Education
He completed a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry at the University of Otago and a Doctor of Philosophy at Princeton University on the Origin and Evolution of the Genetic Code in 2001.
He completed a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry at the University of Otago and a Doctor of Philosophy at Princeton University on the Origin and Evolution of the Genetic Code in 2001.
His lab"s research involves the development of laboratory and computational techniques to characterize the microbiomes of humans, animals, and the environment. Until 2014, he was a professor at the University of Colorado – Boulder. He did an IAmA on reddit and also taught a microbiome course on Coursera.
He is author of the book Follow Your Gut: The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes.
The is the world"s largest crowdfunded and crowdsourced scientific research project lieutenant is crowdfunded using FundRazr, where they have raised over $1,000,000.