Brendan Bohannan
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Brendan J. M. Bohannan is an American microbial and evolutionary biologist, whose research focuses on the cause and consequences of microbial diversity.[1] He applies general ecological theory to organisms across diverse environments, ranging from built environments to animal-associate microbes, including those in humans.[2] His research has been published in Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and other internationally known journals.[3]
Bohannan is the James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon, where is a professor in the Department of Biology and member of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution.[2][4] He previously served as the university's director of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution and was also the Alec and Kay Keith Professor.[5][6] Prior to this, Bohannan was a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University.[7] He earned his PhD from Michigan State University under the mentorship of Richard Lenski, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship.[8]
He has been a co-principal investigator on research teams supported by multi-million dollar grants from the National Institutes of Health to explore the health benefits of microbes and to study how the microbiome influences social behaviors and vice versa.[9][10]
Bohannan is a fellow of the Ecological Society of America, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[11][12][13] In recognition of his research accomplishments, he is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.[14] He was also in the inaugural class of Google Science Communication Fellows.[15]
