Yinjie Tang, Professor

Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Department 

Washington University, Campus Box 1180, St. Louis, MO 63130

Office Location: Brauer Hall, Room 1025 

Phone: 314-935-3441 ;  Email: yinjie.tang@ wustl.edu 

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Education

PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

BS and MS in Biochemical Engineering, Tianjin University 

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Research

1. Characterize metabolic pathways in microbial species via 13C-metabolomics and metabolic flux analysis

2. Engineer algae and yeast bioprocesses for waste remediation and bio-production

3. Develop metabolic models, machine learning, and process simulations for optimal bio-manufacturing 

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Service

1. Departmental Services: Graduate Director (2015~2016);  Undergraduate Director (2016~Jan. 2019, prepared 2018 ABET evaluation); University Conflicts of Interest Review Committee (2019~present)

2. Associate Editors (Process Biochemistry; Microbial Cell Factories; Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts; Froniters in Microbiology); Editorial Board Members (Frontiers in Bioengineering; Current Opinion in Biotechnology; mBio; Scientific Reports)

3. Grant reviewers: DOE, NSF, EPA, NASA, BBSRC of UK, USDA, MacArthur Fellows Program, Israel Science Foundation, Genome Canada, ANR of France

4. Conference session chair (Biochemical and Molecular Engineering 2019; Metabolic Engineering 14 2021; ACS Annual Meeting 2022)

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Awards

NSF CAREER (2010); Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2010); Department Chair's Award for Outstanding Teaching (2013)

U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship (2019); NSF Transition Award (2023)