Willem Vermaas

Professor

Sustainability Scientist, GIOS: Sustainability Initiative
Professor, BI: Bioenergetics, Center for (BE)
Professor, Knowledge Enterprise Development, Office of (OKED)
Professor, CLAS-NS: Life Sciences, School of (SOLS)
Professor, CLAS-NS: Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Center for (C&BP)

6446 Citations
47 h-Index

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Education/Academic qualification

DSc, Wageningen University and Research Centre

… → 1984

MS, Wageningen University and Research Centre

… → 1982

BS, Wageningen University and Research Centre

… → 1980

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Synechocystis Medicine & Life Sciences

Photosystem II Protein Complex Medicine & Life Sciences

Cyanobacteria Medicine & Life Sciences

Thylakoids Medicine & Life Sciences

Chlorophyll Medicine & Life Sciences

Photosystem I Protein Complex Medicine & Life Sciences

Proteins Medicine & Life Sciences

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Agriculture & Biology

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Research Output 1981 2018

6446 Citations
47 h-Index
145 Article
5 Patent
2 Chapter
1 Conference contribution

3 Citations (Scopus)

Catalytic conversion of cyanobacteria-derived fatty acids to alkanes for biorenewable synthetic paraffinic kerosene

Schulz, T. C., Oelschlager, M., Thompson, S. T., Vermaas, W., Nielsen, D. & Lamb, H. H., Jan 1 2018, In : Sustainable Energy and Fuels. 2, 4, p. 882-893 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Kerosene

Fatty acids

Paraffins

Purification

Acids

7 Citations (Scopus)

The electron transfer pathway upon H₂oxidation by the NiFe bidirectional hydrogenase of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in the light shares components with the photosynthetic electron transfer chain in thylakoid membranes

Dutta, I. & Vermaas, W., Jul 27 2016, In : International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41, 28, p. 11949-11959 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

darkness

cytochromes

electron transfer

membranes

Membranes

18 Citations (Scopus)

A dedicated type II NADPH dehydrogenase performs the penultimate step in the biosynthesis of vitamin K<inf>1</inf> in synechocystis and arabidopsis

Fatihi, A., Latimer, S., Schmollinger, S., Block, A., Dussault, P. H., Vermaas, W., Merchant, S. S. & Basset, G. J., Jun 1 2015, In : Plant Cell. 27, 6, p. 1730-1741 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Vitamin K 1

Synechocystis

phylloquinone

NADPH Dehydrogenase

vitamin K

257 Citations (Scopus)

Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

Ort, D. R., Merchant, S. S., Alric, J., Barkan, A., Blankenship, R. E., Bock, R., Croce, R., Hanson, M. R., Hibberd, J. M., Long, S. P., Moore, T., Moroney, J., Niyogi, K. K., Parry, M. A. J., Peralta-Yahya, P. P., Prince, R. C., Redding, K., Spalding, M. H., Van Wijk, K. J., Vermaas, W. & 5 others, Von Caemmerer, S., Weber, A. P. M., Yeates, T. O., Yuan, J. S. & Zhu, X. G., Jul 14 2015, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 28, p. 8529-8536 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Photosynthesis

Synthetic Biology

Food

Biofuels

Population Growth