Jay Keasling

Current

• Division Director at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Professor at University of California, Berkeley

Education

• Stanford University School of Medicine
• University of Michigan
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Industry

Research

Jay Keasling’s Experience

• Division Director

  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  (Government Agency; Research industry)

  May 2005 — Present (3 years 6 months)

• Professor

  University of California, Berkeley

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  July 1992 — Present (16 years 4 months)

Jay Keasling’s Education

• Stanford University School of Medicine

  Post-doc, Biochemistry, 1991 — 1992

• University of Michigan

  PhD, Chemical Engineering, 1986 — 1991

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  BS, Chemistry, 1982 — 1986

Additional Information

Jay Keasling’s Groups:

Phi Beta Kappa
American Chemical Society
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society for Microbiology
American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering

Jay Keasling’s Honors:

Professional Progress Award, American Institute for Chemical Engineers, 2007.
Elected Fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology, 2007.
Eastman Lectureship, Department of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech University, 2007.
Scientist of the Year, Discovery Magazine, 2006.
Technology Pioneer, World Economic Forum, 2005.
Seventh Annual Frontiers of Biotechnology Lecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005.
Blue-Green Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan & Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences, Michigan State University, 2005.
Inaugural Schwartz Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2003.
Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecturer, University of Delaware, 2002.
Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2000.
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 1995.