Eric Allen

Dr. Eric Allen is Professor of Marine Microbiology at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography with joint appointment in Biological Sciences. His lab investigates marine microbiomes through genomic and metagenomic approaches.

Research focuses on:

• Host-associated microbial communities
• Marine microbial lipid biosynthesis
• Environmental metagenomics

He leads studies on herbivorous fish symbionts, hadal trench microbiomes, and microbial transformations of marine pollutants. His work integrates omics approaches to understand microbial functions in diverse marine ecosystems.