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| George H. McArthur IV, Ph.D. student, Virginia Commonwealth University<br>
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| ==Research in Microbial Metabolic Engineering==
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| The ability to (re)program microbial metabolism offers a sustainable alternative to chemical production from petroleum. Therefore, the goal of my research is to develop a platform microorganism for industrial bioprocesses. In particular, I am interested in implementing novel metabolism in photosynthetic microbes such as microalgae for the direct photobiosynthesis of high-value products and commodity chemicals (e.g., biofuel). Results from this work include progress toward establishing a collection of standard biological parts, which is fundamental to the development of synthetic biology.
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| ==Biochemical Process Engineering==
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| One of the main challenges in culturing microalgae at an industrial scale is designing a cost-effective bioreactor. Therefore, to optimize the impact of a photosynthetic platform organism, I am working on a novel photobioreactor design.
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