 Postdoctoral Scholar, 2023- Ph.D. in chemistry Unfair advantage: Knows chemical shifts
Interests: Function of microbial metabolism in interactions |
 Postdoctoral Scholar, 2021- Ph.D. Unfair advantage: Knows what the gut-brain axis is
Interests: Role of the microbiome in the treatment of neurodegenerative disease |
 Lab Manager, 2017- B.A. Microbiology Unfair advantage: makes the best lab signs, infinite patience
Interests: training and assisting the next generation of microbiologists |
 Postdoctoral Scholar, 2023-present Ph.D. in Biochemical & Molecular Nutrition Unfair advantage: Knows what we should eat
Interests: Impact of diet on the microbiome's role in cancer therapy |
 Infectious Disease Fellow (joint w/Phil Rosenthal), 2023- MD/PhD Unfair advantage: Remembers your pets, hobbies, recent travel, and insect exposures
Interests: Effect of gut and vaginal microbiota on birth outcomes |
 Administrative Assistant, 2022- Unfair advantage: Not afraid of doodle polls
Interests: Making the Hooper the best place to work |
 Junior Specialist, 2023- B.A. Unfair advantage: I like my coffee and chai without milk and sugar
Interests: Integrating metagenomic and metabolomic data |
 Director, UCSF Gnotobiotic Core, 2014- Ph.D. Molecular Cell Biology, B.Sc. Biology Unfair advantage: can coordinate dozens of projects at once
Interests: accelerating and improving gnotobiotics |
 BMS MSTP student, 2022- B.A. Unfair advantage: Great at maths
Interests: bacterial interactions, bioinformatics, bioactives |
 Junior Specialist, 2023- BA Unfair advantage: Knows the secret to Blue Bottle coffee
Interests: Measuring and isolating microbial bioactives |
 RAMP Intern, 2024-2025 B.A. Unfair advantage: Doesn't need caffeine for energy
Interests: Understanding the role of the microbiome in disease development |
 DSCB MSTP student, 2024- B.A. Unfair advantage: Wakes up early
Interests: Diet effects on the microbiome and metabolism |
 Professor, 2014- Ph.D. in Genomics, B.A. in Biochemistry, Minor in Film Studies Unfair advantage: was in the room where it happened
Interests: predicting and controlling the metabolism of complex microbial communities |
 BMS Graduate Student, 2021- B.A. in Biology, NSF Graduate Fellow Unfair advantage: Can think like a mouse
Interests: Sexually dimorphic host-microbiome interactions |
 Tetrad Graduate Student, 2024- B.A. Unfair advantage: Unfazed by the odors of gastrointestinal research
Interests: Host and bacterial metabolic interactions |
 Junior Specialist, 2023- B.A. Neuroscience Unfair advantage: Gets direct sunlight before morning coffee
Interests: Understanding and manipulating the gut microbiome-brain axis |
 Postdoctoral Scholar, 2024- PhD Unfair advantage: Has real training in cancer biology
Interests: Altering the microbiome to improve cancer therapy |
 Assistant Professor, 2018- M.D., Ph.D. Unfair advantage: Never vaped before
Interests: Ketogenesis, ethnicity, COVID-19 |
 Postdoctoral Scholar, 2023- Ph.D. in food science Unfair advantage: Can KO a gene in a day
Interests: Microbiome editing, developing genetic tools |