PROJECT TEAM
Our team members are made up of experienced and dedicated researchers from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds. What unites us is an undying passion for learning and discovery. Meet us below.
SHARON BEWICK
Co-PI
Dr. Bewick is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences interested in population and community dynamics, including examining the biodiversity of microbes on the human skin to understand spatial microbial ecology. She oversees the theoretical modeling component of the project, works with the postdoc, and advises a graduate student.
Twitter:Â @BewickLabClemson
ANNA SEEKATZ
Co-PI
Dr. Seekatz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences with an expertise in human and mouse gut microbiota, where she looks at the interactions between the indigenous microbes and pathogens. She has extensive experience in designing mouse models that investigate host-pathogen interactions, including microbiota manipulation. She oversees the mouse
microbiome experiment. Her graduate and undergraduate student are involved in all aspects of those projects.
Twitter: @Annaerobe
VIDYA SUSEELA
Co-PI
Dr. Suseela is an Assistant Professor in the Plant and Environmental Sciences Department with interests in soil carbon cycling and root-rhizosphere interactions. She is an expert in metabolomics of soils/roots. She oversees the plant microbiome experiment. Her graduate and undergraduate students are involved in all aspects of those projects.