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2025

  • Abdel-Wareth AAA, Stamps KG, Salahuddin M, Balan V, Mohammadi M, Kim WK, Zhu W, Ahmed AA, Gray CD, Avina AMW, Rounds-Carter T, Carr T, Williams A, Bakare A, Lohakare J. Utilizing brown mushroom stem waste as an eco-friendly alternative to soybean meal in layer chick nutrition. Vet. Sci. 12:1637147 (2025). DOI:10.3389/fvets.2025.1637147.
  • Alian M, Dhoubhadel SP, Risal S, Tiwari P, Zhu W, Balan V. Financial Analysis of Shipping Container-Based Mushroom Cultivation. Sustainable Food Technology. (Submitted August 2025).
  • Balan V, Mohammadi M, Dale BE. Advancements in ammonia-based pretreatment: key benefits and industry applications. RSC Sustainability (2025). DOI: 10.1039/d5su00070j.
  • Stamps KG, Abdel-Wareth AAA, Salahuddin M, Balan V, Mohammadi M, Kim WK, Zhu W, Ahmed AA, Rounds-Carter R, Gray CD, Awina AMW, Carr T, Williams A, Bakare A, Lohakare J. Utilizing white mushroom stem powder as a sustainable substitute for soybean meal in layer chick diets. Poultry Science 104: 105571 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2025.105571.
  • Zhang J, Mohammadi M, Gong H. Hodge DB, Tumuluru J, da Costa Sousa L, Dale B, Balan V. High throughput pretreatment of corn stover using compacted biomass with recycled ammonia (COBRA) process. Chemical Engineering Journal 505:159731 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.159731.
  • Zhang Y, Alian M, Tumuluru JS, Zhu W, Balan V. An overview of different methods of substrate pasteurization and sterilization in mushroom cultivation. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology (Submitted August 2025).

2024

  • Ayser M, Tonny W, Hernandez IS, Kuriakose R, Smith JD, Wallaert SJ, Karim A, Robertson ML, Balan V. Fractionating Chitin‑Glucan Complex and Coproducts from Pleurotus Ostreatus Mushrooms. Waste and Biomass Valorization. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02364-5
  • Mohammadi M, Alian M, Dale B, Ubanwa B, Balan V. Multifaced application of AFEX-pretreated biomass in producing second-generation biofuels, ruminant animal feed, and value-added bioproducts. Biotechnology Advances 72:108341 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2024.108341.
  • Risal S, Wari E, Zhu W, Balan V., Developing a simulation model for energy consumption in mushroom substrate composting. Proceedings of the 2024 Winter Simulation Conference. H. Lam, E. Azar, D. Batur, S. Gao, W. Xie, S. R. Hunter, and M. D. Rossetti, eds. (2024).

2023

  • Benhaddou D, Balan V, Merchant F, De La Graza A. Estimating Mushroom Yield and Quality Using Image Processing and Deep Learning. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers conference proceedings IEEE, 562-567 (2023) DOI:10.1109/IWCMC58020.2023.10182999.
  • Sandesh Risal, Venkatesh Balan, Weihang Zhu, Ezra Wari, Masha Alian, Modeling and Optimization of Shipping Container-based Mushroom Farms for Agaricus biporus, and Pleurotus ostreatus, IISE Annual Conference 2023, New Orleans, LA

2022

  • Balan V, Zhu W, Krishnamoorthy H, Benhaddou D, Mowrer J, Husain H, Eskandari A. Challenges, and opportunities in producing high‑quality edible mushrooms from lignocellulosic biomass in a small scale. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 106:1355–1374 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-021-11749-2.

2021

  • Balan V, Novak D, Knudson W, Jones AD, Iniguez-Franco FM, Auras R, Cho S, Rodgers A, Ubanwa B.  Nutritious mushroom protein crisp –healthy alternative to starchy snack. Food Production, Processing and Nutrition 3:33 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-021-00077-7.