José Avalos

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

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

Office: Hoyt Chemical Laboratory, 101

Phone: 609-258-

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

News

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

    At new institute, quest for better lives starts with curiosity

  • Foam board with a pinned grasshopper specimen, with wings extended, and four rows with different colors and shapes of synthetic wings under investigation for flying robots.

    Innovation funds support research in robotics, machine learning, climate resilience and more

  • researcher works at a chemical hood with his reflection in the glass opposite

    Glowing yeast lights the way to better biofuels

  • Farm vehicle traverses diagonal road cutting between sections of a tree farm, aerial view..

    New platform speeds up effort to turn crops into fuel

  • Artist rendering of biological shapes floating in a clear container

    Lava lamps, living cells: Brangwynne establishes new view of biology

  • Glowing green image of a tiger face

    Flipping light on-off turns bacteria into chemical factories

Research

  • Bioengineering and Health

  • Energy and Environment

Affiliations

  • Professor and student work together in lab setting.

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

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

    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment