Carrie Eckert

SENIOR SCIENTIST
Genetic and metabolic engineering
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
United States of America

Academician Microbiology
Biography

Education:Ph.D., Molecular Biology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Campus, 2001–2006;B.S., Biology, University of South Dakota, 1995–1999. Affiliated Research Programs:Development of a genetic system in Chloroflexus aurantiacus to utilize syngas feedstocks (collaborator, PI Kiverdi, Inc.);Genetic analysis of CO/H2 metabolism in a novel purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacterium, Rubrivivax gelatinosus CBS, and expression of its O2 tolerant hydrogenase in Synechocystis (contributor, PI Pin-Ching Maness);Genetic design and redesign for improved flux towards biofuels in E. coli (collaborator, PI Ryan Gill, University of Colorado, Boulder)

Research Intrest

Research Interests:Development of genetic tools for analysis and metabolic engineering of diverse microbes;CO and CO2 metabolism;Hydrogenases and H2 metabolism;Engineering novel microbial platforms for biofuels/bioproducts;Development of high throughput screening and selection methods

List of Publications
"Genome Annotation Provides Insight into Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Metabolism in Rubrivivax gelatinosus," PLOS One (2014)
"Overcoming substrate limitations for improved production of ethylene in E. coli.," Biotechnology for Biofuels (2016)