Microbes are tiny powerhouses that can be harnessed to produce renewable fuels and bioplastics.

I am a bioprocess development scientist, leveraging microbes to decarbonize heavy industries.

Research Projects

 

Microbial Monomers.

Bioprocess development for the conversion of renewable feedstocks into bioplastic precursors, such as muconic acid and β-ketoadipic acid, by Pseudomonas putida.

 

Commercializing CDR.

Bioprospecting, bioprocess optimization, and scale-up of carbon dioxide removal bioprocess (CDR) at biotechnology startup, Cemvita.

 

Surface Scavengers.

Quantifying rates and identifying physicochemical drivers of microbial anabolic activity in deep-sea sediments and implications for deep time. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16183

 

Early Existence.

Tracking sulfur cycling in a 2.65 billion-year-old fossilized microbial mat. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12227

Bacterial Biofuels.

Characterizing the solubilization potential of different Caldicellulosiruptor strains on raw corn stover and delignified poplar for the production of biofuel ethanol.

 

Hydrothermal Carbon Fixation.

Single-cell analyses of inorganic carbon uptake by microorganism at (in)active hydrothermal vents. doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01599-9

 

Fire and Famine.

Characterizing single-cell carbon uptake in the deep hydrothermal subsurface of the Guaymas Basin, Mexico. doi: 10.1101/2023.11.06.565840

 

Advances in Activity Analyses.

Quantifying the decrease in isotope enrichments due to sample preparation for nanoSIMS. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15264

 
 

Contact

Nicolette Meyer, PhD

Bioprocess development and fermentation scientist

Email

nrmeyer (at) alumni (dot) stanford (dot) edu

Location

Golden, CO

Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolette-meyer/