Weiwen Zhang
Tianjin University
Biography
Dr. Zhang is a Professor of Microbiology and Biochemical Engineering, Head of Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology in the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology of Tianjin University in China. Prior to joining Tianjin University, Prof. Zhang was a faculty with Biodesign Institute and the School of Life Science of Arizona State University for 2007-2011, and a senior scientist at Microbiology Department with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for 2002-2007. Dr. Zhang has broad research experience in microbial genetics, physiology and synthetic biology, has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers. His recent research focuses on synthetic biology of photosynthetic microorganisms and analysis of microbial consortia.
Abstract
Abstract : Synthetic photosynthetic Cyanobacteria to produce fine chemicals directly from CO2