George Georgiou

 

Phone: (512) 471-6975

Fax: (512) 471-7963

Email: gg[at]che.utexas.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Department of Chemical Engineering                                                                             

Department of Biomedical Engineering                                                                          

Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology                                                                         

Section of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

The University of Texas at Austin                                             

Austin, TX 78712

 

 

 

EMPLOYMENT      

Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #9, U. Texas, Austin: 2005-Present

Professor, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, U. Texas, Austin: 2005-Present

Joe C. Walter, Jr. Endowed Chair, U. Texas, Austin: 1998-2004   

Joan and Keys Curry/Cullen Trust Endowed Chair, U. Texas, Austin: 1998-2004

Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, U. Texas, Austin: 1995-Present 

Professor, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, U. Texas, Austin:  2001-Present

Member, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, U. Texas, Austin: 1994-Present

Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, U. Texas, Austin: 1991-1994

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, U. Texas, Austin: 1986-1991

 

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 1987

M.S.,   Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 1983 

B.Sc.,  Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), England, 1981

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Named as one of the "100 Eminent Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era," (AIChE), 2008

Jay Bailey Award, Society of Biological Engineers, 2007

AMGEN Award in Biochemical Engineering, 2007

Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE), 2005

National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2005

Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, 2004

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004   

Professional Progress Award for Outstanding Progress in Chemical Engineering,

American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE), 2003

University Cooperative Society’s Research Excellence Award for Best Paper, University of Texas, Austin, 2003

Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2003

Joan & Keys Curry/Cullen Trust Endowed Chair, U. Texas, Austin, 1998-2005

Cullen Trust Professor, U. Texas, Austin, 1997-1998

Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 1996

E. Bergman Award, US-Israel Science Foundation, 1995

L. E. McMakin Centennial Fellowship, U. Texas, Austin, 1992-1997

Dow Young Faculty Award, 1989

Faculty Excellence Award, University of Texas at Austin, 1988, 1996

Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1987

 

HONORARY LECTURESHIPS

Holtz Lecture, Dept of Chemical Eng., Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore MD (2009)

Metroplex Lecture, joint UT Southwestern Medical School and UT Dallas, Dallas TX (2009)

Alumni Lecturer, U. Massachusetts, Amherst (Fall 2008)

Janice Lumpkin Memorial Lecturer, U. Maryland Baltimore County (Fall 2008)

College of Engineering Distinguished Lecturer, U. Tennessee, 2008

Gaden Distinguished Lecturer, Dept of Chemical Eng., Columbia U, 2007

Lindsay Distinguished Lecturer, Dept of Chemical Eng. Texas A&M, 2007

Pearson Lecturer, Dept of Chemical Eng, U C. Santa Barbara, 2006

Harry Fair Lecturer, Dept of Chemical Eng. U. Oklahoma, 2006

Smith Lecturer, Dept of Chemical Eng. Cornell U. 2005

Eastman Biotechnology Lecturer, Dept of Chemical Eng., Georgia Tech, 2005

McCabe Lecturer, Dept of Chemical Eng., NC State U., 2005

Van Ness Lecturer, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Renselear Polytechnic Institute, 2003

Merck Lecturer, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, U. Virginia, 2003

Caterpillar Lecturer, College of Engineering, U. Iowa 2001

Bayer Lecturer, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, 2000

Vaughan Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Caltech, 1999

B. Chance Lecturer, Inst. for Medicine and Engineering, U. Pennsylvania, 1998

R.B. Barton Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, U. Oklahoma, 1997

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Plenary Lecture, AIChE, 1997

 

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Biotechnology and Bioengineering:  Associate Editor 1992-2001, Editorial Board 2001-Present

Protein Expression and Purification: Editorial Board 1994-Present

J. Biotechnology: Editorial Board 1995-Present

Microbial Cell Factories (on-line journal): Editorial Board 2002-Present

Oxford University Press: Editorial Board, Chemical Eng. Series 2004-Present

 

OTHER

167 Refereed journal and 17 Chapters/Proceedings publications published/in press;

162 Invited seminars in academia/industry and 55 plenary lectures at international meetings;

225 Presentations at technical meetings; 34 U.S. patents allowed or pending;

31 Doctoral students and 26 post-doctoral students supervised

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

National Academy of Engineering, American Institute of Chemical Engineers,

American Chemical Society, American Society for Microbiology,

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, American Society for Engineering Education,

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Protein Society