Co-hosted by the Department of Manufacturing Engineering, and the School of Management , Boston University.

Emerging Technology and Best Practices Seminar Series

Short Biography of Wayne R. Curtis

Dr. Curtis has been conducting research and teaching in Biochemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Penn State University for nearly 20 years. His initial appointment included supervising a fermentation pilot plant facility designed to assist in commercial development of Pennsylvania Biotechnology. He helped develop a hands-on industrial workshop program and taught over 2000 participants in topics of bioreactor and fermentor desgin and operation. His teaching has been primarily in support of a bioprocess engineering curriculum option in the Department of Chemical Engineering. The majority of Dr. Curtis' research has been in bioreactor design for organisms ranging from root culture, colonal tree embryos, insect paracitic nematodes, algae and most recently bioreactor systems with applications in the field of biofuels. He recieved an NSF young investigator Award and has continued to work closely with industry including Monsanto, Weyerhaeuser and Merck. He has given nearly 100 invited lectures and seminars in over a dozen different countries and spent significant time in Japan and India teaching and evaluating biotechnology programs. Dr. Curtis is currently on sabatical and working with in the DOE/GtL center of George Church @ Harvard Medical school. Wayne has been married for 24 years and has 4 children.

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