Tom Jeffries C.V.

Key contact:

Thomas W. Jeffries, Ph.D.

Current appointments:

Director: Institute for Microbial and Biochemical Technology, USDA, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53705

USDA Professor: University of Wisconsin Department of Bacteriology, E.B. Fred Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

UW Interdisciplinary Programs: Institute for Environmental Studies; Biotechnology Training Grant

Telephone: (608) 231-9453; Fax: (608) 231-9262

email: twjeffri@facstaff.wisc.edu

Education:

Positions held:

USDA, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI
January 1999 to Present, Director, Institute for Microbial and Biochemical Technology
January, 1994 to 1999 Supervisory Microbiologist, GS-15
June 1986 to Jan., 1994 Supervisory Microbiologist, GM-14
July 1984 to June 1986 Research Microbiologist, GS-14
Nov. 1980 to July 1984 Microbiologist, GS-13
May 1979 to Nov. 1980 Microbiologist, GS-12
Columbia University, Department of Chemical Engineering, New York, N.Y.
Aug. 1977 to June 1979 Research Associate
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, Biomedical Sciences Division, Livermore, Calif.
Aug. 1975 to Aug. 1977 Staff Scientist
U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, Natick, MA.
June 1973 to AUG. 1973, Visiting Scientist
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.
Sept. 1973 to Aug. 1975 Research Intern
Aug. 1972 to Apr. 1973 Research Intern
Research interests: Xylose fermentation; Metabolic regulation; Metabolic engineering; Yeast genetics; Depolymerization of cellulosic and hemicellulosic polysaccharides; Lignin biodegradation; Bioprocess engineering; Microbial strain selection and development; Regulation of heterologous enzymes; Overproduction of primary and secondary metabolites; Overproduction of extracellular enzymes; Microbial physiology.

Scholarly interests:
Associate Editor, North America:World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
Editorial Board: Journal of Industrial Microbiology, Enzyme and Microbial Technology
Ad hoc reviewer: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Bio/Technology; Biotechnology and Bioengineering; Biotechnology Letters; Archives of Biochemistry, USDA, USDOE, NSF, SBIR
Professional associations: American Society for Microbiology, Fermentation and Biotechnology Division (1971 to present); American Chemical Society Division of Microbial and Biochemical Technology and Cellulose, Paper and Textile Divisions (1972 to present); American Association for the Advancement of Science (1972 to present); Sigma Xi (1973 to present); Society for Industrial Microbiology (1979 to present); International Organization for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (1989 to present); Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (1984-present); Union of Concerned Scientists, Speaker's Bureau (1992-present).

Professional activities: Organizer: Symposium on Biotechnology in the Pulp and Paper Industry, American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 1996; Organizer, Symposium on Enzymes in the pulp and paper industry, Society for Industrial Microbiology, 1994. Co-organizer for Symposium on xylose fermenting yeasts, International Symposium for Yeasts, 1992; Organizer and Chairman of Seminar on "Inter-enzyme Metabolite Transfer and Metabolic Engineering," American Society for Microbiology, May 15, 1989. Organizer, Seminar on "Conversion of Pentoses to Fuels and Chemicals by Yeast and Bacteria," American Society for Microbiology, 1982; Co-organizer and Chairman of Symposium on "Microbial Utilization of Wood and its Constituents," American Chemical Society, 1985; Co-organizer of Round table on "The Role of Microbiology in Energy Production," American Society for Microbiology, 1976.

Publications

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