Kristian Barrett

Kristian Barrett is an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, affiliated with the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine. His work focuses on enzyme technology, fungal biotechnology, and bioinformatics-driven enzyme discovery.

• Research Interests: Fungal enzymes, carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZyme) diversity, bioinformatics tools for enzyme classification, solid-state fermentation, and sustainable biorefinery applications.
• Publications highlight studies on GH5, GH12, GH20, and GH29 enzyme families, fungal secretomes, and computational approaches like CUPP for functional annotation.
• Supervision: Involved in advising PhD projects on topics including methionine synthesis, lignin-carbohydrate interactions, and fungal enzyme applications in plant foods.