Narendran Sekar

Narendran Sekar is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Biological and Agricultural Engineering at UGA. His major research work focusses on studying extracellular electron transfer of microorganisms such as cyanobacteria and archaea for alternative energy (electricity) generation. He is currently working on enhancing photocurrent generation in cyanobacteria through genetic engineering approaches. Further, he is exploring exo-electrogenicity of a hyperthermophilic archaeon called Pyrococcus furiosus to generate electricity at high temperature niches. He is instructing UGA-Georgia iGEM team in metabolic modeling that helps to optimize the geraniol production in Methanococcus maripaludis using flux balance analysis. He can be reached at naren@uga.edu

July 2016