Following is the speaking faculty from our 2020 event. Please check back in the coming weeks for updated information.
Conference Chair
Mollie Roth, J.D.
Executive Director
The Microbiome Coalition (TMBC)
2019 Speaking Faculty
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Shahram Lavasani, Ph.D.
- Founder, CEO/CSO
- Immune Biotech
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Scott Jackson, Ph.D.
- Group Leader, Complex Microbial Systems
- NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology)
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Rachel Clemens, Ph.D.
- Commercial Innovation Manager, Life Science Lead
- ISS US National Lab, Center for Advancement in Science in Space
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Phil Strandwitz, Ph.D.
- Chief Executive Officer
- Holobiome, Inc.
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Garth Ehrlich, Ph.D.
- Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology, Prof. of Otolayngology - Head & Neck Surgery
- Drexel University College of Medicine
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Momo Vuyisich, Ph.D.
- Chief Scientific Officer
- Viome
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Nancy Caralla
- Founding President, Executive Director
- C Diff Foundation
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Mehdi Keddache, Ph.D.
- Sr. Sales Specialist, Microbiology
- Illumina
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Sonia Timberlake, Ph.D.
- Vice President of Research
- Finch Therapeutics
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Dae-Wook Kang, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- University of Toledo
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Sangeeta Khare, Ph.D.
- Research Microbiologist, Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research
- US Food & Drug Administration
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Amy Feehan, Ph.D.
- Research Scientist
- Ochsner Health System
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Julius Goepp, MD
- Chief Executive Officer
- Scaled Microbiomics
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Ze'ev Ronai, Ph.D.
- Professor
- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
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Priya Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
- Senior Study Director, Discovery and Translational Sciences
- Metabolon
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Craig Thomson
- Partner, European Patent Attorney
- HGF Limited
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Cécile Clavaud, Ph.D.
- Project Leader in Skin Microbiome, L'Oreal Advanced Research
- L'Oreal
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Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham, Ph.D.
- Assoc. Prof., Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
- University of Utah
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Tasha Santiago-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
- Microbiome Discovery Analyst
- Diversigen
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A. Stewart Campbell, Ph.D.
- Vice President, Early Stage Development
- Axial Biotherapeutics
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Gregg Silverman, MD
- Professor of Medicine & Pathology
- New York University School of Medicine
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Nicole Stakleff
- Partner, US Patent Attorney
- Pepper Hamilton
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Lana Gladstein
- Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
- Arranta Bio
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Pamela Silver, Ph.D.
- Elliot T. and Onie H. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology
- Harvard Medical School
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Danish Malik, Ph.D.
- Senior Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Department
- Loughborough University
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Assaf Oron
- Chief Business Officer
- BiomX
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Jonathan Merril, MD
- Chief Executive Officer
- EpitopeRX
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Paul Turner, Ph.D.
- Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Yale University
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Briana Benton
- Technical Manager
- Seventure Partners
- Section Chief: Immunology Sec., Liver Diseases Branch, NIDDKD
- National Institutes of Health
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Michal Daniely, Ph.D.
- Research and Development Director
- MilliporeSigma
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Peter Christey, Ph.D.
- CEO and Co-Founder
- General Automation Technology Labs (GALT)
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Gokul Swaminathan, Ph.D.
- Associate Principal Scientist
- Merck Exploratory Science Center
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Sam Minot, Ph.D.
- Staff Scientist, Microbiome Research Initiative, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Division
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
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Nick Greenfield
- Founder & CEO
- One Codex
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Donna Boston
- Program Manager, Div. of Rsearch, Innovation & Ventures, Biomedical Advanced R&D Authority, Assist. Sec. for Preparedness & Response
- US Health & Human Services
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Emily Hollister
- VP Information Technologies and Analytics
- Diversigen
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Charles Budinoff, Ph.D.
- Strain Discovery & Microbiome Science Group Leader
- DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences