- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Director, Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing and Sustainability
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Email: aristidou@tamu.edu
- Office: CHEN 317A
Educational Background
- Postdoc, Metabolic Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, William Marsh Rice University
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, William Marsh Rice University
Research Interests
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- Biochemical and metabolic engineering
- Sustainable biomanufacturing of key industrial chemical intermediates
- Bioprocess modeling and optimization
- Bioprocesses for the production of sustainable food ingredients
Certifications & Memberships
- Member, National Academy of Engineering – 2018
Awards & Honors
- Corporate Fellow, Cargill – 2022
Selected Publications
- Aristidou, A. “Application of Metabolic Engineering to the Conversion of Renewable Resources to Fuels and Fine Chemicals”, in Fermentation Microbiology and Biotechnology, El-Mansi, M.T. and Bryce, C.F.A., Editors. (2006), Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
- Salusjärvi, L., Pitkänen, J-P., Aristidou, A., Ruohonen, L. and Penttilä, M. 2006. “Transcription analysis of recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals novel responses to xylose.“ Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 128: 237-261.
- Ruohonen, L., Aristidou, A., Frey, A.D., Penttilä, M. and Kallio, P.T. 2006. ”Expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin improves the metabolism of xylose in recombinant yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under low oxygen conditions.” Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 39(1): 6-14.
- Vemuri, G. and Aristidou, A. 2005. “Metabolic Engineering in the Omics Era: Elucidating and Modulating Regulatory Networks.” Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 69(2): 197-216.
- Tarkiainen, V., Kotiaho, T., Mattila, I., Virkajärvi, I., Aristidou, A., Ketola, R.A. 2005. “On-Line Monitoring of Beer Fermentation Processes Using Automatic Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometric System”. Talanta 65(5): 1254-1263.