Dr. Xu is an associate professor of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at Israel Institute of Technology, Technion-Guangdong. Dr. Xu’s research covers metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, biochemical engineering, intelligent control and computational modeling et al. Contact: [email protected] or [email protected]
Professional background 2016-2020, Assistant Professor, Chemical & BioChemE, University of Maryland 2013-2016, Postdoc, ChemE & Biotechnol., MIT, Stephanopoulos lab; 2008-2013, PhD, Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 1999-2006, BS/MS, Biotechnol. & Biochemical engineering, Jiangnan University. Selected Awards 2021, Biochemical Engineering Journal Young Investigator Award; 2020, Biotechnology & Bioengineering Daniel IC Wang Award; 2018, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Award (Novel artemisinin technol.); 2017, First author of Gaden Award-winning article (Stephanopoulos is the recipient) 2013, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad. |
Former team members at UMBC
Lab Alumni
Huan Liu (11/2017~11/2018)
Visiting PhD student
Beijing Univ. of Chemical Technology
Yongkun Lv (11/2017~11/2018)
Visiting PhD student
Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
Dr. Xia Wan (08/2018~12/2018)
Visiting faculty
Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Wuhan, China
Erqing Jin (10/2016~04/2017)
Visiting MS student
Jinan University, Guanghzou, China
Benjamin Holdridge (02/2017~06/2017)
Undergraduate researcher
Works at NextCure Inc, MD.
Jake Engel (02/2017~08/2017)
Undergraduate researcher
Chemical Engineering, UMBC
Huan Liu (11/2017~11/2018)
Visiting PhD student
Beijing Univ. of Chemical Technology
Yongkun Lv (11/2017~11/2018)
Visiting PhD student
Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
Dr. Xia Wan (08/2018~12/2018)
Visiting faculty
Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Wuhan, China
Erqing Jin (10/2016~04/2017)
Visiting MS student
Jinan University, Guanghzou, China
Benjamin Holdridge (02/2017~06/2017)
Undergraduate researcher
Works at NextCure Inc, MD.
Jake Engel (02/2017~08/2017)
Undergraduate researcher
Chemical Engineering, UMBC