Current Programs & Activities

In 2025-2026, we will be focusing on efforts to support the implementation and strengthen the impact of EBRC’s six published technical research roadmaps. Initiatives will identify and address challenges and opportunities for engineering biology technology translation and bottlenecks to application, scale-up, and commercialization. Please contact us at roadmapping@ebrc.org to learn more.

Published Roadmaps

Check out EBRC’s published roadmaps at roadmap.ebrc.org!

• Engineering Biology for Space Health (October 2024)

  EBRC’s newest technical research roadmap describes opportunities for advancement in engineering biology to support the health and well-being of humans in space and related applications here on Earth.

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• Engineering Biology for Climate & Sustainability (September 2022)

  A Research Roadmap for a Cleaner Future

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• Engineering Biology & Materials Science (January 2021)

  A Research Roadmap for Interdisciplinary Innovation

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• Microbiome Engineering (October 2020)

  A Research Roadmap for the Next-Generation Bioeconomy

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• Enabling Defense Applications through Engineering Biology (June 2020)

  A Technical Roadmap

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• Engineering Biology (June 2019)

  A Research Roadmap for the Next-Generation Bioeconomy

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Working Group

The Roadmapping Working Group is responsible for leading the technical research roadmapping efforts for EBRC and the engineering biology community. The Roadmapping Working Group hosts a variety of activities designed to seek insight and input from EBRC members and the broader engineering biology community to build and update the EBRC roadmaps.

CHAIR: MICHAEL KÖPKE
STAFF DIRECTOR: EMILY AURAND

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  Theodore Anton
  DePaul University
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  Adam Arkin
  University of California, Berkeley
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  Emily Aurand
  EBRC
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  Nils Averesch
  University of Florida
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  Ania-Ariadna Baetica
  Drexel University
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  Mark Blenner
  University of Delaware
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  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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  James Carothers
  University of Washington
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  Matthew Chang
  National University of Singapore
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  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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  Mike Fero
  TeselaGen Biotechnology, Inc.
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  Elisa Franco
  University of California, Los Angeles
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  Imperial College London
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  Ute Galm
  Curie Co
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  Erin Garza
  J. Craig Venter Institute
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  Karmella Haynes
  Emory University
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  Chelsea Hu
  Texas A&M University
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  Jussi Jantti
  VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
  
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  Michael Jewett
  Stanford University
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  Miguel Jimenez
  Boston University
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  BASF
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  Ross Klauer
  University of Delaware
  
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  Michael Koepke
  LanzaTech
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  Chang Liu
  University of California, Irvine
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  Sara Molinari
  University of Maryland College Park
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  Tae Seok Moon
  J. Craig Venter Institute
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  Jean Peccoud
  Colorado State University
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  VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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  Pamela Peralta-Yahya
  Georgia Institute of Technology
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  Kristala Prather
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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  Ithai Rabinowitch
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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  Elibio Rech
  National Institute of S&T in Synthetic Biology/EMBRAPA
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  Efrain Rodriguez-Ocasio
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
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  Leili Rohani
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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  Lynn Rothschild
  Brown University
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  Howard Salis
  Pennsylvania State University
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  Aaron Schaller
  MeliBio, Inc
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  Vinoo Selvarajah
  iGEM Foundation
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  Michael Smanski
  University of Minnesota
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  Kevin Solomon
  University of Delaware
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  Ophelia Venturelli
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
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  R. Clay Wright
  Virginia Tech
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  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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  Jesse Zalatan
  University of Washington
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