George Georgiou - Curriculum Vitae#
EDUCATION
- Ph. D. Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 1987
- M.S. Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 1983
- B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, U.K., 1981
MAJOR HONORS
- William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature (AIChE), 2019
- Elected to National Academy of Inventors (NAI), 2015
- Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), 2015
- Named as one of “Top 20 Translational Researchers,” Nature Biotechnology, 2014
- Elected to National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2011
- Named as one of “100 Eminent Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era,” American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE), 2008
- Jay Bailey Award, Society of Biological Engineers, 2007
- AMGEN Award in Biochemical Engineering, 2007
- Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE), 2005
- Elected to National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2005
- Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, 2004
- Professional Progress Award for Outstanding Progress in Chemical Engineering, AIChE, 2003
- Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2003
- E. Bergman Award, US-Israel Science Foundation, 1995
- Presidential Young Investigator Award, US National Science Foundation, 1987
HONORARY LECTURESHIPS (partial list out of 31 career total)
- D.I.C. Wang Frontiers in Biotechnology Lecture, Dept of Chemical Eng., MIT, Boston (2022)
- Kewaunee Distinguished Lecture, Dept. of Biomedical Eng., Duke U., Chapel Hill, NC (2018)
- KAIST Global Distinguished Lecturer, Dept. of Chemical Eng. KAIST, Taejon, S. Korea (2017)
- Grand Rounds Lecturer in Pediatric Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY, NY (2014)
- Founders Lecture, Dept of Chemical Eng. U. Wisconsin, Madison, WI (2012)
- Exceptional Lectureship in Microbiology, Institute Pasteur, Paris France (2010)
- Dean’s Distinguished Lecture, Fu School of Engineering, Columbia U., New York NY (2010)
- Holtz Lecture, Dept of Chemical Eng., Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore MD (2009)
- Smith Lecture, Dept of Chemical Eng. Cornell U. Ithaca, NY (2005)
- Bayer Lecture, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, CA (2000)
- Vaughan Lecture, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena (1999)
RESEARCH SUMMARY
308 Refereed journal papers; 73 Doctoral students and 54 Post-doctoral students/research staff supervised
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (partial list)
- Founder and sole owner: GGMJ LLC; acquired by Maxygen (NSDQ: Maxy) (2000)
- Founder, Board of Directors (2013-18), Aeglea Biotherapeutics (NSDQ: AGLE), Austin TX
- Founder, Board of Directors (2016-20), Ikena Oncology (NSDQ: IKNA now IMA), Boston MA
- SAB, Pfizer Global Biologic Technologies (2015-2021)
- SAB, GigaGen (2019-21; acquired by Grifols in 2021)
- SAB, AMGEN (2023-Present)
- Founder and Director Fy Cappa Basel, Basel Switzerland (2024)
- 73 issued and 94 pending US patents
