Biotechnology for Biofuels
is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal featuring high-quality studies describing technological and operational advances in the production of biofuels from biomass.
Biotechnology for Biofuels is overseen by Co-Editor-in-Chief Michael Himmel.
Michael E. Himmel
During his 27 years at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Mike Himmel has worked to support many technical aspects of the U.S. Department of Energy Biomass Program. More recently, he has been responsible for establishing the facilities and staff necessary to pursue projects in protein engineering and, specifically, cellulases. Today, Dr. Himmel manages the award-winning cellulase enzyme technology effort, as well as one major industrial and several academic subcontracts that support this work. The researchers have assembled world-class protein purification and characterization facilities at NREL, with special emphasis this past year on robotics systems for screening libraries derived from directed evolution technology. Dr. Himmel has contributed 300 peer-reviewed papers and meeting abstracts, four books, and 16 patents to the literature. He also chaired or co-chaired 15 international meetings in the field of biochemistry and biotechnology, including the 2003 Gordon Research Conference on "Cellulases and Cellulosomes."; He holds a Ph.D., Biochemistry Department, Colorado State University, 1980.
To see profiles of some of the other Editors who have chosen to bring their journal to BioMed Central please see the independent journals' Editor profiles.
Advertisements appearing on this page are the responsibility of BioMed Central and do not constitute endorsement by the journals or their editors
