Michael W. Adams

Dr. Adams, Georgia Power Professor of Biotechnology and Distinguished Research Professor in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at UGA. His research has focused on anaerobic microorganisms, particularly hyperthermophiles. The research projects in his laboratory involve studying the physiology, metabolism, enzymology and functional genomics of these organisms. He has been using some hyperthermophilic organisms that are able to directly breakdown plant biomass to generate biofuels and chemicals via metabolic engineering approaches. He has been on the scientific advisory board of several biotechnology companies such as Gate Fuels, Inc.