Biomanfacturing Directory

	Mikael Elias Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Microbial Engineering Graduate Program Biomanufacturing, Protein engineering and design, Synthetic biology Microbial enzymes and systems with potential use in industry or bio-remediation, specifically, the cellular phosphate uptake mechanism.	[email protected]
	Kathryn Fixen Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology Microbial Engineering Graduate Program Biomanufacturing, Bioremediation and resource recovery, Computational biology, Microbial physiology and systems biology, Synthetic biology	[email protected]
	Mike Freeman Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Microbial Engineering Graduate Program Biomanufacturing, Synthetic biology Natural product biosynthesis, microbial genetics, targeted metagenomics	[email protected]
	Bo Hu Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Microbial Engineering Graduate Program Biomanufacturing, Bioremediation and resource recovery, Industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing Development of bioprocessing technologies to convert agricultural residue and waste materials to value-added chemicals and biofuels	[email protected]
	Wei-Shou Hu Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Microbial Engineering Graduate Program Biomanufacturing, Industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing Cell culture technology, tissue engineering, and metabolic engineering	[email protected]
	Alex Khoruts Professor of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Microbiology Immunology and Cancer Biology Program Biomanufacturing, Bioremediation and resource recovery, Computational biology, Industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing, Microbial physiology and systems biology Microbiota-host interactions in health and disease	[email protected]
	Vincent Noireaux Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy Biomanufacturing, Bioremediation and resource recovery, Industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing, Protein engineering and design, Synthetic biology Cell-free synthetic biology; cell-free gene expression; gene circuits; bacteriophages; synthetic cell systems; biological physics	[email protected]
	Christine Salomon Associate Professor, Center for Drug Design Microbial Engineering Graduate Program Biomanufacturing, Microbial physiology and systems biology Biological control of plant disease. Antibiotic resistance developed by biocontrol organisms.	[email protected]
	Claudia Schmidt-Dannert Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics; Director, BioTechnology Institute Microbial Engineering Graduate Program Biomanufacturing, Protein engineering and design, Synthetic biology Exploring and utilizing biosynthetic machineries to enable sustainable synthesis of valuable compounds for use as fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and chemical building blocks.	[email protected]