Chris Yeager is a staff scientist in the Chemistry Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory with over 25 years of experience exploring the physiology, biochemistry, and ecology of microorganisms. He received his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Oregon State University in 2001 and has been with the DOE National Lab system since. His research focuses on the selection and development of host microorganisms to convert biomass – or other substrates – into fuels, chemicals, and polymers. Within the ABF, he is a co-lead for the Host Onboarding and Development sub-task and participates in the Ethanol sub-task.
Projects in the Agile BioFoundry
- Host onboarding and development
- Ethanol
Featured Publications
Ghosh, Supratim, Jim Coons, Chris Yeager, Peter Halley, Alexander Chemodanov, Bogdan Belgorodsky, Michael Gozin, Guo-Qiang Chen, and Alexander Golberg. Halophyte biorefinery for polyhydroxyalkanoates production from Ulva sp. Hydrolysate with Haloferax mediterranei in pneumatically agitated bioreactors and ultrasound harvesting. Bioresource Technology. 344 (2022): 125964. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125964
Yeager, Chris M., La Verne Gallegos-Graves, John Dunbar, Cedar N. Hesse, Hajnalka Daligault, and Cheryl R. Kuske. Polysaccharide degradation capability of Actinomycetales soil isolates from a semiarid grassland of the Colorado Plateau. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83, no. 6 (2017): e03020-16. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03020-16
Bennett, Kristen, Natalie C. Sadler, Aaron T. Wright, Chris Yeager, and Michael R. Hyman. Activity-based protein profiling of ammonia monooxygenase in Nitrosomonas europaea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82, no. 8 (2016): 2270-2279. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03556-15
Bacik, John-Paul, Chris M. Yeager, Scott N. Twary, and Ricardo Martí-Arbona. Modulation of FadR binding capacity for acyl-CoA fatty acids through structure-guided mutagenesis. The Protein Journal. 34 (2015): 359-366. DOI: 10.1007/s10930-015-9630-1
Piskorska, Magdalena, Tanya Soule, J. L. Gosse, Charlie Milliken, Michael C. Flickinger, G. W. Smith, and C. M. Yeager. Preservation of H2 production activity in nanoporous latex coatings of Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA 009 during dry storage at ambient temperatures. Microbial Biotechnology 6, no. 5 (2013): 515-525. DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12032
Yeager, Chris M., Charles E. Milliken, Christopher E. Bagwell, Lauren Staples, Polly A. Berseth, and Henry T. Sessions. Evaluation of experimental conditions that influence hydrogen production among heterocystous Cyanobacteria. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 36, no. 13 (2011): 7487-7499. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.03.078