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Principal Investigator<\/h3>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Departmental Affiliations<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences<\/a> (Primary)
\n\u2022 Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences<\/a> (Joint)<\/p>\n

Center & Institute Affiliations<\/strong>
\n\u2022 New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health<\/a> (Director)
\n\u2022 Global Health Institute<\/a>
\n\u2022 Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute<\/a> – EOSHI<\/p>\n

Contact Information<\/strong>
\n76 Lipman Drive
\nOffice 333C
\nNew Brunswick, NJ 08901
\nmg.dominguez-bello@rutgers.edu<\/a>
\n(848) 932-5664<\/p>\n

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Research Associate<\/h3>\n

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Haipeng Sun, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Email: hs862@sebs.rutgers.edu<\/a>
\nPhone: (848) 932-5665
\nAddress:
\nLipman Hall – Room 333B<\/p>\n

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Graduate Students<\/h3>\n

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Rupesh Gawde<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program: PhD in Human Evolutionary Sciences
\nEmail: rsg146@scarletmail.rutgers.edu<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Luna Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program: PhD in Anthropology
\nEmail: xw347@scarletmail.rutgers.edu<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h3>\n

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Connie<\/span> Looi<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: cl1552@scarletmail.rutgers.edu<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Daniela Cubur<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: dc1574@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Sonia Munawar<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail:
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Ariel Zhuo<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail:
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Kassandra Cortez<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail:
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Margaret Dounis<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: md1796@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Ekta Patel<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: ekp40@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Joseph Manzano-Santana<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: jrm449@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Shivraj Pethe<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: sap429@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Sumayya Zaghloul<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: snz19@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Emily Chu<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: ewc41@rwjms.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Idaliz Herrera<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: ih248@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Jorge Arrudi Bara<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: ja1523@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Hyungjun Jin<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: hj403@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Celine Mirra<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: cnm115@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Madelyn Smith<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail:
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Claudia Grzegorski<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Program:
\nEmail: cg1028@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Visiting fellows<\/h3>\n

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Anna M. Dulencin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Assistant Research Professor
\nDirector, Science and Politics Program
\nEagleton Institute of Politics
\nRutgers University\u00a0–\u00a0New Brunswick
\nEmail: anna.dulencin@eagleton.rutgers.edu<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Filipa Godoy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Associate Professor and PI Microbiome Lab
\nUniversity of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine
\nEmail: filipa.godoy@upr.edu<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Daniela Vargas Robles<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Microbiome data analyst
\nUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
\nEmail: danielavargasrobles@gmail.com<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Eglee Zent<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Human Ecology Laboratory
\nInstituto Venezolano de Investigaciones\u00a0Cient\u00edficas (IVIC)
\nEmail: egleezent@gmail.com<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Corrie Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n

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University Hawaii
\nEmail: millercb@hawaii.edu<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Devin Simpkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Princeton University
\nEmail: ds5687@princeton.edu<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

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Monica Contreras<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas (IVIC)
\nEmail: monicacontre@gmail.com<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Aiswaryaa Prabaharan<\/b><\/p>\n

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Rutgers University
\nEmail: ap2036@scarletmail.rutgers.edu<\/a>
\nPhone:
\nAddress:<\/p>\n

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Former students<\/h3>\n

Corey Lacher, Research Technician (2016-2018)
\nAishwarya Nathan, Master in Microbiology (2018-2019)
\nMelina Luu, Bachelor in Anthropology (2018-2019)
\nSherry Wong, Bachelor in Microbiology (2018-2019)
\nJared Lim, Bachelor in Microbiology (2019)
\nEmily Ali, Bachelor in Genetics (2019)
\nJarrick Lam (2019)
\nLibby Wu (2019)
\nAviva Menashy
\nShibbu Sharma (2019)
\nRizelin Benito (2019-2020)
\nGabbi Pelofski (2020-2021)
\nWaner Zheng (2021)
\nSofia Dvinskikh (2021)
\nManasi Marayan (2021)
\nAlex Cai, Master in Microbiology (2019-2021)
\nNathalia Naspolini, Visiting Student (2019-2021)
\nCiarra Williams, Master in Microbiology (2020-2022)
\nMargot Shumaker (2022)
\nAnya Gowda (2020-2022)
\nAbe Tsvik (2020-2022)
\nZoe Reich (2021-2022)
\nIslam EL JADDAOUI (2022)
\nAlexandra Deutsch (2022-2023)
\nSe-Ah Kim (2022-2023)
\nSeena Samuel (2023)
\nYichen Jiang (2023)
\nJeremy Lessing, MD\/PhD (2020-2024)
\nAbhijna Bhat, BS in Biochemistry of Microbial Systems \uff082022-2024)
\nKamyaar Kan (2023)
\nAzra Raza (2023)
\nAlyssa Juenke
\nVanessa Garzon Tellez
\nJanet Johnson (2024)
\nAudrey Cohen-Marquina (2023)
\nDiya Kodimala
\nJasmine Vo (2023-2024)
\nNihad Ali
\nSophia Reich
\nHibah Malik (2024)
\nNaveed Loskor (2024)
\nCamille English,\u00a0 PhD in Microbial Biology (2019-2025)
\nMelissa Woortman, PhD in Nutritional Sciences (2019-2025)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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