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Wei Niu

Associate Professor Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
OTHM 207R
Lincoln, NE 68588-0643
Phone
402-472-5348 On-campus 2-5348
Email
wniu2@unl.edu
Website
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Education

  • Ph.D. Bioorganic Chemistry, Michigan State University
  • M.S., Biophysics, Tsinghua University
  • B.S., Chemistry, Tsinghua University

Areas of Research and Professional Interest

  • Apply metabolic engineering principles and synthetic biology tools to the microbial synthesis of industrial or other value-added chemicals from renewable feedstocks.
  • Develop new enzyme catalysts and auxiliary functional proteins for efficient and green synthesis of pharmaceutical precursors and energy molecules.