Edgardo Farinas
Edgardo Farinas
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Environmental Science
386 Tiernan Hall
About Me
Chair (07/01/2012-2017)
Associate Professor: New Jersey Institute of Technology (2010)
Assistant Professor: NJIT (2004-2010)
Postdoctoral Researcher: University of Texas at Austin (George Georgiou and Brett Iverson)
California Institute of Technology (Frances Arnold: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018)
Yale University (Lynn Regan)
PhD: University of California Santa Cruz (Pradip Mascharak)
Associate Professor: New Jersey Institute of Technology (2010)
Assistant Professor: NJIT (2004-2010)
Postdoctoral Researcher: University of Texas at Austin (George Georgiou and Brett Iverson)
California Institute of Technology (Frances Arnold: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018)
Yale University (Lynn Regan)
PhD: University of California Santa Cruz (Pradip Mascharak)
Education
Ph.D.; University of California-Santa Cruz; Chemistry; 1997
B.S.; Loyola University Chicago; Chemistry; 1990
B.S.; Loyola University Chicago; Chemistry; 1990
2023 Spring Courses
CHE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CHEM 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
EVSC 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
EVSC 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
EVSC 790B - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
EVSC 592 - GRADUATE WORK EXPERIENCE II
EVSC 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHEM 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CHEM 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHEM 790C - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
MTEN 701B - MASTERS THESIS
CHEM 475 - BIOCHEMISTRY LAB I
CHEM 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHEM 790E - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHEM 792C - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
EVSC 790D - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
EVSC 790E - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
EVSC 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MTEN 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CHEM 391 - RESEARCH AND INDEPENDENT STUDY
CHEM 790D - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
EVSC 790F - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
MTEN 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CHEM 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY I
CHEM 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
CHEM 590 - GRADUATE CO-OP WORK EXPER I
CHEM 701C - MASTERS THESIS
CHEM 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
EVSC 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
EVSC 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
MTEN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
MTEN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
MTEN 790B - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CHEM 474 - BIOCHEMISTRY II
CHEM 701B - MASTERS THESIS
CHEM 790B - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
EVSC 591 - GRADUATE WORK EXPERIENCE I
EVSC 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
EVSC 790C - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
FRSC 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY I
CHEM 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
EVSC 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
EVSC 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
EVSC 790B - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
EVSC 592 - GRADUATE WORK EXPERIENCE II
EVSC 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHEM 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CHEM 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHEM 790C - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
MTEN 701B - MASTERS THESIS
CHEM 475 - BIOCHEMISTRY LAB I
CHEM 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHEM 790E - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHEM 792C - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
EVSC 790D - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
EVSC 790E - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
EVSC 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MTEN 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CHEM 391 - RESEARCH AND INDEPENDENT STUDY
CHEM 790D - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
EVSC 790F - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
MTEN 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CHEM 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY I
CHEM 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
CHEM 590 - GRADUATE CO-OP WORK EXPER I
CHEM 701C - MASTERS THESIS
CHEM 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
EVSC 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
EVSC 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
MTEN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
MTEN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
MTEN 790B - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CHEM 474 - BIOCHEMISTRY II
CHEM 701B - MASTERS THESIS
CHEM 790B - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
EVSC 591 - GRADUATE WORK EXPERIENCE I
EVSC 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
EVSC 790C - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
FRSC 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY I
Teaching Interests
Biochemistry
Past Courses
CHEM 125: GENERAL CHEMISTRY I
CHEM 244A: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LAB
CHEM 244A: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LABORATORY
CHEM 412: INORG REACTNS & PROCSSES
CHEM 473: BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEM 474: BIOCHEMISTRY II
CHEM 475: BIOCHEMISTRY LAB I
CHEM 673: BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEM 244A: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LAB
CHEM 244A: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LABORATORY
CHEM 412: INORG REACTNS & PROCSSES
CHEM 473: BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEM 474: BIOCHEMISTRY II
CHEM 475: BIOCHEMISTRY LAB I
CHEM 673: BIOCHEMISTRY
Research Interests
Protein Engineering, Directed Evolution, Protein Display, Enzymes, Biotechnology
Conference Proceeding
Molecular Augmented Reality for Design and Engineering (MADE): Effectiveness of AR Models on Discovery, Learning, and Education
Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020
Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020
Journal Article
Chakraborty, Indrani, & Chakraborty, Joydeep, & Farinas, Edgardo, & Mitra, Somenath (2020). Nanocarbon immobilized membranes for generating bacteria and endotoxin free water via membrane distillation. Separation and Purification Technology, 259, Joydeep.
Chakraborty, Joydeep, & Nereria, Natalia, & Zhang, Xu, & Reddy, Pradeep, & Szostak, Michal, & Farinas, Edgardo, & Jordan, Frank (2019). Engineering 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase to a 2-oxoaliphatic dehydrogenase complex by optimizing consecutive components. AIChE Journal, e16769.
Chakraborty, Joydeep, & Nermeria, Natalia, & Farinas, Edgardo, & Jordan, Frank (2018). Catalysis of transthioacylation in the active centers of dihydrolipoamide acyltransferase components of 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase complex. FEBS Open Bio , 8(6), 880-896.
Sheng, Silu, & Jia, Han, & Topiol, Sidney, & Farinas, Edgardo (2017). Engineering CotA Laccase for Acidic pH Stability using Bacillus subtilis Spore Display. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol, 27, 507-513.
Patel, Hetalben, & Shim, Da Jeong, & Farinas, Edgardo, & Jordan, Frank Investigation of the donor and acceptor range for chiral carboligation catalyzed by the E1 component of the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 98, 42-45.
Chakraborty, Joydeep, & Nereria, Natalia, & Zhang, Xu, & Reddy, Pradeep, & Szostak, Michal, & Farinas, Edgardo, & Jordan, Frank (2019). Engineering 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase to a 2-oxoaliphatic dehydrogenase complex by optimizing consecutive components. AIChE Journal, e16769.
Chakraborty, Joydeep, & Nermeria, Natalia, & Farinas, Edgardo, & Jordan, Frank (2018). Catalysis of transthioacylation in the active centers of dihydrolipoamide acyltransferase components of 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase complex. FEBS Open Bio , 8(6), 880-896.
Sheng, Silu, & Jia, Han, & Topiol, Sidney, & Farinas, Edgardo (2017). Engineering CotA Laccase for Acidic pH Stability using Bacillus subtilis Spore Display. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol, 27, 507-513.
Patel, Hetalben, & Shim, Da Jeong, & Farinas, Edgardo, & Jordan, Frank Investigation of the donor and acceptor range for chiral carboligation catalyzed by the E1 component of the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 98, 42-45.
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