Dr. Yuri Gorby

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Marine Environmental Biology Department
• Email: gorbyy@rpi.edu

Over 20 years as a laboratory researcher and bioprocess engineer. Developed controlled cultivation laboratories at The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the J. Craig Venter Institute in San Diego, CA.

Pioneered the emerging field of ‘electromicrobiology’ with research targeting components and mechanisms of extracellular electron transfer in diverse microbial systems.

Organized numerous workshops and symposia dedicated to controlled cultivation as an important component of “systems microbiology” research.  5 years adjunct professor, Washington State University, graduate student advisor, team-teaching courses in environmental microbiology and microbial physiology. Guest lecturer in Geobiology and Microbial Physiology at the University of Southern California. Currently directing a team of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from USC, CalTech and the University of Aarhus to apply controlled cultivation approaches for investigating the components and mechanisms of extracellular electron transfer in a variety of microbes.