Susan Sharfstein, PhD profile page

Susan Sharfstein is a Professor of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany in Albany, New York. Professor Sharfstein received her B.S. in chemical engineering with honors from Caltech in 1987 and her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from UC Berkeley in 1993. She received an NIH fellowship to pursue postdoctoral studies, initially at UC Berkeley and subsequently at UCLA Medical School. Professor Sharfstein’s research interests include mammalian and microbial cell bioprocessing, control of protein glycosylation, metabolic engineering, biosensing, development of systems for high-throughput screening, and manufacturing of biohybrid electronic and photonic devices. She was the recipient of an NSF CAREER grant for her studies of monoclonal antibody production. She is the author of over 90 papers and book chapters in the fields of biotechnology and bioprocessing. She was a 2017-18 recipient of a Fulbright Global Scholar award and spent her sabbatical at Dublin City University, in Dublin, Ireland and University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia performing proteomic analysis of Chinese hamster ovary cells and studying bispecific antibodies. Professor Sharfstein has given invited plenary presentations on mammalian cell bioprocessing in Thailand and Chile and was an invited participant in a glycoengineering workshop in Argentina. Dr. Sharfstein was a 2023 recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities and was recognized as a Pathbreaking Researcher by the University at Albany in 2025.