Yvonne Nygård
Assistant Professor
Biology and Biological Engineering, Industrial Biotechnology
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden
Biography
Yvonne Nygård works as Assistant Professor in the Division of Industrial Biotechnology, specializing in cell factory design. She has a special interest in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. Her research aims to accelerate the design-build-test cycle for making novel production hosts for converting lignocellulosic (plant) biomass into sustainable fuels, materials or high-value chemicals. Yvonne works with industrial microorganisms, in particular Saccharomyces cerevisiae, focusing on developing this yeast into a more robust, inhibitor-tolerant cell factory. Industrial cell factories are needed for the realization of a bio-based economy
Research Interest
Industrial Biotechnology, metabolic engineering and synthetic biology
