User:Tushar N Patel

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• Tushar N Patel
• Columbia University
• 500 W 120th St
• 801 Mudd Building
• New York, NY 10027
• tnp2109@columbia.edu

I am a graduate student in the Banta Lab at Columbia University in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Our lab works on protein and metabolic engineering for a variety of applications. My work is focused around heterogeneous biocatalysis and more specifically, the use of E. coli as a whole-cell biocatalyst.

Education

• 2014 (expected), PhD in ChemE, Columbia University, New York, NY
• 2011, MS in ChemE, Columbia University, New York, NY
• 2009, BS in ChemE, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Research interests

My research interests all relate to engineering and using biology for a variety of applications including catalysis, sensing, structural functions, biomaterials, and therapeutics.

1. Protein Engineering
2. Metabolic Engineering
3. Synthetic Biology
4. Heterogeneous Biocatalysis
5. Biomaterials

Publications

1. Felsovalyi, F., Patel, T., Mangiagalli, P., Kumar, S. K. and Banta, S. (2012), Effect of thermal stability on protein adsorption to silica using homologous aldo-keto reductases. Protein Science, 21: 1113–1125. doi: 10.1002/pro.2099

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