哈尔高山

工程 biology to develop “a taste for waste”

摘要

The valorization and remediation of waste (whether anthropogenic, environmental, or industrial) using biology presents itself as a viable route for both environmental stewardship and sustainable industrial bioproduction. 这种方法正变得越来越 feasible thanks to advances in metabolic strain engineering, synthetic biology, and 机器学习. This talk will cover examples of how microbial systems and enzyme can achieve the goal of sustainable chemical production and waste valorization by rewiring biology to develop “a taste for waste”. Highlighted examples include plastic waste depolymerization, unconventional carbon utilization, and feedstock expansions.

传记

Dr. 哈尔·阿尔珀是肯尼斯·A. Kobe Professor in Chemical 工程 and Executive Director of the Center for Biomedical 研究 Support at The University of Texas 奥斯汀分校.  他得了B.S. in Chemical 工程 from The University of Maryland, 2002年，大学公园，博士.D. in Chemical 工程 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006, and was a postdoctoral research associate at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical 研究 from 2006-2008, and at Shire Human Genetic Therapies 从2007年到2008年.  His research focuses on applying and extending the approaches of synthetic biology, systems biology, and protein engineering.  最近的研究成果 include development enzymes and microbial processes for the depolymerization and valorization of plastic waste and other waste carbon sources. Dr. Alper发表了150多篇文章 文章和8个章节. Dr. Alper is the recipient of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus New 教师 Award (2008), Texas Exes Teaching Award (2009), DuPont Young Investigator Award (2010), Office of Naval 研究 Young Investigator Award (2011), UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (2012), Biotechnology and Bioengineering Daniel I.C. 王 Award (2013), Jay Bailey Young Investigator Award (2014), Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2014), Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Young Investigator Award (2015), ACS BIOT Young Investigator Award (2016), UT-Austin Emerging Inventor of the Year Award (2016) and AIChE Allan P. Colburn Award (2018), Biochemical 工程 Journal Young Investigator Award (2019), and Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in 工程 (2019). He was elected as a Fellow to the American Institute for Medical and Biological 工程 in 2018 and to the National Academy of Inventors in 2019.