Tatiana T. Marquez-Lago

Dr. Tatiana T. Marquez-Lago is an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine, where she leads the Microbiome and Translational Systems Biology Lab. She is affiliated with multiple UAB departments, including Microbiology, Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology, and Biology (College of Arts and Sciences), as well as key research centers such as the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center.

• Education: Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of New Mexico, USA; Postdoctoral Fellowships at The University of Queensland, Australia, and ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Her research focuses on elucidating functional relationships between human hosts and their microbiomes using experimental and computational methods, with applications in clinical translation and bioengineering. She also investigates antibiotic resistance evolution and develops AI-driven multi-omics tools for both fundamental and translational research. Her work bridges disciplines such as microbiology, genetics, and systems biology.