Jie Dong, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Riverbend Research North, Room 155F
110 Riverbend Road
Athens, GA 30605

Dr. Dong’s research is on converting waste streams (biomass, CO2, municipal solid waste, plastics, etc.) into value-added biofuels and bioproducts (n-butanol, ethanol, isoprenol, acetate, methyl ketones, polyhydroxyalkanoates, etc.). He is developing cost-effective biomass hydrolysis and novel CO2 fixation processes. He also works on metabolic engineering and the fermentation process optimization of several bacteria and yeasts, such as P. putida, Clostridia, C. necator, E. coli, P. pastoris, S. cerevisiae, etc.

Education

Ph.D., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2014
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2010
B.S., Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zhejiang University, 2007

Professional Appointments

Associate Professor, University of Georgia, Aug. 2025 – Present
Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Aug. 2024 – Jul. 2025
Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Aug. 2018 – Jul. 2024
Fermentation Scientist, National Corn to Ethanol Research Center, Aug. 2018 – Jul. 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Apr. 2015- Jul. 2018