José Avalos

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Bioengineering

Website: https://www.princeton.edu/cbe/people/faculty/avalos/

Office: Hoyt Chemical Laboratory, 101

Phone: 609-258-9881

Research interests: Biotechnology: Use of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering to address important problems in sustainable energy, the environment, industry, and human health.

News

  • Floating seaweed in the ocean.

    Transforming troublesome seaweed into a feedstock of the future

  • Dense rows of low crops growing in a field, with trees in the distance and a clear blue sky.

    Princeton IP Accelerator funding awarded to support promising new technologies

  • Three researchers in lab coats examine a sample while one points at the material

    Transforming microbes into factories for the future

  • Montano Lopez standing with his multimedia research presentation display at the conference.

    Designing yeasts to make cleaner fuels earns grad student an innovation award at COP28

  • Jose Avalos, Chris Gonzalez, Tess Kichuk in wearing lab coats looking at Petri dish in lab

    New bioengineering Ph.D. program harnesses ‘uniquely collaborative’ community

  • Group of researchers gathered around computer screen in a lab.

    At new institute, quest for better lives starts with curiosity

Affiliations

  • Professor and student work together in lab setting.

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Six people in lab looking toward camera.

    Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute

  • Faculty member, seated at end of row of colleagues, leads panel discussion.

    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment