Earth Sciences Division Staff: Christer Jansson
Christer Jansson
Senior Staff Scientist
Deputy Program Lead - Bioenergy
Bioenergy at ESD
Ecology Department
Email: cgjansson@lbl.gov
Phone: 510-486-7541
Fax: 510-486-7152
Email: cgjansson@lbl.gov
Biographical Summary
I joined LBNL as a Senior Staff Scientist in the Earth Sciences Division in February 2008. Prior to that, I was heading the Department of Plant Biology & Forest Genetics, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden, where I held the Professor Chair in Molecular Cell Biology from 1999-2008. During 1994-1999, I was Professor in Biochemistry at the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Stockholm University.
Research Expertise & Interests
Our research revolves around plant, algal, and cyanobacterial biochemistry and molecular biology. Specific areas of interest are photosynthesis, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, and metabolic engineering of plants and cyanobacteria for biofuels and carbon sequestration.
Research Projects
- CyanoFuels. We design and engineer freshwater and marine cyanobacteria for enhanced carbon uptake and production of high-density liquid biofuels. More ...
- BioCal. We study carbonate biomineralization in cyanobacteria. More ...
- FOLIUM. The objective here is to establish tobacco as a platform for foliar productino of advanced hydrocarbon fules. This project is a collaboration with UC Berkeley, the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), and the Kentucky Tobacco Research & Development Center (KTRDC). More ...
- Source-Sink. We study the regulation of source-sink communication in cereals such as barley, rice and sorghum as a means to enhance carbon uptake for biofuel and food production. More ...
Other interests
Red wine and dark chocolate, preferrably together.
2012-05-07