Application of the distance-based F test in an mGWAS investigating beta diversity of intestinal microbiota identifies variants in SLC9A8 (NHE8) and three other loci.

I am a molecular biologist by training and a bioinformatician by practice. My research focuses on how gut microbial communities evolve, adapt to host environments, and contribute to chronic inflammatory disease. I combine large-scale human metagenomics, microbial genomics, host genetics, and ecological modeling to study host–microbiome systems across human populations and disease contexts.