Shota Atsumi
Email: satsumi@ucdavis.edu

Professor
2020 July-
Associate Professor
2015-2020
Assistant Professor
2009-2015
Dept. of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA

Member, BMCDB Graduate Group
Member, Microbiology Graduate Group
Member, Plant Biology Graduate Group
Member, Energy Graduate Group
Member, Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology

Education and Research Experience
Post Doctoral Fellow

2006-2009
UCLA, Research Adviser: Prof. James C. Liao
2002-2006
University of Arizona, Research Adviser: Prof. John W. Little
Graduate Education
1998-2002
Ph.D., Biological chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan
Research Adviser: Prof. Tan Inoue
1996-1998
M. Sc., Biological chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan
Research Adviser: Prof. Tan Inoue
Undergraduate Education
1992-1996
B. Sc., Biological chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan
Research Adviser: Prof. Tan Inoue

Awards Honor
2009 Invited Participant, National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference, Synthetic Biology: Building on Nature’s Inspiration
2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (United States Environmental Protection Agency) with Prof. James C. Liao and Easel Biotechnologies
2011 Invited Participant, National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference, Ecosystem Services: Charting a Path to Sustainability
2012 UC Davis Hellman Fellow
2014 NSF CAREER Award
2017 UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow

Publications
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