Microbiology & Cell Science

Nils Averesch

Assistant Professor

Teaching Interests

Nils Averesch's main interests lie in Biochemistry, specifically Metabolism, and how it relates to Space Biology. He will begin teaching courses in the 2025 term.

Education
- 2021 - PostDoc at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University (SU), Stanford, California, USA
- 2016 - PhD in Metabolic Engineering, at the Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), the University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia
- Dipl. Ing. (equiv. MSc.) of Bioingenieurwesen (Biochemical Engineering), Fachbereich Bio- und Chemieingenieurwesen (BCI), Technical University of Dortmund (TU Do), Dortmund, Germany

Description of Research

As Assistant Professor of Space Biology at the Space Life Science Laboratory, Nils' research comprises the rational engineering of microbial metabolism to increase the carbon-efficiency of biochemical pathways for assimilation of single-carbon compounds and the conversion thereof into advanced biomaterials. This serves the overarching goal to create a sustainable chemical industry on Earth "on the way" to new frontiers: the development of circular production platforms based on microbial biotechnology could one day also support crewed long-duration space-exploration missions and -settlement.

Office:
Rm. # 201B
Space Life Science Laboratory (SLSL) in Cape Canaveral