Tel: (518)-276-2220
Fax: (518)-276-3405
Email: koffam@rpi.edu
Education
1994-2000 Ph.D., in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
1989-1994 Diploma in Engineering (with University Honors), Department of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece.
Professional Experience
2013-present Career Development Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
2011-present Career Development Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
2008-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
2002-2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
2001 – 2002 Visiting Research Scientist, DuPont Central Research and Development; Experimental Station; Wilmington, DE.
2000 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Department of Chemical Engineering; Cambridge, MA.
1994-2000 Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Department of Chemical Engineering; Cambridge, MA (with the exception of Fall 1997 when I was appointed as Teaching Assistant).
Honors and Awards
- Member, Scientific Board, Chromadex Inc. (2007- onwards)
- Member, Scientific Board, Firstwave Technologies Inc. (2007-2010)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Current Opinion in Biotechnology, (2011-onwards)
- Associate Editor of BMC Plant Biology, (2012-present)
- Associate Editor of Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, (2011-2014)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Frontiers in Synthetic Biology (2013-onwards)
- Member of the Editorial Board, World Journal of Pharmacology, (2011-onwards)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Open Biotechnology Journal (2007-onwards)
- Interdisciplinary Research and Development Fund award, University at Buffalo.
- Best Academic Poster Award, Engineering Conferences International conference on “Natural Products Discovery and Production:New Challenges, New Opportunities”, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 4th-8th 2006.
- Promising Young Inventor Award State University of New York, 2005.
- Independent Research and Creative Activities Fund award, November 2003.
Professional Memberships
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- Society for Biological Engineering (SBE)
- American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
- Technical Chamber of Greece, Registered Professional Engineer
Refereed Publications: 45
Book Chapters: 11
Patents: 11
Presentations given by the PI: 51
Lectures (since starting as a Faculty): 18
