Cleber Costa Ouverney

Cleber Costa Ouverney is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at San José State University. His research focuses on characterizing complex microbial communities, particularly uncultured environmental Bacteria and Archaea related to human-associated microbes, using culture-independent molecular methods.

• PhD in Microbiology from the University of Southern California (1999)
• Postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University (2004)
• Developed innovative tools like jsPhyloSVG for interactive phylogenetic tree visualization and Phylometrics for high-throughput phylogenetic analysis

His work emphasizes single-cell genetic analysis, metabolic activity measurement in situ, and bridging environmental microbiology with human health implications. He has contributed to understanding the ecophysiological roles of uncultivated TM7 bacteria through techniques like FISH and STARFISH.