Ganti Murthy

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Courtesy Appointment
murthy@engr.orst.edu
541-737-6291

124 SW 26th Street
Rm 122
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States

  • Cellulosic and algal biofuels and bioproducts.
  • Control of dynamic systems.
  • Systems analysis process modeling and simulation.
  • Processing of biobased feedstocks into fuels and chemicals

Current Research: 

  • Rational design of cellulase enzymes.
  • Control of biological and ecological systems.
  • Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of biofuels and bioproducts.
  • Understanding interactions and regulation in microorganisms.
Career Links
Faculty Profile, Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Sustainable Technologies Laboratory
Courses Taught
  • BEE 470 - Ecological Engineering Design II
  • BEE 478/578 - Biofuel Feedstocks & Production
Education

Ph.D. - Agricultural Engineering - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Food and Bioprocess Engineering) Dec 2006

M.Tech. - Food and Agricultural Engineering - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
(Dairy and Food Engineering) Jan 2003

B.Tech. - Agricultural Engineering - North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
June 2001

Professional Affiliations
  • Assistant Professor, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University; January, 2007 to Present
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Oregon State University; January, 2010 to Present
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; August, 2003 to December, 2006
  • Graduate Scholar, Food and Agricultural Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; July, 2001 to January, 2003
  • Graduate Fellowship, University of Illinois (2004-2005, 2005-2006).
  • Gamma Sigma Delta professional development award (2006).
  • First place, poster competition at CUTC-2006, Dallas, TX (2006).
  • American Association of Cereal Chemists International, Anheuser Busch/Campbell Taggert Endowment Fellowship (2006).
  • American Association of Cereal Chemists International, Milling and Baking Division M. Rella Dwyer Graduate Fellowship (2005).
  • An Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent: Fall 2004 (ABE 499).
  • Third prize, product development competition, AACC/TIA 2004 annual meeting, San Diego, CA (2004).
  • Travel Award, AACC-Process and Engineering Division (2004, 2005).
  • Gamma Sigma Delta, inducted 2006.
  • Alpha Epsilon, inducted 2004.
  • Graduate Scholarship, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India (2001-2003).
  • Best Masters’ Thesis award, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (2003).
  • Summer Research Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India (2001).
  • Gold medal, best academic performance in undergraduate studies, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India (2001).
Google Scholar
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My Publications

2016

Juneja, Ankita, Frank Chaplen, Ganti Suryanaray Murthy, (2016), Genome scale metabolic reconstruction of Chlorella variabilis for exploring its metabolic potential for biofuels., Bioresource Technology, 213

2011

Ganti Suryanaray Murthy, Singh, Vijay, (2011), Dynamic fermentation controller,

2006

Ganti Suryanaray Murthy, (2006), Development of a controller for fermentation in the dry grind corn process, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
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