Edward Kalkreuter
Assistant Professor Of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolEdward Kalkreuter is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Florida State University with eight years of research experience spanning natural product discovery, biosynthesis, and synthetic biology. He earned a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from NC State and progressed from graduate work engineering polyketide synthase domains to a postdoctoral appointment at Scripps Research, developing expertise in molecular dynamics, directed evolution, and high-throughput droplet-based enzyme screening. His lab-forward perspective blends mechanistic organic chemistry with quantitative and engineering approaches to discover and reprogram microbial biosynthetic pathways. Based in Tallahassee, he brings a track record of translating fundamental enzymology into tools for natural product discovery and is known for integrating biosensors and screening technologies to accelerate enzyme evolution.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Organic Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Organic Chemistry at North Carolina State UniversityBaylor SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry at Emory UniversityRabun Gap Nacoochee School
English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (10)
evolution5
bioinformatics5
placement4
location4
comparative-genomics4
phylogenetics4
science4
testing3
beast3
hypothesis-testing3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ebraun68/asymtree
Oct 2019 - May 2024
Program to calculate gene tree spectrum for an asymmetric rooted four-taxon species tree
Contributions:2 PRs, 16 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 8 months
species-treetaxonbioinformaticsgenespectrum
ebraun68/clade_specific_prot_models
Jan 2020 - Jul 2021
Contributions:18 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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