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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering. The University of Texas at Austin (1991)
Ingénieur, École Nationale Supérieure des Ingénieurs du Génie Chimique, Toulouse, France (1987)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2019-Present | Vice Provost for Innovation, University of Washington |
| 2019-Present | Director, CoMotion Innovation Center, University of Washington |
| 2018-Present | Director, Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales, a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) |
| 2015-Present | Co-Founder, Proteios Technology, Inc. |
| 2014-2019 | Department Chair, University of Washington Department of Chemical Engineering |
| 2005-2013 | Director, University of Washington Center for Nanotechnology |
| 2004-2012 | Site Director, NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) |
| 2005-2012 | Co-Director, Genetically Engineered Materials Science and Engineering Center, an NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) |
| 2005-Present | Charles W.H. Matthaei Professor of Chemical Engineering |
| 2004-2005 | Co-Director, University of Washington Center for Nanotechnology |
| 2001-Present | Professor of Chemical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 2001-2006 | Associate Director, Genetically Engineered Proteins for Functional Nanoinorganics, an ARO Defense University Research Initiative in NanoTechnology (DURINT) |
| 1997-2001 | Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 1993-1997 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 1992-1997 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 1991-1992 | Visiting Scientist, DuPont Central Research and Development, Molecular Biology Division, Wilmington, DE |
HONORS AND AWARDS
| 2017 | Inaugural Laboratory Safety Award, UW Environmental Health & Safety |
| 2016 | Elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) |
| 2016 | Amol Ajinkya Memorial Fund Lecturer, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, University of Buffalo |
| 2016 | Centennial Symposium Speaker, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin |
| 2015 | Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) |
| 2015 | Elected Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) |
| 2013 | Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| 2013 | Guest Editor, Biotechnology Journal “Nanobiotechnology vs. Bionanotechnology” special issue |
| 2011 | General co-Chair, Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XVII: Emerging Frontiers |
| 2010 | UW College of Engineering Faculty Innovator Award: Research |
| 2008 | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenge Exploration Award |
| 2008 | National Academy of Sciences – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique US-France Frontiers of Science Symposium – Founding organizer |
| 2007 | Kavli Fellow |
| 2007 | National Academy of Sciences – von Humboldt Foundation German-American Frontiers of Science Symposium – Speaker |
| 2005 | Charles W.H. Matthaei Professor of Chemical Engineering |
| 1994 | National Science Foundation CAREER Award |
| 1994 | Whitaker Foundation Young Investigator Award |
| 1994 | National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award |
| 1992 | University of Washington Graduate School Research Fund Award |
| 1986 | Lavoisier Fellow |
ADVISORY BOARDS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES
| 2024-Present | University of Washington Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, Executive Committee |
| 2024-Present | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate Advisory Group, member |
| 2023-Present | West Campus Visioning Committee, Steering Committee |
| 2023-Present | West Campus Global Impact, Brand Impact, and Partner Opportunities, co-chair |
| 2023-Present | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Regional University Advisory Group, member |
| 2022-Present | Tech Alliance, Board member |
| 2022-Present | Tech Alliance, Enterprise Capital Alliance Committee, member |
| 2022-Present | Mobility Innovation Center, Advisory Board member |
| 2022-Present | Pack VC, Academic advisor |
| 2020-Present | UW Innovation Roundtable, co-chair |
| 2019-Present | UW President’s Cabinet, member |
| 2019-Present | Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, UW Foster School of Business, Advisory Board |
| 2019-2021 | UW Corporate Engagement, Executive Committee |
| 2018-Present | Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales, Executive Committee chair |
| 2017-Present | UW Office of Research, Research Advisory Board, member |
| 2017-2020 | McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, External Advisory Council |
| 2017 | Materials Synthesis and Simulation Across Scales (MS3) Initiative, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Advisory Council |
| 2016-2020 | Environmental Quality, Sustainability and Climate Change, Washington State Academy of Sciences, Technical Workgroup |
| 2016-2020 | Formation of Accomplished Chemical Engineers for Transforming Society (FACETS), an NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) program at the University of New Mexico, Advisory Board |
| 2016-2019 | UW Nano Engineering and Sciences Institute, Administrative Committee |
| 2014-2020 | Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, External Advisory Board |
| 2014-2018 | UW College of Engineering, Executive Committee |
| 2013-2016 | Washington State Department of Ecology Northwest Green Chemistry Center. Advisory Council and Point of contact for ANSI/TAG229 ISO/TC229 (Standardization of activities in nanotechnology) |
| 2012-2016 | UW Institute for Molecular Engineering and Sciences, Executive Committee |
| 2011-2013 | National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, International Advisory Committee |
| 2010-2013 | Improving Visual Communication in Nanotechnology, an NSF Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) program at UW, Advisory Board |
| 2008-2010 | NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, Executive Commit |
| 2001-2013 | UW Nanotechnology Ph.D. Program, Steering Committee |
EDITORIAL BOARDS
| 2014-2022 | Biotechnology Journal (Wiley) |
| 2013-2022 | Innovation and Emerging Technologies (World Scientific Publishing) |
| 2010-2024 | Nanomaterials (MDPI) |
| 2000-2022 | Microbial Cell Factories (Springer) |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
François co-founded Proteios Technology, Inc with Dr. Bob Snyder in 2015. Proteios provides innovative solutions for recombinant protein purification and for the discovery and manufacturing of therapeutic cells. The company is privately held and has raised over $7.25M of nondilutive funding in grants and contracts from CoMotion, NSF, NIH, and the State of Washington Andy Hill Care Fund.
PATENTS
Baneyx, F. and B.L. Coyle. Affinity tag and process for purifying and immobilizing proteins using same. US Patent 10,030,046
Baneyx, F., A.A. Gatenby and C.E. Kalbach. A method for enhancing the production of biologically active recombinant proteins. World Patent WO 94/23042
Baneyx, F., A.A. Gatenby and C.E. Kalbach. Process for enhancing the production of heterologous protein in biologically active conformation in a transformed E. coli dnaK mutant host cell. US Patent 5,552,301
Georgiou, G. and F. Baneyx. Methods of producing proteolytically sensitive polypeptides. US Patent 5,508,192
Georgiou, G. and F. Baneyx. Protease-deficient bacterial strains for production of proteolytically sensitive polypeptides. US Patent 5,264,365