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PIN-CHING MANESS, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Address:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
1617 Cole Blvd.
Golden, CO, USA
80401
Contact:
Phone: 303.384.6114
Fax: 303.384.6150
E-mail: pinching.maness@nrel.gov
Link to a website:
http://www.nrel.gov/basic_sciences/technology.cfm/tech=16
Research Areas:
1) The production of H2 and biofuels from renewable resources by two types of microbes; Clostridium thermocellum and Synechocystis sp. S6803.
2) Research on Clostridium thermocellum is directed toward probing the functions of the multiple hydrogenases involved in H2 metabolism, profiling end product synthesis of cellulose metabolism, and developing genetic tools to improve yield of H2 from cellulose.
3) Research on Synechocystis sp. S6803 is focused on understanding the structure-function relationship of its hydrogenase complex in mediating H2 production. The heterologous expression of an O2-tolerant hydrogenase for sustained solar H2 production in a Synechocystis recombinantis also of interest.
4) The production of other liquid biofuels by Synechocystis capturing its ability to assimilate CO2 as the carbon substrate
Dr. Maness is a Principal Scientist at NREL, where she has been employed since 1981. Dr. Maness is a member of the Biological Sciences Team, which has identified and cloned 18 genes encoding various enzymes and proteins involved in the biological water-gas shift reaction in a photosynthetic bacterium. Her research interests are in the physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of microbes with applications in bioremediation and the production of H2 and bio-based products.