Thomas Jeffries
Expert on bioconversion, biorefining, advanced cellulosic biofuels, unconventional yeasts, yeast physiology, metabolic engineering and bioprocess engineering
USDA professor, microbiology College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Work: 608-231-9453 — Home and cell phones available upon request twjeffri@wisc.edu
Topics
- Production of ethanol from cellulosic and hemicellulosic sugars by metabolically engineered yeasts
- Advanced biofuels from renewable cellulosic feedstocks
- Genomics, metabolic regulation and biotechnological applications of unconventional yeasts
Achievements
- President-elect, Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2011
- Charles D. Scott Award for application of biotechnology to produce fuels and chemicals from biomass, 2003
- Principal Investigator, Joint Genome Institute yeast genome project