Michael Smanski

Mike Smanski.
Research Fellow
Professor
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Smanski Lab
Education
  • B.S. Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
  • Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Areas of Interest

Developing genetic control technologies for aquatic invasive species

Biography

Michael Smanski is a professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics and the BioTechnology Institute. Dr. Smanski received a B.S. degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California – San Diego and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin. His current lab develops enabling technologies to engineer biology in ways that address challenges in medicine, agriculture, and the environment.

Research

Genetic biocontrol of invasive fish species

Select Publications

Badger, J., Alirigia, R., Ameli, I., Bajer, P., Bartodziej, B., Dalgleish, V., Das, S., Dauphinais, J., Duhr, M., Fairman, K., Forester, J., Frankenberg, S., Gutierrez-Moreno, R., Jacob, N. K., Johnson, C., Jonsrud, K., Maselko, M., Mendelsohn, M., Olmanson, O., … Smanski, M. J. (2025). Coproducing a Technology Readiness Level framework for non-persistent genetic biocontrol of aquatic invasive species. Journal of Environmental Management, 391. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126189
 
Bajer, P. G., Ghosal, R., Maselko, M., Smanski, M. J., Lechelt, J. D., Hansen, G., & Kornis, M. S. (2019). Biological control of invasive fish and aquatic invertebrates: A brief review with case studies. Management of Biological Invasions, 10(2), 227–254. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2019.10.2.02