Payam Ghiaci, MSc Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden Phone: +46(0)31 772 3862 Fax: +46(0)31 772 3801 E-mail: ghiaci [at] chalmers.se Office: Room 6116D     Education and degrees 2006 B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Dept. of Chemical and Biological, IUT, Iran 2010 M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers, Sweden Employments 2008 Summer Project, StatoilHydro Research Centre, Norway 2010- PhD student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers Publications, Patents & Presentations Poster presentations 2010 Microbial Butanol Production, Gothenburg Life Science Conference XI – Industrial System Biology, Sweden Teaching and Tutoring Experience 2004 Mass Transfer, IUT, Iran   Organic Chemistry, IUT, Iran   Organic Chemistry Lab., IUT, Iran 2007 Statistics, University of Borås, Sweden 2010- Molecular Biotechnology, Chalmers, Sweden Grants, Awards and Prizes 2010 Nils Pihlblads resestipendium Personal text I can not state my scientific interests without hinting to the main context of it! I am quite interested in the concept of sustainable development and all its aspects, including economical, social and environmental sides. This has brought me to the field of biofuels/biochemicals in my scientific career. I started working on ethanol production by Rhizopus Oryzae and Saccharomyces Cerevisae during my bachelor. I continued working on biofuels during my master, focusing on different butanol production methods. Currently I am working on producing bio-butanol by yeast either as fuel or chemical.  The ultimate goal is to turn Saccharomyces Cerevisae to a 2-butanol producer by introducing the lacking pathways and removing the competing reactions.  I also look into butanol tolerance-limit of yeast and try to trace back the genes which play imperative role in increasing alcohol tolerance.