Irene Brockman Reizman

Dr. Irene Reizman’s areas of expertise include biochemical engineering and biotechnology. Her research focuses on developing improved microbial strains for renewable chemical production, and she’s currently leading a student research project investigating the use of biosensors for industrial fermentation. Dr. Reizman completed a project in Germany as part of the Green Talents program and also previously worked for LS9, Whirlpool, and SCHOTT AG.

Learn more about Dr. Reizman's current student research projects at https://wordpress.rose-hulman.edu/brockman/.

Academic Degrees

  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015
  • BSE, University of Michigan, 2008

Awards & Honors

  • Alfred R. Schmidt Endowed Chair for Excellence in Teaching, 2022 - 2025
  • Fellow of the Indiana Academy of Science, 2024
  • German Ministry of Research and Education "Green Talents" Award for High Potentials in Sustainable Development, 2014

Publications & Presentations

  • C.S. Pirner, N.A. Palmer, I.M.B. Reizman. "Techno-economic assessment of a bioprocess for long-chain dicarboxylic acid production from vegetable oils: A case study for distillers corn oil." Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (2022).
  • A. Gupta, I.M.B. Reizman, C.R. Reisch, K.L.J. Prather. "Autonomous, Scalable and Pathway-Independent Strategies to Dynamically Modulate Metabolic Fluxes for Improved Microbial Production." Nature Biotechnology, 35(3): 273-279, (2017).
  • I.M.B. Reizman, A.R. Stenger, C.R. Reisch, A. Gupta, N.C. Connors, K.L.J. Prather. "Improvement of glucaric acid production in E. coli via dynamic control of metabolic fluxes." Metabolic Engineering Communications, 2:109-116, (2015).
  • I.M. Brockman, K.L.J. Prather. "Dynamic knockdown of E. coli central metabolism for redirecting glucose-6-phosphate fluxes." Metabolic Engineering, 28: 104-113, (2015).

Research Experiences

  • Metabolic engineering of microorganisms for renewable chemical production
  • Bioprocess development
  • Synthetic biology

Teaching Interests

  • Chemical process and product design
  • Biochemical engineering
  • Biotechnology
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