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Biotechnology and Biotechnology Engineering CertiFIcate Programs >
Chemical and Biological Engineering >
Biotechnology and
Biotechnology Engineering
Certificate Programs
Faculty ADVISOR:
Professor David L. Kaplan, Biomedical Engineering/
Chemical and Biological Engineering
The field of biotechnology is vibrant, with constant
new developments and advances that are generating
opportunities for scientific exploration and
employment. New biotechnology-derived pharmaceutical
products are gaining FDA approval, the
sequencing of the human genome will lead to
tremendous new opportunities in disease prevention,
and transgenic plants and animals are offering
new options in large-scale production of products.
The ability to manipulate the genetic content of
microbial, insect, animal, and plant cells has led to a
variety of commercial applications in medicine,
nutrition, materials science, and the environment.
Through industry-based projects and case
studies, the certificate courses cover the fundamentals
and practical considerations in the field,
including construction of recombinant DNA and
the production of enzymes, therapeutic proteins,
vaccines and small-molecule primary and secondary
metabolites. The curriculum features modern
techniques for separation and purification of small
and large biomolecules, including techniques
specially designed for today’s biotechnology
products. In addition, production and separation
case studies emphasize process economics, GMP,
and QA/QC.
The program is open to students with a
bachelor’s degree and a background in biology,
chemistry, or engineering. Students who lack the
necessary biology or engineering background can
take primer courses during the summer.
Two certificate programs are available. Each
certificate requires four courses.
For more information, contact the Program
Administrator, Angela Foss, at 617-627-2320, or
visit http://gradstudy.tufts.edu/certificates.
Chemical and Biological
Engineering
Associate Professor Kyongbum Lee, Chair; Metabolic
engineering, tissue engineering, systems biology
Professor Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Robert and
Marcy Haber Professor in Energy Sustainability; Environmental
catalysis, clean energy technologies, nanostructured oxides,
fuel cells
Professor Christos Georgakis, Modeling, optimization and
process control, batch processing
Associate Professor Jerry H. Meldon, Mass transfer,
reaction-separation coupling
Associate Professor Daniel F. Ryder, Modeling, process
control, bioprocess engineering
Associate Professor Hyunmin Yi, Nanobiofabrication,
smart biopolymers, BioMEMS
Assistant Professor Ayse Asatekin, Advanced membranes
for clean water and separations, macromolecular design,
self-assembling polymers
Assistant Professor Nikhil Nair, Systems bioengineering,
synthetic biology, protein engineering, metabolic engineering
Assistant Professor Matthew Panzer, Inorganic and hybrid
quantum dot/organic optoelectronic devices
Professor of the Practice Steve Matson, Bioseparation
and biocatalysis membrane processes
Professor of the Practice Derek Mess, Thermal barrier
coating, solid oxide fuel cell ceramics
Research Professor Howard Saltsburg, Catalysis, materials
science
Research Professor Darryl Williams, Nanobiotechnology,
STEM education
SECONDARY APPOINTMENTS:
Professor Linda M. Abriola, Civil and Environmental
Engineering; Groundwater hydrology, contaminant fate and
transport
Professor David L. Kaplan, Biomedical Engineering;
Biotechnology, biomaterials, tissue engineering
Professor William Moomaw, The Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy; Climate change, energy policy, nitrogen
pollution
Assistant Professor Qiaobing Xu, Biomedical Engineering;
Biomaterials, drug delivery, micro/nanofabrication, tissue
engineering
Chemical engineering builds on the sciences,
especially chemistry and biology, to design processes
and products that are useful for society.
Chemical engineers tend to be the broadest of all
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