DEEPTI TANJORE

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Widespread research experience including lignocellulosic biomass

pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation, rheology, and statistics -

Participated in several lab scale, pilot scale, and method development

studies - Strong written and oral communication skills - Rational

leadership and managerial qualities - Extensive course background ranging

from Entrepreneurship to Finite Element Analysis - Looking for an

opportunity to apply the acquired skills and develop more aptitudes

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State

University December 2009

Anaerobic and aerobic biological pretreatment of corn stover biomass

GPA: 3.6/4.0

M.S. in Biological & Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State

University December 2005

Viscoelastic property determination: A new application for Brookfield

viscometers GPA: 3.4/4.0

Minor in statistics

B.E. in Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India

May 2003

Minor in biotechnology GPA:

3.7/4.0

WORK EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Research Scholar (July

2009 - present)

CE-CERT, University of California, Riverside

Pursing a rigorous DARPA-LogosTech Biojet project designed to identify

novel chemical and biological pathways to economically produce jet fuel -

Extensive research reports and deliverables are provided on a monthly,

quarterly, and annual basis to LogosTech and subcontractors including MIT,

UMass, UTRC, and Menon Inc. - Supervision of a research assistant to

accomplish the above lab-related tasks

Instructor (Spring

2009)

Penn State University, University Park, PA

Taught lectures, assigned and graded homeworks, conducted labs, projects,

and exams for the course BE 302: Biological Transport Phenomena. Also,

performed the duties of teaching assistant for 400 level engineering

courses (Biomass Energy Systems, and Transport Phenomena)

Research Assistant (August

2003 - June 2009)

North Carolina State University, Raleigh and Pennsylvania State University,

University Park

Other than performing research duties, presented at several conferences

including AIChE, IFT, ASABE, IBE, Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

(SIM), Sun grant north east conference, and IIChE

Industrial Internships (summers of

2002 and 2007)

Genencor - Danisco Inc.,

Palo Alto, CA (2007)

NIR Calibration of biomass samples with Bruker Tensor and developed methods

to obtain enzyme kinetics data through NIR.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, The largest oil refinery in India

(2002)

"To ascertain the present health status of the ETP - II (Effluent Treatment

Plant) Biosystem in HPCL - VR, identify and recommend corrective actions."

BOD, COD and bacterial count tests, and organism isolation were conducted

to evaluate the treatment plant's working condition.

LABORATORY SKILLS

Instrument operation: Steam Gun, Parr and tube pretreatment reactors,

Sarotorius liquid fermenters, Dionex, Waters, and Agilent HPLC, Agilent GC,

Bruker MPA FTIR spectrometer, Bruker Tensor (NIR and MIR along with plate

reader), Brookfield YR-I viscometer, Bohlin rheometer, Instron Testing

Machine, and ATS, DSR, and TA Stress Controlled Rheometers

Wet Chemistry: NREL LAP, ANKOM Fiber Analysis (NDF, ADF, and ADL), K-

lignin, Acetyl Bromide acid soluble lignin, BCA protein analysis, and sugar

determination (DNS and phenol-sulfuric acid) methods

Basic molecular biology techniques: DNA extraction, purification,

transformation, sequences (BLAST program), PCR. Southern, northern, and

western blotting; SDS-PAGE Gel (Protein) Electrophoresis, Phase, DIC and

Fluorescence microscopy, tissue culture

Software (in the order of proficiency): SAS, Minitab, Stella, Labview,

Sigmaplot, ASPEN, ANSYS, and ImageJ

AWARDS and AFFLIATIONS

The prestigious University Graduate Fellowship, highest award at

Pennsylvania State University

Member of AIChE and SIM - Previously a member of IBE and ASABE

EXTENSIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE WORK AND PROJECT WORK

Above 50 credits from graduate level (500+) courses and 8 course projects

in relevant disciplines leading to comprehensive learning in the field of

Biological and Chemical Engineering, Statistics and Modeling, Communication

and Management.

PUBLICATIONS

. Tanjore, D., and Daubert, C. 2010. A vane-in-cup approach to measure

viscoelastic properties from torque-time response of a viscometer.

Submitted to Journal of Rheology.

. Tanjore, D., Richard, T.L., and Marshall, M. N., Methods to study

laboratory-scale ensilage of lignocellulosic biomass as a storage unit

process for biofuel production. Submitted to Biomass and Bioenergy.

. Tanjore, D., Marshall, M. N., Richard, T. L., and Tien M. 2010. An

integrated storage and biological pretreatment process of corn stover

through ensilage and solid substrate fermentation with white rot

fungi. Prepared for submission in Applied Microbiology and

Biotechnology.

. Tanjore, D., Marshall, M.N., and Richard, T.L. 2010. Modeling

biological pretreatment of corn stover with co-culture of Pleurotus

ostreatus and Trichoderma reesei in solid substrate fermentation.

Under preparation for publication in Bioresource Technology.

. Book Chapter: Tanjore, D., Shi, J., and Wyman, C.E. Chemical and

Biochemical Catalysis for Next Generation Biofuels (Ed. by Blake A.

Simmons), RSC Energy Series (in press).

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Part of the founding team of Two Cents of Hope (TCH -

www.twocentsofhope.org), a 501 c (3) registered non-profit organization.

Founder and Ex-President of TCH - PSU chapter

Actively participated in several non-profit organizations including Lions

Club, CRY, and AID

Assumed the responsibilities of various team positions including,

President, General Secretary, Treasurer, Public Representative, Special

Committee Chair

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