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I apply synthetic biology to engineer intra- and extra-cellular electron transfer pathways to communicate information across interfaces between bacteria and electrodes. My research includes harnessing biotic sulfide production to develop new information channels for electrochemical biosensing.
Favorite Scientist: Norman Borlaug
Education: Ph.D. System, Synthetic, & Physical Biology Program
Matthew dot D dot Carpenter at rice dot edu
C. Ajo-Franklin Group Publications:
“Microbial bioelectronic sensors for environmental monitoring.“ S. Li, X. Zuo, M. D. Carpenter, R. Verduzco, C. M. Ajo-Franklin. Nature Reviews Bioengineering (2024).
“Determinants of multiheme cytochrome extracellular electron transfer uncovered by systematic peptide insertion”, Ian Campbell, Joshua T. Atkinson, Matthew D. Carpenter, Dru Myerscough, Lin Su, C. M Ajo-Franklin, J. J. Silberg*, Biochemistry (2022).