David A. Specht

The paper calculates the efficiency of butanol production via electromicrobial formate assimilation, comparing different electron delivery mechanisms and carbon assimilation pathways.

This paper describes an efficient method for natural plasmid transformation in Vibrio natriegens using engineered strains and minimal media, enabling scalable and low-cost molecular biology applications.

This study calculates the efficiency of electromicrobial production of jet fuel blends containing branched-chain hydrocarbons and finds that increasing branched-chain content slightly reduces energy conversion efficiency.

The paper calculates the upper limit electrical-to-energy conversion efficiency for producing jet fuels using electromicrobial pathways.

This paper improves CRISPRi circuits in E. coli by using antisense RNA sequestration and feedback to reduce leakiness and enhance logical function.