Brent M. Peyton, Ph.D.
Professor
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, the Director of the Thermal Biology Institute, and in the NSF Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State University. His research focus is on extremophilic bioprocessing, in situ biocatalyzed heavy metal biotransformations (Se, Cr, U), and growth of algae and fungi 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 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and holds four patents in environmental biotechnology.