Faculty Directory

Education and Training

• Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2004
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004-2007

Background

Dr. Ganesh Sriram is Associate Professor and Keystone Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Maryland. After earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, he graduated a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Iowa State University in 2004, working in the lab of Dr. Jacqueline Shanks. From 2004 to 2007, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the labs of Dr. Katrina Dipple and Dr. James Liao at UCLA.

Honors and Awards (Selected)

• Poole & Kent Teaching Award for Senior Faculty, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland, 2022
• Keystone Professorship, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland, 2011
• Outstanding Young Engineer Award and Allan C. Davis Medal, Maryland Academy of Sciences and Maryland Science Center, 2011
• Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Best Presentation Award, Third International Congress on Plant Metabolomics, 2004
• Metabolic Engineering III Fellowship, Engineering Conferences International, 2000
• Best Innovative Potential Master’s Thesis Award, Indian National Academy of Engineering, 1999

Professional Memberships

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society