Research interests

My current research focuses on the gut microbiome of Vertebrates, with a strong interest in humans. My projects include: the development of evolutionary models aiming at capturing the evolutionary processes driving gut microbial composition over time; investigating the temporal dynamics of gut microbiota evolution; understanding how human gut bacteria adapt to their environment within people; predicting diet from gut microbial composition; characterizing the intimate relationship between the host (immunity) and gut microbes after birth and during evolution.

Global Microbiome Conservancy

I am also one of the co-founders of The Global Microbiome Conservancy, a non-profit collaboration between scientists and communities around the world, unified around a common goal: to collect and preserve the full biodiversity of human gut microbes for future generations. Learn more on our website.