Vice President Fuels Synthesis
Jay Keasling
Jay Keasling is also the Chief Executive Officer of JBEI, director of Berkeley Lab’s Physical Biosciences Division and head of its Synthetic Biology Department, and a professor with UC Berkeley’s Department of Chemical Engineering. He is a world leader in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
Director of Biofuels Pathways
Harry Beller
Harry Beller is a staff scientist with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research focus at JBEI will be on genome-enabled discovery of genes involved in the synthesis of biofuel molecules, particularly hydrocarbons.
Director of Metabolic Engineering
Taek Soon Lee
Taek Soon Lee is a staff scientist with Berkeley Lab’s Physical Biosciences Division. His research focus for JBEI will be on the study of developing pathways for biosynthesis of fuels.
Director of Biofuels Toxicity & Transporters
Aindrila Mukhopadhyay
Aindrila Mukhopadhyay is a staff scientist with Berkeley Lab’s Physical
Biosciences Division. Her research focus for JBEI will be on the study of
stress response in microbes that are developed for the synthesis of biofuels.
Homepage for Aindrila Mukhopadhyay.
Director of Host Engineering
Swapnil Chhabra
Swapnil Chhabra is a staff scientist with Berkeley Lab’s Physical Biosciences Division. His research focus for JBEI will be on the study of engineering host organisms using rational design or combinatorial methods for generating strains with desired phenotypes for biofuel production.
Deputy Director of Host Engineering
Hector Garcia Martin
Hector Garcia Martin is a staff scientist with Berkeley Lab’s Physical Biosciences Division. His research focus for JBEI will be on the study of developing quantitative models of microbial metabolism with the intent of predicting the outcome of genetic manipulations and guiding the process of producing higher yield strains. Homepage for Hector García Martín.
Director of Synthetic Biology
Nathan J. Hillson
Nathan's goal is to coordinate and direct the development of the JBEI biological parts
registry, the characterization and standardization of biological parts, the
computer-aided design of biological pathways and circuits invoking the
standardized parts, and the automated assembly of the pathways and
incorporation thereof into microbial hosts such as E. coli and S.
cerevisiae, in collaboration with other scientists within the Fuels
Synthesis and Technology Divisions, towards the sustainable
production of clean biofuels.
Fuels Synthesis Research Groups
