Michelle O'Malley explained

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Michelle O'Malley
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Workplaces:University of California, Santa Barbara
Alma Mater:Carnegie Mellon University
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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]

Early life and education

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]

Career

O’Malley received a USDA-NIFA postdoctoral fellowship to perform biofuel research at MIT.[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.[13] [14]

Awards

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-08-03. Michelle O'Malley. 2021-05-13. chemengr.ucsb.edu. en.
  2. Web site: What Biofuel Production Can Learn from the Zoo: Michelle A. O'Malley. Manke. Kristin. 2016-05-01. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. 2019-01-03.
  3. Web site: Michelle O'Malley Innovators Under 35. MIT Technology Review. en. 2019-03-04.
  4. Web site: Honoring Federally-Funded Scientists and Engineers at the Forefront of Research and Discovery. 2016-05-05. whitehouse.gov. en. 2019-03-04.
  5. Web site: Alumni in the News: Professor Michelle O'Malley Receives Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award . www.cmu.edu. en. 2019-03-04.
  6. Web site: Michelle O'Malley. 2018-02-13. www.aiche.org. en. 2019-03-04.
  7. Web site: Anne Skaja Robinson Lab: alumni. www.che.udel.edu. 2019-03-04.
  8. Web site: Converting plant waste into biofuels. Main. 11 September 2012 . en. 2019-03-04.
  9. Web site: Getting the most out of your postdoc. Kuo. Maggie. 2016-09-16. Science AAAS. en. 2019-03-04.
  10. Web site: Scientists are learning exciting new things from shitholes. Jula. Megan. Mother Jones. en-US. 2019-03-04.
  11. Web site: A Dung Detective Hunts For Rare Microbes. Science Friday. en-US. 2019-03-04.
  12. O’Malley. Michelle A.. Thompson. Dawn A.. Regev. Aviv. Grigoriev. Igor V.. Theodorou. Michael K.. Wright. Aaron T.. Purvine. Samuel O.. Brewer. Heather M.. Lipzen. Anna. 2016-03-11. Early-branching gut fungi possess a large, comprehensive array of biomass-degrading enzymes. Science. en. 351. 6278. 1192–1195. 10.1126/science.aad1431. 0036-8075. 26912365. 5098331. 2016Sci...351.1192S.
  13. Web site: Can Goat Poop Overpower Fossil Fuels?. Conca. James. Forbes. en. 2019-03-04.
  14. Web site: Yes, you can have a life outside the lab. Kuo. Maggie. 2017-05-23. Science AAAS. en. 2019-03-04.
  15. Web site: May 13: Colburn Memorial Lecture. UDaily. 2019-03-04.
  16. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award#1553721 - Caree: Designing Synthetic Anaerobic Consortia for Bioproduction. www.nsf.gov. 2019-03-04.
  17. Web site: 2017 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Dreyfus Foundation. en-US. 2019-03-04.
  18. Web site: Professor Michelle O'Malley Receives Young Investigator Award from ACS Biochemical Technology Division. 2018-11-13. chemengr.ucsb.edu. en. 2019-03-04.

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