UB - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Effendi is working in the area of metabolic engineering, trying to construct microbial "factories" to produce chemicals that can be beneficial to human health. His current project uses genetically modified E-coli to produce flavinoids: his group is seeking to engineer a process that works, to find the right enzymes to regulate the process, and to optimize the enzyme effect through protein engineering.

In 2004, Effendi spent the summer working in a German lab that is collaborating with his lab in Buffalo. His short-term plan after he finishes his degree is to find a the right post-doctoral position, then to work in industry.