Dr. Alfred Fernández-Castane is Lecturer in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Aston University  since September 2017.

He is graduated in Biology by the Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) and afterwards he pursued his Masters studies in Advanced Biotechnology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain). His PhD thesis in Biotechnology awarded in 2012 and carried out within the Chemical Engineering Department at UAB, focused on the development for the first time of a method to directly quantify IPTG in E. coli cytoplasm and medium samples. This methodology led to gain a better knowledge and understanding of inducible systems, gene regulation and optimization of recombinant protein production. Before joining Dr Overton’s lab in 2014 as a Research Fellow in the €2.4m ERA-IB ProSeCa project a the University of Birmingham (UK), Dr. Fernández-Castané was appointed as Postdoctoral Researcher at the ISSB-Evry (France) where he developed his skills in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. His research interests rely on the development of more sustainable and cost effective bioprocesses for the production of high-value products with industrial interest and application of process analytical technologies. 

He is keen on outreach activities and he enjoys travelling, hiking and handball.

Email:  a.fernandez-castane1@aston.ac.uk 

Room Number:  MB184C

Tel +44(0)121 204 4870