From emma.aronson at ucr.edu Wed Nov 4 12:42:32 2026 From: emma.aronson at ucr.edu (Emma Aronson) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 12:42:32 -0800 Subject: [Enscfaculty] Dr. Jack Gilbert seminar and meetings November 10th In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi All, There are still a few spots left to meet with Jack Gilbert. Please add your name to the itinerary here or reach out to me. Cheers, Emma -- Emma L. Aronson, PhD Professor Dept. of Microbiology and Plant Pathology Microbiology Graduate Program Director 3411 Boyce Hall University of California, Riverside (She/Her/Hers) On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 1:22?PM Emma Aronson wrote: > Hello all, > > I am organizing the schedule for our MCBL Seminar Speaker Dr. Jack Gilbert > in 2 weeks, on November 10. He is a pillar > of the field of microbiology, doing exciting research in human microbiome, > microbiome of the built environment, soil health, and marine microbiology > (Bio from his website pasted in below). He will be at UCR from UCSD/Scripps > just for the day on November 10th. Please consider attending his seminar on > Nov 10 at 2PM in the Genomics Auditorium. Let me know ASAP if you want to > meet with him that day, as well as your entire availability 10-4 that day. > I may double up some meetings if necessary. > > Cheers, > Emma > > Professor Jack A. Gilbert (he/him) earned his Ph.D. from Unilever and > Nottingham University, UK in 2002, and received his postdoctoral training > at Queens University, Canada. From 2005-2010 he was a senior scientist at > Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK; and from 2010-2018 he was Group Leader for > Microbial Ecology at Argonne National Laboratory, a Professor of Surgery, > and Director of The Microbiome Center at University of Chicago. In 2019 he > moved to the University of California San Diego, where he is a Professor in > Pediatrics and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Associate Vice > Chancellor for Marine Science, and Director of the Microbiome and > Metagenomics Center. Dr. Gilbert uses molecular analysis to test > fundamental hypotheses in microbial ecology. He cofounded the Earth > Microbiome Project and American Gut > Project. He has authored more than 450 peer reviewed publications and book > chapters on microbial ecology. He is the founding Editor in Chief of > mSystems journal. In 2014 he > was recognized on Crain?s Business Chicago?s 40 Under 40 List, and in 2015 > he was listed as one of the 50 most influential scientists by Business > Insider, and in the Brilliant Ten by Popular Scientist. In 2016 he won the > Altemeier Prize from the Surgical Infection Society, and the WH Pierce > Prize from the Society for Applied Microbiology for research excellence. In > 2017 he co-authored ?Dirt is Good?, a popular science guide to the > microbiome and children?s health. In 2018, he founded BiomeSense Inc. > to produce automated microbiome sensors. In > 2021 Dr Gilbert became the UCSD PI for the National Institutes of Health?s > $175M Nutrition for Precision Health > program. In 2023 he became > President of Applied Microbiology International > , and won the 2023 IFF Microbiome > Science Prize. His publications can be found here > . > -- > Emma L. Aronson, PhD > Professor > Dept. of Microbiology and Plant Pathology > Microbiology Graduate Program Director > 3411 Boyce Hall > University of California, Riverside > (She/Her/Hers) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: