Biography
Google Scholar
Research Scientist / Group Leader
July 2010 – present
Grants and Awards
Current- PI - Agency: Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability - Focus: Automated Adaptive Laboratory Evolution (ALE) Technology Development and Operations - BioFoundry Member
- Scientific Lead, Host Engineering - The Joing BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) Agency: U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) - Focus: Evolutionary engineering of microbes for bioproduction of biofuels and bioproducts
- Scientific Lead - The Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) Agency: U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) - Focus: Evolutionary engineering of microbes for bioproduction of biofuels and bioproducts
- co-PI - Agency: DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office - Focus: Optimization of microbial spores for incorporation into thermoplastic polyurethanes via ALE
- co-PI - Agency: DOE Office of Science - Focus: Evaluating Cell Heterogeneities in Scalable Bioprocessing using Whole Genome Sequencing
- Co-I - Agency: NIH - Focus: Systems biology targeting of antimicrobial resistance Project Description
- Co-PI - Agency: Novo Nordisk Foundation - Focus: Network Reconstruction and in silico Biology
- Investigator - Agency: NIH NIGMS - Focus: Evolution of E. coli to stress conditions to uncover functional pathways and networks
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioengineering University of California - San Diego, December 2008
Master of Science in Bioengineering University of California - San Diego, December 2005
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering University of Nebraska - Lincoln, May 2003, Honors Program Graduate
Previous Research Experience
GT Life Sciences, Inc., San Diego, CA (2009 - 2010)
Biological Process Development Facility / UNL - Protein Purification Laboratory (2002 - 2003)
Goodyear Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska - Co-Op Participant (2001 - 2002)
Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (REU) / Colorado State University (Summer 2001)
Featured Media
- ALE: A method for rapid improvements in industrial biotech
- Energizing Plastics Renewability, Recycling Efforts
- Nine JBEI Scientists in Top 2% of the World
- Commercial-scale Biomanufactured Melatonin is Here
- 2018 Jay Bailey Young Investigator Award in Metabolic Engineering
Contact Information
Email Address: afeist@ucsd.edu
Email Address: afeist@biosustain.dtu.dk
Phone: (858) 534-9592
Mailing Address: 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0412, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412
