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Professor Michelle O'Malley Ph.D. | |
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| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
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| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Michelle O'Malley is an American chemical engineer and professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. [1] She is known for her work studying the use of anaerobic microbes in developing inexpensive biofuels. [2] In 2015 she was named as one of MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators under 35, [3] and in 2016 she received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. [4]
O'Malley received a B.S. in chemical and biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004. [5] She earned her doctor of philosophy in chemical engineering at the University of Delaware in 2009, working with Anne Robinson expressing membrane proteins in yeast. [6] [7]
O’Malley received a USDA-NIFA postdoctoral fellowship to perform biofuel research at MIT. [6] [8] In 2012 she joined the faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara as an assistant professor. [9] O'Malley's research focuses on discovering, isolating, and characterizing cellulose-digesting fungi in the guts of herbivores. [10] [11] Enzymes from these fungi can be used to break down biomass (such as grasses) into simple sugars, which can be further fermented into biofuels. [12] Her research has been featured on NPR's Science Friday, as well as in Forbes and Mother Jones magazines, and she has been interviewed for two Science Career stories. [11] [13] [10] [14] [9]
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