Associate Professor Zhiliang (Julia) Fan
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
3016 Bainer Hall
University of California
Davis, California 95616
Phone: 530-754-0317
Email: jzfan at ucdavis.edu
Advancing technologies for production of fuels and chemicals from renewable resources. Metabolic engineering and biocatalyst development; fermentation process development and modeling; biological and chemical process design and economic evaluation.
Research
Dr. Fan’s primary research interests are in advancing technologies for production of fuels and chemicals from renewable resources, including metabolic engineering and biocatalyst development; fermentation process development and modeling; biological and chemical process design and economic evaluation. Current research is focused on novel processes for ethanol and isobutanol production from cellulosic materials.
