Research Interests
Focused on genetically engineering microbes to shut off their growth circuits and turn on new pathways to produce different compounds—improving production of biofuels, pharmacological molecules and industrial chemicals.
Selected Grants
Development and Systems Characterization of Completely Synthetic Cell Culture Media enabled by VHH growth factor alternatives.
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2025 - 2027University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 1994 - 2027Sustainable, Low Cost Production of Biosynthetic 1,2,4-Butanetriol and Butanetriol Trinitrate
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Naval Air Warfare Center · 2021 - 2024Automated CRISPR Enabled DNA Synthesis (CEDS)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024Biological Production of Thermal Stabilizers
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory · 2020 - 2023Rapid diagnosis and quantification of HIV by direct capture, labelling and detection of individual virions
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2023Acquisition of a Biacore T200 Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument for Shared Use
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2022 - 2023Production of a beta-carotene derivatives using Dynamic Metabolic Control
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by BASF Corporation · 2019 - 2021Process Intensification for Reduced Commercial CAPEX of Biofuels Production (PRICE CAP) using Dynamic Metabolic Control
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2016 - 2019A Platform for Next Generation Biologics
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2018 - 2019Sustainable Biological Production of Energetic Materials
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2016 - 2019Dynamic Metabolic Control for the Production of Limonene
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by DMC Limited · 2017 - 2019A High through-put Automated Strain Evaluation Platform for Advanced Renewable Chemicals and Materials
EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2017 - 2018EAGER:Dynamic Flux Control Enabled by Synthetic Metabolic Valves
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2017Modular Microbial Chasses for the Rapid Scale Up of Living Foundary Molecules
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2014 - 2016Multi-Site Public Engagement with Science-Synthetic Biology
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Museum of Science · 2016 - 2016External Relationships
- DINYA DNA , Inc
- DMC Biotechnologies
- Roke Biotechnologies, LLC
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