Meet the Lab

  • Noah Fierer

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

    Science Cheerleader

    noah.fierer@colorado.edu

  • Capucine Baubin

    POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

    Research foci: soil ecology, soil volatile organic carbon emissions

    capucine.baubin@colorado.edu

  • Nick Dragone

    POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

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

    nicholas.dragone@colorado.edu

  • Jordan Galletta

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    Research foci: 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

  • Jessica Henley

    LAB MANAGER

    Research foci: high-throughput microbial community analyses

    jessica.henley@colorado.edu

  • Michael Hoffert

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Research foci: microbial traits, genomics/metagenomics

    michael.hoffert@colorado.edu

  • Jamie Micciulla

    POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

    Research foci: plant-microbe interactions, soil protists

    jamie.micciulla@colorado.edu

  • Madi Pill-Kastens

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    Research foci: methods in microbial ecology

    madeline.pillkastens@colorado.edu

  • Josep Ramoneda

    POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

    Research foci: microbial ubiquity, invasions, trait-based biogeography

    ramoneda.massague@gmail.com

  • Elias Stallard-Olivera

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Research foci: spatial ecology, allergens, remote sensing

    elias.stallardolivera@colorado.edu

  • Caihong Vanderburgh

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

    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 foci: permafrost microbiology

    mzahid014@gmail.com

Former postdocs and graduate students (current position):

Albert Barberan (associate professor, Univ. of Arizona)

Scott Bates (associate professor, Purdue University)

Tess Brewer (postdoctoral researcher, Univ. of Zurich)

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)

Angela Oliverio (assistant professor, Syracuse Univ)

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

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)