B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999Ph.D. University of Delaware, 2006Post-Doc: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006-2009
"We utilize synthetic biology and protein engineering to address emergent challenges across diverse areas such as sustainable production of green materials, advanced biomanufacturing, improving drug bioavailability and combating antimicrobial resistance."
Bryan Berger, Associate Professor
Bryan received his BS in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the department of biochemistry & biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Currently Bryan is associate professor of chemical engineering with a joint appointment in biomedical engineering.
The Berger lab uses synthetic biology and protein engineering approaches to develop models of biochemical/biological processes, and uses these models to design new tools and technologies. This work is highly interdisciplinary, involving close collaborations with clinical, government and industrial research groups.
Work in the Berger group is funded by grants from the NIH, NSF and industrial partners. Bryan is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award, and serves on the editorial board of Biochemical Engineering Journal. Bryan is also co-founder of an early-stage start-up developing green, sustainable bio-based alternatives to chemical disinfectants.
UVA Chemical Engineering Lab Helps Defeat COVID-19 with Science Funded by CARES Act
UVA chemical engineering associate professor Bryan Berger is collaborating to combine the power of modeling with high-throughput testing to fast-track crucial answers.
Bryan Berger, an associate professor of chemical engineering, is collaborating with UVA and UVA-Wise researchers to spur economic development in Southwest Virginia through an Appalachian Prosperity Project fellowship.
Eckersley EC, Berger BW. An engineered polysaccharide lyase to combat harmful algal blooms. ABSBiochemical Engineering Journal (2018) 132: 225–232
Sallada ND, Dunn KJ, Berger BW. A Structural and Functional Role for Disulfide Bonds in a Class II Hydrophobin ABSBiochemistry (2017) 57 (5), 645–653
Barton R, Khakbaz P, Bera I, Klauda JB, Iovine MK, Berger BW. Interplay of specific trans- and juxtamembrane interfaces in Plexin A3 dimerization and signal transduction ABSBiochemistry (2016) 55 (35): 4928–4938
Curran CD, Lu L, Jia Y, Kiely CJ, Berger BW, McIntosh ST. Direct Single-Enzyme Biomineralization of Catalytically Active Ceria and Ceria–Zirconia Nanocrystals. ABSACS Nano (2017) 11 (3), 3337–3346
Sallada ND and Berger BW. Hydrophobins: multifunctional biosurfactants for interface engineering ABSJournal of Biological Engineering (2019) 13:10
