Hansen Tjo
Tjo’s research focuses on developing genome-editing and metabolic engineering tools in lignocellulose-degrading, non-model thermophiles. By lowering barriers to the manipulation of their metabolic pathways, such non-model microbes can be rapidly deployed in industrial contexts as next-generation cell factories for sustainable biofuels and biochemicals production. Tjo is advised by Jonathan Conway, Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering.