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Prof. Harvey Blanch - Biography

EDUCATION      

B.Sc. 1st Class Honors, Chemical Engineering University of Sydney, Australia (1968)

Ph.D. Biological Technology, Univ of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia  (1971)

Post-doctoral Fellow, Applied Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (1971-3)

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Associate Director, Marine Bioproducts Engineering Center  (MarBEC), (1998-2004)

Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, Berkeley (1997-2001)

Senior Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, (1984 –present)

Professor, University of California, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Berkeley (1982‑Present)

Associate Professor, University of California, Dept. of Chemical Eng. Berkeley (1978‑1982)

Associate Professor, University of Delaware, Dept. of Chemical Engineering  (1977‑1978)

Assistant Professor, University of Delaware, Dept of Chemical Engineering, (1974 -1977)

Lecturer: School of Biological Technology, University of N.S.W. (1971)

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

Fellow, International Institute of Biotechnology (UK); Elected  (1991)

Founding Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; Elected  (1992)

Holtz Lecturer, The Johns Hopkins University, (1993)

Collaboratus Lecturer, Rutgers University (1994)

Marvin Johnson Award, Biochemical Technology Division, American Chemical Society (1995)

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (1996)

Enzyme Engineering Award, Engineering Foundation (1997)

AIChE Award for Excellence in Academic Research, AIChE Northern California Section (2000)

Amgen Award in Biochemical Engineering, Engineering Foundation (2001)

Warren & Katharine Schlinger Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering (2001)

Fellow, AAAS (elected 2004)

National Academy of Engineering (2005)

 

TEXTBOOKS

“Biochemical Engineering”, H.W. Blanch & D.S. Clark, Marcel Dekker (1996); Second Printing (1998)

 

EDITORIAL DUTIES

Editor:

Bioprocess Engineering, Editor for the Americas, Springer Verlag (1986‑2000),

The Chemical Engineering Journal/Biochemical Engineering Journal, (1985‑present)

Books:

Applied Biocatalysis, Marcel Dekker (1991)

Comprehensive Biotechnology, Pergamon Press (1980‑84)

“Foundations of Biochemical Engineering: Kinetics and Thermodynamics in Biological Systems”, ACS Symposium Series 207 (1982)

Editorial Boards:

Biotechnology and Bioengineering (1990‑present)

Advances in Biochemical Engineering (1992‑present)

ACS Symposium Series (1986‑1990)

Acta Biotechnologica (1984‑1990)

Advances in Biotechnology, Pergamon Press (1984‑1986)

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering  (2000 – present)

Engineering in the Life Sciences, Chemical & Engineering Technology (2002-present)

 

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