Jamey D. Young is a Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Vanderbilt University. He graduated from the University of Kentucky and received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. His research focuses on metabolic engineering; metabolic flux analysis; diabetes, obesity, and metabolic disorders; cancer and immune cell metabolism; cell culture biotechnology; and green biotechnology.