Biochemistry and Microbiology

  • Dismukes, G. Charles

    • Title: Distinguished Professor
    • Department / Research Program: Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute for Advanced Materials and Device Nanotechnology
    • Email: dismukes@rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 848-445-1489
    • Detailed Profile: http://chem.rutgers.edu/people/faculty-bio/138-dismukes-charles
    • Research Areas: Catalysis, materials chemistry, solar energy and solar fuels, natural photosynthesis
    • Energy Research Focus: Synthesis of catalysts for artificial photosynthesis, design of reverse fuel cells (photoelectrochemical), engineering of microalgae for biomass/biofuels, tools for investigating these systems.

  • Falkowski, Paul G.

    • Title: Bennett L. Smith Chair in Business and Natural Resources; Distinguished Professor
    • Department / Research Program: Rutgers Energy Institute, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Marine and Coastal Sciences, Institute of Earth, Oceans and Atmospheric Sciences
    • Email: falko@marine.rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 848-932-2436
    • Detailed Profile: https://marine.rutgers.edu/main/paul-falkowski
    • Research Areas: Algal Biofuels, Novel Catalysts, Energy Efficiency
    • Energy Research Focus: Optimizing the production of algal feedstocks for biofuels and secondary metabolites. Designing and optimizing biologically inspired catalyses’ for hydrogen production and nitrogen fixation. Analyses of long term changes in technology that increase energy efficiency. http://ebme.marine.rutgers.edu/

    Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Laboratory

  • Häggblom, Max M.

    • Title: Distinguished Professor, Department Chair
    • Department / Research Program: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
    • Email: haggblom@sebs.rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 848-932-5646
    • Detailed Profile: https://dbm.rutgers.edu/websites/max-haggblom/
    • Research Areas: Biofuels, lignoaromatics, methanogenesis, microbial carbon degradation
    • Energy Research Focus: Anaerobic degradation of lingo-aromatic compounds to methane. Characterization of microbial communities and genes responsible for the degradation of phenolic compounds. Arctic and boreal microbial ecosystem responses to climate change.