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Jonathan A. Eisen is a Professor at the University of California, Davis with appointments in the Department of Evolution and Ecology, the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and the Genome Center. He is an evolutionary biologist whose research focuses on the origin of novelty and how new processes and functions originate, primarily through sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes using phylogenomic analysis.
His research spans multiple areas including microbial ecology, evolution and function of microbiomes, genomics and evolution of microbial pathogens, microbiology of the built environment, laboratory and computational methods development, phylogenomic diversity of microbes, and science communication. The Eisen lab covers a broad range of topics related to microbes and microbial communities, with recent work focusing on seagrass microbiomes, Antarctic extremophiles, feline microbiomes, and microbial pathogen evolution.
Analysis of his recent publications (2023-2025) reveals a strong focus on metagenomics, phylogenomics, and host-microbe interactions across diverse environments including marine ecosystems, Antarctic hydrothermal systems, and animal hosts. His work combines computational approaches with experimental validation to understand microbial community structure, function, and evolution.
Professor Eisen is actively involved in science communication and open scholarship, with a notable TED Talk on microbes. He maintains an active lab blog and social media presence where he discusses current research, science policy, and microbiology topics.
He is a member of multiple graduate groups at UC Davis including Microbiology, Population Biology, Integrative Genetics and Genomics, and Computer Science, and is affiliated with the Center for Population Biology and the Coastal Marine Sciences Institute. His lab has been involved in significant projects including SARS-CoV-2 environmental monitoring studies and the Microbiology of the Built Environment research initiative.
