Meet the Lab

  • Noah Fierer

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

    Science Cheerleader

    noah.fierer@colorado.edu

  • Andrew Blakney

    POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

    Research foci: experimental evolution, plant-soil interactions, plastic degradation

    Andrew.Blakney@colorado.edu

  • Cliff Bueno de Mesquita

    RESEARCH SCIENTIST

    Research foci: soil microbial ecology, ancient DNA

    cliff.buenodemesquita@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

  • Noah Mendez

    UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

    Research foci: TBD

    Noah.Mendez@colorado.edu

  • Isha Parikh

    UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

    Research foci: TBD

    Isha.Parikh@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

    caihong.vanderburgh@colorado.edu

  • Claire Winfrey

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Research foci: aerobiome, soil microbial ecology

    claire.winfrey@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, EAWAG, Switzerland)

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)

Nick Dragone (research scientist, Monash University)

Joanne Emerson (associate professor, UC-Davis)

Gilberto Flores (associate professor, Cal State – Northridge)

Jordan Galletta (research technician, Jonah Ventures)

Matt Gebert (postdoctoral researcher, Univ. of Utah)

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

Toby Hammer (assistant professor, UC-Irvine)

Hannah Holland-Moritz (research scientist, Univ of New Hampshire)

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

Jonathan Leff (Engineer, KamiwazaAI)

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)