Cassidy is the Director of Information Systems at the Center for Microbiome Innovation and has collaborated on the Microsetta Initiative since late 2020. His primary responsibility is leading software development, but his 20+ years of experience in both technology and makreting roles allow him to bridge the gap between the software and user engagement sides…
Alejandra Rios is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Pediatrics at the University of California San Diego. She joined the Knight lab in 2021, and her research activities involve the correspondence of dietary instruments and their relation to microbiome composition. Alejandra holds a Ph.D. in Food Science and Nutrition and an MS degree in Metabolism from the…
Steven Michael is responsible for business development at The Center for Microbiome Innovation as well as the management of recruitment activities for The Microsetta Initiative. Steven has a background in information technology, marketing, & sales that he’s utilized in various industries ranging from automotive e-commerce to beer & coffee membership clubs. The innovative research being…
UCSD 21′ alumni majoring in Cognitive Science Design and Interaction.
Daniel designs and implements several software components behind The Microsetta Initiative. With a background in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and a decade of industry experience, he has made large contributions to front-facing pages, back-end database organization, and high-level system architecture. Daniel focuses on the promise of microbiome research to fight disease. If…
Katharine Gilbert focuses on the creative design for the Microsetta Initiative and its connecting projects. Katharine has an extensive background in Arts & Business development. She will be paying particular attention to content creation and how it can support and engage communities in the realm of public health. Katharine finds consulting with Scientists to make…
Sawyer is currently an undergraduate at UCSD, studying Biochemistry/Cell Biology. In addition to his studies, he’s been a member of UCSD’s competitive swim and dive team for all four years of his college career. He joined the Knight lab in August 2019, where he assists in sample processing in the wet lab; Sawyer believes that…
Promi is a Human Microbiome Researcher who focuses on unearthing the role of microbial metabolism in human health primarily from multi-omics datasets. During her Postdoctoral period, she explored the microbiome relationships between various types of host environments (human subjects, rats, mice, built-environment, water, soil) across different health and disease states (gut-brain axis oral-lung axis, malnutrition,…
MacKenzie Bryant is a Research Associate in the wet lab and has been with the Knight lab since August 2017. After researching lung microbiome changes in macaques throughout TB infection and obtaining her Master’s in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, she moved from Pittsburgh to San Diego in order to become a part of Rob Knight’s…
Allyssa Blair is a Project Manager at the Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI) at UC San Diego. She joined CMI in 2022 with a background in research compliance, more extensively in IRB regulations involving human subject rights and protections. Her contribution to the Microsetta Initiative includes coordinating and providing communication between cross-functional teams to implement…
