Nutritional & Microbial Ecology Laboratory
We study how the gut microbiome shapes human health and evolution, probing the metabolic consequences of interactions between humans and the trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract.
Our Research
We probe the energetic consequences of physiological interactions between humans and their resident gut microbes, examining how diet, health, and genetic factors shape microbial contributions to human energy balance.
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A collaborative group of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and undergraduate researchers working at the intersection of nutrition, microbiology, and evolutionary biology.
Meet the team →Publications
Over 40 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals including Cell, Nature, Science, and Nature Microbiology, advancing our understanding of the human gut microbiome.
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