Gordon Lab Personnel

Principal Investigator

Jeffrey Gordon, MD (jgordon[at]wustl.edu)

Postdoctoral Fellows

Philip Ahern, PhD (pahern[at]wusm-path.wustl.edu)

Gnotobiotic mouse models for studying the effects of nutrient deficiency on co-evolution of the immune system and gut microbiota

Mark Gonzalez, PhD (mgonzalez[at]pathology.wustl.edu)

A genetic analysis of the impact of malnutrition on components of the human gut microbiota

Nicholas Griffin, PhD (ngriffin[at]pathology.wustl.edu)

Ecologic studies of the gut microbiota in gnotobiotic mouse models

Ilia Halatchev, MD, PhD (ihalatch[at]dom.wustl.edu)

The microbiome and CNS regulation of energy homeostasis: studies in gnotobiotic mouse models

Ansel Hsiao, PhD (ahsiao[at]pathology.wustl.edu)

Metagenomic studies of the impact of probiotics and enteropathogens on the gut microbiota and its microbiome using gnotobiotic mouse models

Andrew Kau, MD, PhD(akau[at]dom.wustl.edu)

Humanized gnotobiotic mouse models for studying the effects of malnutrition on the structure and functions of the immune system

Michelle Smith, PhD (msmith[at]pathology.wustl.edu)

Gnotobiotic mouse models of the effects of micronutrient deficiency on host-microbial symbioses in the gut ecosystem

Instructors

Neelendu Dey, MD (ndey@dom.wustl.edu)

Early life interplay between diet, the gut microbiome and the enteric nervous system

Federico Rey, PhD (reyf[at]wustl.edu)

Studies of the genomic and metabolic foundations of mutualism between sequenced human gut-derived Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and hydrogen consuming acetogens, sulfate reducing bacteria, and methanogens in the distal guts of gnotobiotic mice

Graduate Students

Mark Charbonneau (charbo25[at]gmail.com)

Computational & Systems Biology Program — Modeling the dynamics of human microbial community assembly in gnotobiotic mouse models

Matt Hibberd (hibberdm[at]wustl.edu)

Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathology Program — The interrelationships between food ingredients and the human gut microbiome

Nathan McNulty (nmcnulty[at]wustl.edu)

Microbiology Program — Functional genomic and metabolic studies in gnotobiotic mice of the responses of a synthetic microbiota, composed of sequenced bacterial members of the human gut, to changes in diet

Joseph Planer (planerj[at]wusm.wustl.edu)

MSTP - Microbiology Program — Characterizing the effects of acute malnutrition on interactions between the adaptive immune system and the gut microbiota of children living in Bangladesh and Malawi

Alejandro Reyes (areyes[at]wustl.edu)

Computational & Systems Biology Program — Comparative metagenomic studies of the phage present in the distal gut microbial communities of monozygotic twins, including those that are discordant or concordant for obesity or severe malnutrition

Vanessa Ridaura (vkridaur[at]wustl.edu)

Molecular Genetics & Genomics Program — The role of gut epithelial G protein coupled receptors in regulating interactions between the gut microbiota and the host in humanized gnotobiotic mouse models of obesity

Nick Semenkovich (semenko[at]wustl.edu)

MSTP - Molecular Genetics and Genomics Program

Sathish Subramanian (subramanians[at]wusm.wustl.edu)

MSTP - Computational and Systems Biology — The co-development of breast milk and the infant gut microbiome

Laura Gibbs VanArendonk (laura.vanarendonk[at]wustl.edu)

Molecular Genetics and Genomics Program — The relationship between diet and the metabolic maturation of the human gut microbiome in infancy and childhood: a translational study involving ‘humanized ‘gnotobiotic mice

Vitas Wagner (wagnerve[at]gmail.com)

Evolution, Ecology, and Population Biology program--
Utilizing a gnotobiotic mouse model to examine responses of the microbiota from malnourished individuals to variations in macronutrient content in diets. Also, identifying community assembly processes in malnourished versus healthy individuals

Meng Wu (mengwu[at]wustl.edu)

Human & Statistical Genetics Program — Studies of microbial genome evolution in the gut microbiota of obese and lean twins

Senior Research Scientist

Janaki Lelwala-Guruge, PhD (Janaki[at]wustl.edu)

Analysis of the genotypic and phenotypic properties of cultured members of the human gut microbiota

Mass Spectrometrist

Jiye Cheng, PhD

Mass Spectrometrist

Technicians

Su Deng (sdeng[at]wustl.edu)

Maria Karlsson (karlsson[at]wustl.edu)

Co-director of our gnotobiotic mouse facility

Marty Meier

Director of CGS&SB Robotics Facility

David O'Donnell (dodonnell[at]wustl.edu)

Co-director of our gnotobiotic mouse facility

Sabrina Wagoner (wagoner[at]wustl.edu)

Research Lab Manager

Administrative Staff

Stephanie Amen (samen[at]wustl.edu)

Assistant to Jeffrey Gordon