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Rajib Saha is an Associate Professor and Graduate Chair in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). He holds the Richard L. and Carol S. McNeel Endowed Professorship. His research focuses on systems and synthetic biology, with emphasis on reconstructing genome-scale metabolic models, analyzing 'omics data, and engineering microbial systems for biotechnological applications. His lab, the Systems and Synthetic Biology (SSBio) Laboratory, integrates computational and experimental approaches to study non-model microbes, plants, and microbial consortia for bio-renewable production and environmental sustainability.
Education: Ph.D. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University (2014 and 2011), B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (top graduate). Research interests include metabolic engineering of photosynthetic organisms, genetic tool development, and redesigning photosynthetic apparatus for enhanced carbon fixation.
Key projects include an NSF-funded collaboration on melanin as a sustainable material, a MICRA project investigating soil moisture retention through microbial innovations, and studies on plant cuticle design. He has received an NSF CAREER Award and led multi-institutional grants totaling over $2.5M. His lab advises graduate and undergraduate students, with notable mentees like Andrea Goertzen (NSF GRFP awardee) and Mohammad Mazharul Islam.
Awards include the 2020 NSF CAREER Award, promotion to Associate Professor with tenure (2022), and recognition for interdisciplinary research in climate-resilient agriculture. His work bridges computational modeling (e.g., ORKA, EuGeneCiD tools) with experimental validation, contributing to synthetic biology, bioremediation, and sustainable materials science.
