The Gene and Linda Voiland School of
Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Research Areas
Protein Molecular Engineering
- Protein separation, purification and characterization
- Protein-protein interactions
- Drug mechanisms
[Top photo: Alla Kostyukova working with some of her students]
Faculty
- Birgitte Ahring – Microbiology, biomass conversion to biofuels and high-value bioproducts
- Haluk Beyenal – Biofilms
- Wen-ji Dong – Cardiac muscle biology and mechanics, protein chemistry and engineering, fluorescence techniques, computer modeling, nanoscale biosensor design and engineering
- Alla Kostyukova – Regulation of actin dynamics by actin-binding proteins, protein structure and protein-protein interactions, protein engineering, circular dichroism
- Bernie Van Wie – Biotechnology including biosensors and bioanalytical devices, cell and tissue culture, engineering education research
- Xiao Zhang – Biomass chemistry, biomass conversion to bioproducts and bioenergy