User:GMcArthurIV

http://www.che.virginia.edu/images/index_banner.gif Everything that living things do can be understood in terms of the jigglings and wigglings of atoms. –Richard P. Feynman

Welcome to my OWW user page. I'm a first-year grad student at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA and I am a member of Dr. Stephen Fong's Systems Bioengineering Lab in the Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering. Please feel free to email me.

Research Interests

I am working towards a biofuel production process using biological, chemical and physical engineering principles.

Microbial Engineering

Specifically, I am interested in combining an evolutionary engineering strategy with a synthetic biology approach to the metabolic engineering of microorganisms for the synthesis of butanol for use as transportation fuel.

Marine Metagenomics

I am interested in harvesting genetic material from the vast microbial biodiversity found in the oceans for biotechnological applications.

• If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. – Loren Eisley

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University

• Ph.D. Chemical and Life Science Engineering

University of Virginia (2008)

• B.S. Chemical Engineering
  • Concentration in Biotechnology
• B.A. Music
  • Focus in Composition
• Minor in Biology
• Undergraduate Thesis Portfolio
  • The Development of a First Course in the Fundamentals of Synthetic Biology at the University of Virginia
    • Biological Systems Design was offered in Spring 2008!
  • The VGEM Team: A Model for Enhancing Engineering Education
  • A Regulatory Framework for the Constructive Development of Synthetic Biology

Links

• Virginia Genetically Engineered Machine Team
• Synthetic Biology community
• Synthetic Genomics (the company)
• Sorcerer II Expedition
• Molecular Marine Biology Laboratory
• Marine Biotech
• Institute of Biological Engineering
• Gossamer Fidelity (the band)