Daniel Howell

Daniel is interested in using synthetic biology to sequester atmospheric carbon and manufacture products currently produced from fossil fuels. As an undergraduate, he researched metabolic engineering to increase yields of natural products with potential as medicines. After undergrad, he spent a year studying mechanisms of pathogenesis and genetic tractability of an obligate intracellular bacterium. Then, he spent a year in Germany on a Fulbright Research grant studying engineered carbon-fixation metabolism. He has a B.S. in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University.