Julia Rohlhill
Education
University of Delaware, Doctoral Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2014 – present
University at Buffalo (SUNY), Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering, minors in biotechnology and mathematics, 2010-2014
Research Project
Developing synthetic biology tools and strategies to engineer methylotrophic E. coli strains. These strains could utilize methanol as a carbon source to produce useful metabolites including butanol, for use as a transportation biofuel.
Honors & Awards
- NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Fellow
- Robert L. Pigford Fellowship
Technical Skills
- E. coli cloning/molecular biology techniques
- Flow Cytometry
Research Summary Keywords
- Metabolic Engineering
- Synthetic Biology
- Promoter Engineering