Amber Benezra

Amber Benezra is Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Stevens Institute of Technology and Farber Junior Faculty Fellow. Her anthropological research examines ethical dimensions of microbiome science, combining ethnographic fieldwork with critical analysis of biomedical practices. Author of 'Gut Anthro: An Experiment in Thinking with Microbes', she pioneers frameworks for ethical microbiome research with Indigenous communities.

Key research themes:

• Decolonizing microbiome research through relational frameworks
• Analyzing racialization in microbial science
• Wastewater surveillance ethics and health justice
• Multispecies approaches to human-microbe relations

Publications establish critical foundations for social science engagement with microbiome research, emphasizing equity in global health applications. Recent work develops justice-centered models for environmental surveillance technologies.