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Research interests
Computational protein design; enzyme and antibody engineering; reconstruction, curation and analysis of metabolic networks; computational strain design and synthetic biology; metabolism of photosynthetic organisms; metabolism of obligatory anaerobes; modeling of microbial communities; optimization theory and algorithms.
Education/Academic qualification
Chemical Engineering, PhD, Global Optimization in Molecular Design, Princeton Univercity
Award Date: Oct 16 1995
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Collaborative Research: EDGE FGT: Development of a Comprehensive Selection Library to Reconcile Core Metabolic Knowledge Gaps
Maranas, C. D. (PI)
8/15/23 → 7/31/27
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: EDGE FGT: Development of a Comprehensive Selection Library to Reconcile Core Metabolic Knowledge Gaps
Maranas, C. D. (PI)
8/15/23 → 7/31/27
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: Designing a Minimized Genome Cyanobacterial Chassis for Efficient Bioproduction
Maranas, C. D. (PI)
2/15/21 → 1/31/26
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: Designing a Minimized Genome Cyanobacterial Chassis for Efficient Bioproduction
Maranas, C. D. (PI)
2/15/21 → 1/31/26
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: Systems analysis of the interplay between oxygenic photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation in a unicellular cyanobacterium
Maranas, C. D. (PI)
8/15/19 → 7/31/24
Project: Research project
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BindPred: a framework for predicting protein–protein binding affinity from language model embeddings
Piao, H., Boorla, V. S., Santra, S. & Maranas, C. D., Jun 2026, In: Bioinformatics. 42, 6, btag309.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Building an expanded bio-based economy through synthetic biology
Garza Elizondo, A. M., del Valle Kessra, I., Prates, E. T., Komp, E., Phillips, E. K., Ashok, N., Jacobson, D. A., Webb, E. G., Bomble, Y. J., Alexander, W. G., Tannous, J., Tsai, C. J., Parrott, W. A., Yang, X., Urbanowicz, B. R., Bartley, L. E., Maranas, C. D., Tuskan, G. A., Guss, A. M. & Eckert, C. A., Mar 1 2026, In: Biotechnology Advances. 87, 108775.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High yield production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid using Issatchenkia orientalis
Tan, S. I., Bhagwat, S. S., Martin, T. A., Suthers, P. F., Tran, V. G., Tang, W., Fatma, Z., Maranas, C. D., Guest, J. S. & Zhao, H., Dec 2026, In: Nature communications. 17, 1, 899.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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MechFind: a computational framework for de novo prediction of enzyme mechanisms
Hartley, A. D., Upadhyay, V., Boorla, V. S. & Maranas, C. D., Dec 2026, In: Nature communications. 17, 1, 3903.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Metabolic flux and resource balance in the oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloides
Mooney, E. J., Suthers, P. F., Schroeder, W. L., Dinh, H. V., Li, X., Shen, Y., Xiao, T., Call, C. M., Baron, H., Subramanian, A. M., Weilandt, D. R., Keber, F. C., Wühr, M., Rabinowitz, J. D. & Maranas, C. D., Mar 2026, In: Metabolic engineering. 94, p. 169-181 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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