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Overview
Personal Profile
Chris Calvey's research focuses on evolving and engineering autotrophic bacteria such as Cupriavidus necator and Clostridium autoethanogenum for improved biological upgrading of C1 compounds (including formate, carbon, and carbon dioxide) toward higher-value products.
Research Interests
Converting renewable electrons to molecules via biological upgrading, such as in the emerging formate bioeconomy
Metabolic engineering of non-conventional microbes, including oleaginous yeasts and autotrophic bacteria
Synthetic biology, DNA assembly techniques, and the quest for optimized minimal genomes
Industrial microbiology, scaling up of fermentations towards commercial processes
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher – Bioengineering, NREL (2019-2021)
Senior Scientist, Xylome Corporation (2015–2018)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PhD, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Adaptive Laboratory Evolution for Enhanced Performance of Cupriavidus Necator on Formic Acid
Swart, R., White, A., Friedberg, L., Calvey, C., Sanchez i Nogue, V. & Johnson, C., 2024, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).Research output: NREL › Poster
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Adaptive Laboratory Evolution for Enhanced Performance of Cupriavidus necator on Formic Acid
Swart, R., White, A., Friedberg, L., Calvey, C., Sanchez i Nogue, V. & Johnson, C., 2023, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).Research output: NREL › Poster
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Electrons to Molecules by Engineering and Evolution: Biological Upgrading of Formate by Cupriavidus necator
Calvey, C., Johnson, C., Sanchez i Nogue, V., Eckert, C., White, A., Friedberg, L., Kneucker, C., Ramiresz, K., Woodworth, S., Haugen, S., Alt, H., Reed, M., Rowe, I. & Li, C., 2023, 24 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
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Improving Growth of Cupriavidus necator H16 on Formate Using Adaptive Laboratory Evolution-Informed Engineering
Calvey, C., Sanchez i Nogue, V., White, A., Kneucker, C., Woodworth, S., Alt, H., Eckert, C. & Johnson, C., 2023, In: Metabolic Engineering. 75, p. 78-90 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access25 Scopus Citations -
Muconic Acid Production from Glucose and Xylose in Pseudomonas putida via Evolution and Metabolic Engineering
Ling, C., Peabody, G. L., Salvachúa, D., Kim, Y. M., Kneucker, C. M., Calvey, C. H., Monninger, M. A., Munoz, N. M., Poirier, B. C., Ramirez, K. J., St. John, P. C., Woodworth, S. P., Magnuson, J. K., Burnum-Johnson, K. E., Guss, A. M., Johnson, C. W. & Beckham, G. T., Dec 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 14 p., Article No. 4925.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access62 Scopus Citations
Awards and Honors
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NREL Outstanding Mentor Award
da Silva Pereira, W. (Recipient), Calvey, C. (Recipient), Griffin, K. (Recipient) & Hirschey, J. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Honorary award
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NREL President's Award
Kumar, U. (Recipient), Hoehne, C. (Recipient), Calvey, C. (Recipient) & Birky, A. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Honorary award