Research Interests:
- Metabolic engineering for the production of chemicals (fuels, pharmaceuticals)
- Protein engineering for the development of novel catalysts (biomass processing, therapeutics)
- Foundational technologies in synthetic biology for the generation of biosensors
Professor Peralta-Yahya specializes in teaching undergraduate and graduate levels courses at the interface of biochemistry and chemical engineering.
B.A. Chemistry and Biology 2003
Macalester College , USA
Ph.D. Chemistry 2008
Columbia University , USA
Postdoc Metabolic Engineering 2012
University of California, Berkeley/ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , USA
Tuning the Response of GPCR-Based Yeast Sensors Using Fluorescent Reporters
R Langevin, MK Martin-Downey, A Patel, H Archer, SJ Davila Severiano, ...
ACS Synthetic Biology, 2025
Cell-Free-Based Thermophilic Biocatalyst for the Synthesis of Amino Acids from One-Carbon Feedstocks
R Westenberg, S Chowdhury, R Cardiff, K Wennerholm, AS Beliaev, ...
ACS Synthetic Biology 14 (11), 4424-4438, 2025
Carbon-conserving bioproduction of malate in an E. coli-based cell-free system
RAL Cardiff, S Chowdhury, W Sugianto, BI Tickman, DA Burbano, ...
Metabolic Engineering 91, 59-76, 2025
Modulating the Properties of GPCR-Based Sensors Via C-Terminus Isoforms
PL Marquez-Gomez, SR Damiano, LR Torp, P Peralta-Yahya
ACS Synthetic Biology 14 (5), 1853-1860, 2025
Carbon Negative Synthesis of Amino Acids Using a Cell-Free-Based Biocatalyst
S Chowdhury, R Westenberg, K Wennerholm, RAL Cardiff, AS Beliaev, ...
ACS Synthetic Biology 13 (12), 3961-3975, 2024