from training.npr.org: https://training.npr.org/sources/kristala-jones-prather/
Kristala L. Jones Prather is Arthur D. Little Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the design and assembly of recombinant microorganisms for the production of small molecules, with additional efforts in novel bioprocess design approaches.
Prather joined the faculty of MIT after four years in bioprocess research and development, working on projects in the areas of biocatalysis for small molecule transformations, high-yield production of plasmids as DNA vaccines, and mammalian cell line development for production of therapeutic proteins.
Expertise: Metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, biochemical engineering
Location: Cambridge, Mass.
Email: kljp@mit.edu
Phone: (617) 253-1950
Heard on iBiology.org: Lecture on Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering
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