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Eric Alm earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, his Master's from the University of California, Riverside, and his PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle. He held a postdoctoral appointment at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab before joining the faculty at MIT. His research group is an interdisciplinary team comprising computer scientists, computational biologists, molecular biologists, and microbial ecologists, focusing on the human microbiome and its crucial role in human health and disease. The group's work includes computational, theoretical, and experimental approaches to understanding and engineering the human microbiome, with an emphasis on rapidly translating basic science discoveries into clinical applications that can improve patient outcomes. Special interests of the group include developing therapeutics based on synthetic microbial communities, personalized medicine, and monitoring human activities through innovative solutions such as smart sewers and toilets to track human health.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Leading research on the human microbiome focused on health and disease.