August 2024

Benjamin Wolfe is an associate professor of microbiology in the Department of Biology at Tufts University. He received a B.Sc. in 2003 from Cornell University, a Ph.D. in from Harvard University in 2011. Benjamin's lab at Tufts uses experimental microbial communities to identify the processes that shape the diversity of microbiomes. In addition to research focused on the basic biology of microbes, the Wolfe lab has worked with chefs and food producers, including David Chang's Momofuku Culinary Lab and Jasper Hill Farm, to understand the roles of microbes in creating the...Read more

Linda Kinkel obtained her M.S. and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology and M.S. in Biometry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and completed Post-doctoral research in microbial ecology at the University of California-Berkeley.  She is a Faculty Member in Plant Pathology at the University of Minnesota, and Chief Science Officer and Founder of Jord BioScience.  At the University of Minnesota, Linda’s research focused on developing practical approaches for managing the ecology and evolutionary biology of plant microbiomes to enhance crop health and yields.  After 30 years...Read more

Jun Shi is the lead process researcher on ExxonMobil’s direct air capture pilot. She earned her PhD in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2016, and her bachelor’s in process control and optimization from Zhejiang University in 2011. ...Read more