Tyler Johannes

Tyler Johannes

Assistant ProfessorKeplinger Hall U313
918-631-2947
johannes@utulsa.eduhttp://johannes.ens.utulsa.edu

Education and Degrees Earned

  • Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, 2008
  • M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, 2005
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 2002

Areas of Research Focus

  • Synthetic Biology
  • Directed Evolution
  • Bioenergy

Courses Taught at TU

  • Heat Transfer (ES 3073)

Publications


  • Eliot, A.C., Griffin, B.M., Thomas, P.M., Johannes, T.W., Kelleher, N.L., Zhao, H., and Metcalf, W.W. Biosynthesis of the Potent Antimalarial Compound FR-900098. (Accepted to Chemistry and Biology)

  • Johannes, T.W., Woodyer, R.D., and Zhao, H. Directed Evolution of a Thermostable Phosphite Dehydrogenase for NAD(P)H Regeneration. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71, 5728-5734 (2005).

  • Johannes, T.W. and Zhao, H. Directed Evolution of Enzymes and Biosynthetic Pathways. Current Opinion in Microbiology 9, 1-7 (2006).

  • Johannes, T.W., Woodyer, R.D., and Zhao, H. Efficient Regeneration of NADPH Using an Engineered Phosphite Dehydrogenase. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 96, 18-26 (2007).

  • Mclachlan, M., Johannes, T.W., and Zhao, H. Further Improvement of Phosphite Dehydrogenase Thermostability by Saturation Mutagenesis. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 99, 268-274 (2008)