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Daniel Olson

Associate Professor of Engineering

Professor Olson analyzes central metabolic pathways from Clostridium thermocellum. (Photo by Catha Mayor)

Research Interests

Metabolic engineering; cellulosic biofuel; metabolic flux analysis; genome resequencing analysis

Education

  • BA, Physics, Dartmouth 2004
  • BE, Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth 2006
  • PhD, Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth 2011

Professional Activities

Selected Publications

ORCID iD icon Complete Works and Publications

Patents

  • Engineering an increase in ethanol production by altering co-factor specificity | 10767196
  • Increased ethanol production by thermophilic microorganisms with deletion of individual HFS hydrogenase subunits | 10619172
  • Engineering microorganisms to increase ethanol production by metabolic redirection | 9803221

Courses

Videos

Engineering Microbes for Cellulosic Biofuel Production (Seminar)

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