Jaya Joshi

Jaya Joshi serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wood Science at the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, where her work bridges synthetic biology and forest resource innovation to advance sustainable bioproduct development.

Her academic trajectory includes a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Florida under Dr. Andrew Hanson, followed by research at Montreal's Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics with Dr. Vincent Martin, focusing on biofoundry applications in synthetic biology.

Dr. Joshi's research program centers on directed enzyme evolution to transform inefficient biocatalysts into highly active systems for metabolic engineering. She explores fitness landscapes to design microbial pathways that convert biomass-derived feedstocks into sustainable fuels, pharmaceuticals, and commodities, directly contributing to carbon farming goals targeted for 2050. This work positions her at the forefront of bioeconomy innovation through radical re-engineering of biological systems.

She is actively affiliated with UBC's BioProducts Institute and Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, leveraging these platforms to advance forest bioproduct technologies and sustainable chemistry applications.

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