I'm the principle Investigator of Microbial Metabolic Engineering Laboratory in Jiangnan University. Our Lab focuses on engineering microbes to produce value-added chemicals through renewable resources. Now, we are having openings on tenure-track, tenured faculty positions. If you are interested in our lab, please email me ydengvcu@163.com or call me +8613665117395

Department of Biological and Agricultural EngineeringKansas State University-Olathehttp://olathe.k-state.edu/people/faculty/deng.htmlMS in Biological and Agricultural Engineeringhttp://olathe.k-state.edu/academic-initiatives/bio-ag/index.htmlPhone: 913-307-738222201 W. Innovation Dr.Olathe, KS 66061

Responsibilities:  Conduct lab-scale fermentation to optimize ethanol production;  Metabolic engineer Clostridium thermocellum to produce ethanol directly from cellulosic substrates;  I have developed a genetic modification platform for strain development. Achievements:  I have broken the record of ethanol titer produced by Clostridium thermocellum on cellulose by careful fermentation and culture optimization; I have successfully made Clostridium thermocellum produce theoretical yield of ethanol by metabolic engineering and synthetic biology;  I analyzed “Omics” data of C. thermocellum to precisely predict the function of cells in different conditions by using systems biological engineering tools.

Responsibilities:  Conduct lab-scale fermentation to optimize bio-based product yields;  Engineer a cellulolytic bacterium to produce next-generation biofuels;  Develop the next-generation sequencing;  Build a novel genetic modification platform for microorganisms. Achievements:  I optimized fermentation parameters to achieve high yield of butyric acid; I was the first one in the world to do genetic modifications in Thermobifida fusca;  I identified the key genes for regulating cellulase productions in T. fusca by the next-generation sequencing technology;  I engineered T. fusca to produce 1-propanol directly from un-treated corn stover by metabolic engineering and bioinformatics;  I identified key enzymes for catalyzing target chemicals and determined the functions of these enzymes.

Responsibilities and Achievements:  Conduct lab-scale fermentation to produce Hyaluronic acid; Scale up the fermentation of Hyaluronic acid from 10L to 1000L in a commercial company;  Isolate and purify Hyaluronic acid in the lab-scale and industrial-scale environments.

Responsibilities: Operate 100-1000L bioreactors. Achievements: I learned the upstream and downstream of producing bio-based chemicals in a fermentation plant; I learned how to corporate with colleagues to solve tough problems during the production; I learned how to transfer lab-techniques to the plants.