Meet the Lab

  • Noah Fierer

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

    Science Cheerleader

    noah.fierer@colorado.edu

  • Cliff Bueno de Mesquita

    RESEARCH SCIENTIST

    Research foci: soil microbial ecology, ancient DNA

    cliff.buenodemesquita@colorado.edu

  • Nick Dragone

    POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

    Research foci: antarctic microbial ecology, microbial traits, microbial succession

    nicholas.dragone@colorado.edu

  • Jordan Galletta

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    Research focus: methods in microbial ecology

    jordan.galletta@colorado.edu

  • Matt Gebert

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Research foci: ecology and evolution of mycobacteria

    matthew.gebert@colorado.edu

  • Sarah Gering

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Research foci: aerobiology, microbial dispersal

    sarah.gering@colorado.edu

  • Michael Hoffert

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Research foci: microbial traits, genomics/metagenomics

    michael.hoffert@colorado.edu

  • Andrew Blakney

    Andrew Blakney

    POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

    Research foci: plant-soil feedbacks, experimental evolution

    andrew.blakney@colorado.edu

  • Elias Stallard-Olivera

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Research foci: spatial ecology, allergens, remote sensing

    elias.stallardolivera@colorado.edu

  • Caihong Vanderburgh

    LAB MANAGER

    Research foci: methods development and implementation

    ciahong.vanderburgh@colorado.edu

  • Claire Winfrey

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Research foci: aerobiome, soil microbial ecology

    claire.winfrey@colorado.edu

  • Mobeen Zahid

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Research focus: permafrost microbiology

    mzahid014@gmail.com

  • Isha Parikh

    Isha Parikh

    Isha Parikh

    UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

    Research focus: TBD

    Isha.Parikh@colorado.edu

Former postdocs and graduate students (current position):

Albert Barberan (associate professor, Univ. of Arizona)

Scott Bates (associate professor, Purdue University)

Tess Brewer (postdoctoral researcher, LMU Munich)

Robert Bowers (research scientist, Joint Genome Institute)

Paul Carini (associate professor, Univ. of Arizona)

Mallory Choudoir (assistant professor, North Carolina State Univ.)

Jason Corwin (Sr R&D Bioinformatics Scientist, Twist Bioscience)

Manu Delgado-Baquerizo (assistant professor, Univ. Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain)

Joanne Emerson (assistant professor, UC-Davis)

Gilberto Flores (associate professor, Cal State – Northridge)

Chris Gray (Analytical Lab Director, COO, Twin Arbor Labs)

Toby Hammer (assistant professor, UC-Irvine)

Hannah Holland-Moritz (postdoctoral researcher, Univ of New Hampshire)

Chris Lauber (researcher, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital)

Jonathan Leff (Sr. Director, Genomics & Data Science, ArtisanBio)

Anne Madden (Founder & Chief Scientist, The Microbe Institute)

Jamie Micciulla (Geomicrobiology Lab Lead, NASA)

Angela Oliverio (assistant professor, Syracuse Univ)

Kelly Ramirez (assistant professor, Univ. of Texas at El Paso)

Josep Ramoneda (Postdoctoral Fellow, CEAB-CSIC, Spain)

Amanda Redford (biologist, USDA-APHIS, Ft Collins CO)

Corinne Walsh (data scientist, Soil Carbon Solutions Center, Colorado State Univ)

Tara Webster (environmental health educator, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment)