Inaugural Lecture
Pablo Ivan Nikel Inauguration Lecture
We have the pleasure to invite you to the Professor Inauguration Lecture of Dr. Pablo Ivan Nikel Senior Researcher & Group leader Head of the Systems Environmental Microbiology Group The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability
The inauguration lecture will take place on
Friday the 19th of January, at 2 p.m.
Glassalen
After the lecture there will be a reception.
Pablo I. Nikel earned a Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Molecular Biology (2009) in Argentina. During graduate school, he focused on repurposing regulatory systems in bacteria for biotechnology. After working in the USA (Rice University, supported by the ASM), Pablo moved to Europe as a post-doctoral fellow in Prof. de Lorenzo’s laboratory, funded by EMBO and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Inspired by the unique possibilities of Pseudomonas for bioengineering, he leads the Systems Environmental Microbiology Group at DTU Biosustain since 2017. Pablo’s team aims at rewriting P. putida’s biochemistry through synthetic metabolism for biosynthesis of new-to-nature fine chemicals (www.sem-cfb.com). The ambition of this research is expanding the very limits of microbial biochemistry—granting access to compounds that, as of today, are exclusively produced via traditional chemistry.