Faculty

The University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Microbiome Sciences joins faculty, postdoctoral scholars and graduate students from across the University of Maryland in pursuit of a deeper understanding of complex microbial communities, and how those microbiomes interact with each other and with our ecosystem, impacting human health, animal health and environmental health.

These researchers come from the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, the School of Public Health, and the A. James Clark School of Engineering. We also have a federal researcher from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

The Center is co-directed by Professors Birthe Kjellerup, Mihai Pop, and Stephanie Yarwood. Gabi Steinbach is the Center's program coordinator.