Prof. Thaddeus Ezeji

Thaddeus Chukwuemeka Ezeji is a professor and associate chair in Department of animal sciences and Food agricultural and biological engineering (FABE) at The Ohio State University, USA. He received his B.S. in Food Science and Technology at University of Nigeria Nsukka, M.S. in Food Technology at University of Ibadan, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology at University of Rostock, Germany. His 6 years of postdoctoral and Research Assistant Professor efforts at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign focused on fermentation technologies, the metabolic engineering of solventogenic (butanologenic) Clostridium species, and the downstream processing of fermentation products. In 2007, Dr. Ezeji joined the Animal Science Department at The Ohio State University and Ohio State Agricultural and Development Center (OARDC) as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Ezeji’s research laboratory focuses on the isolation, identification and characterization of microorganisms of biotechnological importance, the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass and conversion into biofuels and chemicals, the development of superior microbial strains for efficient metabolism of lignocellulosic hydrolysates, and the design of advanced fermentation systems. His laboratory at the Ohio State University is also engaged in research activities on anaerobic digestion, probiotics, metabolomics, and the genetic and metabolic engineering of bacteria for enhanced butanol and butanediol production.