Paulina Deptula

Paulina Deptula is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Science, specializing in Food Microbiology, Gut Health, and Fermentation research. Her work bridges food science and human health through advanced genomic approaches to understand bacterial behavior in food systems and the gut microbiome.

Dr. Deptula's research interests focus on the genomic and metabolic characterization of bacteria relevant to food production and human health. Her work particularly examines Propionibacterium freudenreichii's metabolic adaptations, Mycobacterium marinum pathogenesis mechanisms, and novel gut bacteria discovery. She employs cutting-edge genomic technologies including Oxford Nanopore sequencing to investigate bacterial genome structure, DNA methylation patterns, and host-microbe interactions in both food matrices and biological systems.

Her publication record shows a consistent trajectory of high-impact research in bacterial genomics, with recent work spanning food fermentation microbiology, gut microbiome characterization, and pathogen-host interactions. The research demonstrates increasing technical sophistication from basic genome sequencing to integrated multi-omics approaches examining transcriptomics and surfaceome dynamics alongside genomic analysis.

Dr. Deptula actively collaborates with researchers across multiple institutions, as evidenced by her co-authorship on diverse projects ranging from dairy starter culture characterization to novel bacterial species discovery. Her work appears in reputable journals including npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, Scientific Reports, mSystems, and International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, indicating strong recognition within the microbiology research community.