Dominic Sauvageau

Dominic Sauvageau is an Associate Professor in the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Engineering. His work bridges Chemical Engineering, Bioprocessing, and Synthetic Biology to advance microbial systems for industrial and biomedical applications.

• Research Themes: Bioprocessing strategies for microbial production/convertion of bio-molecules; Engineering host-bacteriophage interactions.
• Projects: Smart packaging materials for pathogen detection; Methane/methanol conversion via methylotrophic bacteria; Yeast synchronization for shikimic acid production; Phage population dynamics; Protein engineering for biopolymer degradation.
• Courses: CH E 583 - Design in Bioengineering (Fall 2025), exploring design principles across bioengineering scales with tools like AI and bioinformatics.