Lars T. Angenent
Dutch microbiologist
Largus Theodora Angenent (born 1969) is a Dutch environmental biotechnologist. He is a Humboldt Professorship in applied microbiology at the University of Tübingen, Germany's largest monetary international research prize.
Early life and education
Angenent was born in 1969. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree and Master's degree from Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands. Following this, he traveled to the United States and enrolled at Iowa State University for his doctorate degree.
Career
Upon completing his post-doctoral research at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Angenent accepted an assistant professor position at Washington University in St. Louis. After his wife, microbial ecologist Ruth E. Ley, joined him in the city they conducted a dual career job search before settling on Cornell University. As an associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, Angenent and his laboratory researchers began harnessing microbes to produce liquid fuel from the gases produced by slow pyrolysis. A few years later, he was the recipient of a State University of New York Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Professional Service for 2015.
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