José Avalos

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Bioengineering

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

A woman in a lab coat and safety goggles prepares to place a test tube into a machine for analysis. — As part of her research on lunar cement, Ph.D. student Sophia Bergen uses an optical emission spectrometer to measure the concentrations of different ions in a sample. Photo by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy

Innovation grants could help build a moon base, block food-borne illness, and map the brain

Aerial view of three tropical storms forming in the Atlantic basin. — Three storms formed in the Atlantic basin in 2017. Photo by NASA

Six research projects receive Sustainability of Our Planet funding

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From troublesome seaweed to sustainable feedstock

Floating seaweed in the ocean. — Floating Sargassum in Puerto Rico (photo courtesy of Loretta Roberson of Marine Biological Laboratory).

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 — José Avalos (center) in the laboratory with graduate students Sarah Kwartler (left) and José Montaño-López (right). Photo by Adena Stevens

Transforming microbes into factories for the future

Professor and student work together in lab setting.

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Advancing human health, energy, materials science, and industrial processes

Six people in lab looking toward camera.

Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute

Building a vibrant community of faculty, students, postdocs, staff and partners; research focusing on cellular, hardware and computational bioengineering – all under one roof.