Professor of Chemical Engineering
email: clark@berkeley.edu
office: 497 Tan
phone: 510.642.2408
fax: 510.643.1228
Research Interests
Biochemical engineering and biocatalysis
Professor Clark's research is in the field of biochemical engineering, with particular emphasis on enzyme technology and bioactive materials, extremophiles and extremophilic enzymes, cell culture and metabolic flux analysis. Specific topics of current interest include biocatalysis in novel environments, e.g., nonaqueous media, combinatorial biocatalysis for the synthesis of new bioactive compounds, the cultivation and genomics of thermophiles and barophiles, and the metabolic effects of anticancer agents in breast-cancer cells.
Biography
Professor; B.S., University of Vermont (1979); Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1983); Presidential Young Investigator Award (1986); Most Appreciated Faculty Member, AIChE Student Chapter, University of California, Berkeley (1995); Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineers (1995); Amgen Award in Biochemical Engineering (2003); International Enzyme Engineering Award (2003); Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2003); Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003); NorCal Chemical Engineering Excellence Award — Industrial Research (2004); Department of Chemical Engineering Teaching Award (2006); Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology, American Chemical Society (2006); Editor-in-Chief, Biotechnology and Bioengineering (1996-present).