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Interests/expertise: Host-microbiome interactions in human health and disease, sexual dimorphism, nutrition, dietary intervention.

Tzu-Wen Cross

Assistant Professor, Nutrition Science

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Clapp, AnnaGraduate Studentclapp5@purdue.edu
Isaiah Junior Osei Duah ioseidua@purdue.edu
Fangxin Chen chen3527@purdue.edu
Vanamala, Anjali JoiUndergraduate Studentavanamal@purdue.edu
Lillian Gogel gogell@purdue.edu
Isaac Bailey irbailey@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Insect microbial ecology, plant-insect-microbe interactions, genomics, applied evolutionary entomology, vector biology, population genetics

Laramy Enders

Associate Professor, Entomology

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Duvanenko, NatalieUndergraduate Studentnduvanen@purdue.edu
Schofield, KylieResearch Scientistkschofi@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: nDesign and development of DNA and RNA nanotechnology, biological control systems, and microbiome engineering for human and agriculture applications

Leopold Green

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Sciences

Smrutiti JenaPostdocsjena@purdue.edu
Sang Hoon UmGraduate Studentums@purdue.edu
Damilola LaworeGraduate Studentdlawore@purdue.edu
Grigorii RudakovGraduate Studentgrudakov@purdue.edu
Derrick DankwaGraduate Studentddankwa@purdue.edu
Grace CookGraduate Studentcook335@purdue.edu
Luis MontalvoGraduate Studentlmontal@purdue.edu
Jade CoxonUndergraduate Studentjcoxon@purdue.edu
Emily LinderUndergraduate Studentejlinder@purdue.edu
Zachery HeppnerUndergraduate Studentzheppne@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Host-microbe interactions in livestock animals, gut health, antibiotic resistance, community succession, sustainable livestock production

Timothy Johnson

Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

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Ellis, AudreyGraduate Studentellis123@purdue.edu
Oladele, PaulGraduate Studentpoladele@purdue.edu
Long, EricaUndergraduate Studentlong387@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Host-microbe interactions in livestock animals, gut health, microbial manipulation via nutritional and management strategies, sustainable livestock production

Tingting Ju

Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

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Long, EricaUndergraduate Studentlong387@purdue.edu
Akkinapally, KashyapUndergraduate Studentkakkinap@purdue.edu
Scinto, SaraGraduate Studentsscinto@purdue.edu
Ng, Vanessa Wai-YinGraduate Studentng129@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Dietary fiber structure influences on microbiome structure and function, microbiome influences on host health, division of labor in microbial communities (especially with respect to polysaccharide consumption), microbial ecology theory, species-resolved metagenomics and genome-enabled ‘omics approaches to microbiomes

Stephen Lindemann

Associate Professor, Food and Nutrition Sciences

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Alvarez, Miguel Graduate Studentgonzale1@purdue.edu
Baruah, RwivooPostdoctoral Researcherbaruahr@purdue.edu
Bernal, AlexisUndergraduate Studentbernal10@purdue.edu
Bhattarai, SajalGraduate Studentbhattar3@purdue.edu
Brock, KierraUndergraduate Studentbrock38@purdue.edu
Deemer, DaneProject Managerddeemer@purdue.edu
Galit, BerajaUndergraduate Studentgberaja@purdue.edu
Guerrero, MarceloInternguerre52@purdue.edu
Gutierrez Pionce, DenisseGraduate Studentgutie235@purdue.edu
Guzman Sanchez, MarianaGraduate Studentguzmansm@purdue.edu
Hale, VictoriaUndergraduate Studenthalev@purdue.edu
Harper, JasmineUndergraduate Studentharpe142@purdue.edu
Hijaz, YaraUndergraduate Studentyhijaz@purdue.edu
Jackson, PeterPostdoctoral Researcherppjackso@purdue.edu
Jimenez, SethUndergraduate Studentjimen162@purdue.edu
Kopolow, NorahUndergraduate Studentnkopolow@purdue.edu
Kreunen, SkylerUndergraduate Studentskreunen@purdue.edu
Krishna, NicoleUndergraduate Studentkrish229@purdue0.onmicrosoft.com
Nguyen, MaiGraduate Studentnguye684@purdue.edu
Orbach, BrandonUndergraduate Studentborbach@purdue0.onmicrosoft.com
Petrusson, WilliamUndergraduate Studentwpetruss@purdue.edu
Pujari, AnuragGraduate Studentpujari1@purdue.edu
Quinn, AdamGraduate Studentquinn112@purdue.edu
Raghunath, RajsriGraduate Studentrraghun@purdue.edu
Schneider, HudsonUndergraduate Studentschne167@purdue.edu
Vojslavek, LeaUndergraduate Studentlvojslav@purdue.edu
Wang, YuxinLead Computational Biologistwang6209@purdue.edu
Yao, TianmingPostdoctoral Researcheryao132@purdue.edu
Ye, HanUndergraduate Studentye327@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Basic, molecular biology and ‘omic techniques are used to gain a better understanding of the adaptation of environmental microorganisms to perturbed ecosystems. Microbial analyses range from examination of the entire community to the identification and tracking of specific bacteria and genes. Perturbed ecosystems currently being studied are human/animal guts, stream and lake water exposed to urban and rural inputs, and agricultural fields subjected to different agronomic practices.

Cindy Nakatsu

Professor, Agronomy

Interests/expertise: aquatic ecology, drinking water safety; pathogen tracing; rapid microbiome characterization

Caitlin Proctor

Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Ceglio, Daniel Undergraduate Student dceglio@purdue.edu
Del Angel, Jorge Graduate Student jdelang@purdue.edu
Ehde, Aliya B. Graduate Student aehde@purdue.edu
Haue, Addrita Graduate Student haque27@purdue.edu
Spicuzza, Emily Graduate Student espicuzz@purdue.edu

Ilya Slizovskiy

Assistant Professor, Antimicrobial Resistance/Farm Animal Medicine

Interests/expertise: Field-deployable biosensors, in vitro models of microbiomes

Mohit Verma

Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Visit the Verma Lab Directory at https://www.vermalab.com/people.

Interests/expertise: Soil and rhizosphere microbiology, stable isotopes, envir-omics, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, synthetic biology, sustainable agriculture, and One Health. Managed Ecosystem Microbial Ecology (MEME) Lab.

Roland Wilhelm

Assistant Professor, Agronomy

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Arval ElangoGraduate Studentavijiela@purdue.edu
Raven LewisGraduate Studentlewis789@purdue.edu
Túlio MachadoGraduate Studenttmachado@purdue.edu
Trever ThurgoodGraduate Studenttthurgoo@purdue.edu
Alex TrentinGraduate Studentbatista2@purdue.edu
Arsen YerlanGraduate Studentayerlan@purdue.edu
Eliazar MartinezVisiting Scholarmart2776@purdue.edu
Sulemana IssifuVisiting Scholarsissifu@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Microbial metabolism, nutrition, social equity, health disparities

Patricia (Patty) Wolf

Assistant Professor, Nutrition Science

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Buobu, Pius SarfoGraduate Studentpbuobu@purdue.edu
Sayovitz, KaliUndergraduate Studentksayovit@purdue.edu
Szramowski, MirandiaTechnicianmszramow@purdue.edu