 | Jay KeaslingProfessor, Department of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering
Director, Physical Biosciences Division, LBL and Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center
CEO, Joint BioEnergy Institute 5885 Hollis Street
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(510) 642-4862
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Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 1992 Research Interests Metabolic engineering, environmental biotechnology, and biochemical engineering. Education 1986 B.S., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Chemistry and Biology
1988 M.S., University of Michigan, Chemical Engineering
1991 Ph.D., University of Michigan, Chemical Engineering
1991-1992 Postdoctorate, Stanford University, Biochemistry
Major Awards 2007 Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
2002 Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecture, University of Delaware
2000 Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
1999 AIChE Award for Chemical Engineering Excellence in Academic Teaching, Northern California Section of the American Institute for Chemical Engineers
1995 Chevron Young Faculty Fellowship, Chevron
1995 CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
1992-1997 Zeneca Young Faculty Fellowship, Zeneca Ltd
1991-1992 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University
1982-1986 Regents Scholarship, The University of Nebraska,
1982-1986 Graduation with High Distinction, The University of Nebraska Professional Experience 1986-1991 Research Assistant, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
1991-1992 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Biochemistry, Stanford University School
1992-1998 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
1998-2001 Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
1999-2000 Vice Chair, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
2000-present Executive Committee Member, UC BioSTAR Program
2000-present Director, University of California BioSTAR Program
2001-present Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Selected Publications M. M. Maharbiz, W. J. Holtz, J. D. Keasling, R. T. Howe. 2003. “Electrochemical oxygen generation.” J. MEMS. 12:590-599.
D. J. Scott, B. M.T. da Costa, S. C. Espy, J. D. Keasling, and Katrina Cornish. 2003. “Activation and inhibition of rubber transferases by metal cofactors and pyrophosphate substrates.” Phytochemistry 64:123-134.
I. Chang, E. Gilbert, N. Eliashberg, and J. D. Keasling. 2003. “A three-dimensional, stochastic simulation of biofilm growth and transport-related factors that affect structure.” Microbiology 149:2859-2871.
V. J. J. Martin, D. J. Pitera, S. T. Withers, J. D. Newman, and J. D. Keasling. 2003. “Engineering the mevalonate pathway in Escherichia coli for production of terpenoids.” Nat. Biotechnol. 21:796-802.
R. Knopp, P. J. Panak, L. A. Wray, N. S. Renninger, J. D. Keasling, and H. Nitsche. 2003. “Laser spectroscopic studies of U(VI) with bacterial phosphate species.” Chem. Eur. J. 9:2812-2818.
N. L. Goeden-Wood, J. D. Keasling, and S. J. Muller. 2003. “Self-assembly of a designed protein polymer into b-sheet fibrils and responsive gels.” Macromolecules 36:2932-2938.
E. S. Gilbert, A. W. Walker and J. D. Keasling. 2003. “A constructed microbial consortium for biodegradation of the organophosphorus insecticide parathion.” Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 61:77-81.
S. K. Tehara and J. D. Keasling. 2003. “Gene cloning, purification, and characterization of a phosphodiesterase from Delftia acidovorans.” Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 69:504-508.
G.-Y. Wang and J. D. Keasling. 2002. “Amplification of HMG-CoA reductase production enhances carotenoid accumulation in Neurospora crassa.” Met. Eng. 4:193-201.
C. D. Smolke and J. D. Keasling. 2002. “Effect of gene location, mRNA secondary structures, and RNase sites on expression of two genes in an engineered operon.” Biotechnol. Bioeng. 80:762-776.
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