Rasmus John Normand Frandsen

Rasmus John Normand Frandsen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). He leads research in synthetic biology and microbial metabolism, focusing on fungal genetics and metabolic engineering. His work contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals related to sustainable agriculture and innovation. Frandsen is affiliated with the Section for Synthetic Biology and DTU Microbes Initiative.

He holds a PhD in Biotechnology and has expertise in microbial engineering, automated laboratory systems, and AI-driven biological analysis. His research integrates robotics, deep learning, and genetic engineering to advance biotechnological applications.

Key research areas include fungal secondary metabolite biosynthesis, microbial interaction networks, and high-throughput screening methods. He has developed novel robotic platforms for Streptomyces conjugation and AI-based systems for fungal identification and lab quality control. Recent projects involve metabolic pathway engineering in fungi for biofuel production and automated analysis of plant-microbe interactions.

Frandsen supervises multiple PhD projects focusing on microbial systems biology, deep learning in genomics, and actinomycete engineering. His work emphasizes translational research with applications in biotechnology, agriculture, and environmental science.