Chemical & Biological Engineering Department

Montana State University
306 Cobleigh Hall
PO Box 173920 Bozeman, MT 59717-3920

Tel: (406) 994-2221
Fax: (406) 994-5308
E-mail: ChBE@coe.montana.edu
Location: 306 Cobleigh Hall

Department Head:

Jeff Heys, Ph.D.

Brent M. Peyton, PhD Professor Contact Information 305 Cobleigh Hall PO Box 173920 Bozeman, Montana 59717 Phone: (406) 994-7419 Fax: (406) 994-5308 Email: bpeyton@coe.montana.edu

Teaching focus:

Integration of chemical engineering with microbiology and biotechnology for undergraduate and graduate engineering education. 

Research focus:

Fundamental and applied research in the areas of biofuels, extremophilic bioprocessing, and in situ biocatalyzed heavy metal transformations.

Dr. Brent Peyton is a full Professor on the faculty of the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, and the NSF Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State University. His research focus is on extremophilic bioprocessing, in situ biocatalyzed heavy metal biotransformations, and growth of algae for biodiesel production in natural and engineered biological systems. 

Before returning to MSU in 2005, Dr. Peyton was a tenured faculty member at Washington State University for 8 years. Prior to WSU, he was in the Bioprocessing/Bioremediation Research Group at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for 5 years.

He has authored and co-authored over 85 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and holds four patents in environmental biotechnology.