• Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Director, Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing and Sustainability
Aristos Aristidou

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

    • 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.