole microbial communities” with complementary approaches (e.g., both wet-lab and computational tools). His work has been focused on exploring the structure, evolution, function, and activity of microbial communities in various environmental systems from natural waters and human microbiome to waste and wastewater treatment systems.
ON-GOING PROJECTS
1. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in natural and built environments: impact, mechanisms, and remediation, 2016-2018, Role: PI, TIER 1, Ministry of Education
2. Cracking the microbial black box in environmental biological processes using meta-omics, 2015-2017, Role: PI, Start Up Grant, Nanyang Technological University
3. Water and energy saving solutions for the beverage industry, 2015-2017, Role: Co-PI, IRIS, Environment and Water Industry Development
4. The influence of gut microbiota composition (metagenome, metatranscriptome and metabolome) and its development/maturation on the development of eczema in Singaporean infants and toddlers in the well-defined multi-ethnic GUSTO (Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes) birth cohort, 2015-2018, Role: Collaborator, CS-IRG, National Medical Research Council
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. S. Oh, R. Zhang, Q. Wu, and WT. Liu, Evolution and adaptation of SAR11 and Cyanobium in a saline Tibetan lake. 2016. Environ. Microbiol. Rep. In press (DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12408).
2. NK. Kim, S. Oh, and WT. Liu, Enrichment and characterization of microbial consortia degrading soluble microbial products discharged from anaerobic methanogenic bioreactors. 2016. Water Res. 90: 395-404.
3. S. Oh, Z. Kurt, D. Tsemenzi, M. R. Weigand, M. Kim, J. K. Hatt, M. Tandukar, S. G. Pavlostathis, J. C. Spain, and K. T. Konstantinidis, Microbial community degradation of widely used quaternary ammonium disinfectants. 2014. Appl Environ Microbiol. 80:5892-5900.
4. S. Oh, M. Tandukar, S. G. Pavlostathis, P. S. G. Chain, and K. T. Konstantinidis, Microbial community adaptation to quaternary ammonium biocides as revealed by metagenomics. 2013. Environ Microbiol. 15: 2850-2864.
5. M. Tandukar, S. Oh, U. Tezel, K. T. Konstantinidis and S. G. Pavlostathis, Long-term exposure to benzalkonium chlorides results in change of microbial community structure and increased antimicrobial resistance. 2013. Environ Sci Technol. 47: 9730-9738.
6. S. Oh, S. Buddenborg, D. R. Yoder-Himes, J. Tiedje, and K. T. Konstantinidis, Genomic diversity of Escherichia isolates from diverse habitats. 2012. PLoS ONE 7: e47005.
7. S. Oh, A. Caro-Quintero, N. DeLeon-Rodriguez, C. Luo, R. Portesky, and K. T. Konstantinidis, Metagenomic insights into the evolution, function, and complexity of the planktonic microbial community of Lake Lanier, a temperate freshwater ecosystem. 2011. Appl Environ Microbiol, 77: 6000-6011.
