People

Coordinating Committee

​The Scientific Coordinating Committee consists of:
  • Leaders of various Alliance supported projects
  • Alliance organizational financial sponsors
Members of the scientific coordinating committee identify the Phytobiomes Alliance’s priorities and develop the strategies for achieving the vision.

Matthieu Barret

INRAE

Coordinating Committee, Topical Leader in seeds microbiome

Kirsty Bayliss

Murdoch University

Australian microbiome projects, Coordinating Committee, Microbiomes Working Group

Gwyn Beattie

Iowa State University

Board of Directors, Coordinating Committee, Microbiomes Working Group, Regulatory Working Group

Natalie Breakfield

NewLeaf Symbiotics

Board of Directors, Coordinating Committee, Sponsor Representative

Davide Bulgarelli

University of Dundee

Coordinating Committee, EU Innovation Project CIRCLES, Soil Health Working Group

Trevor Charles

Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research

Board of Directors, Controlled Environment Working Group, Coordinating Committee, Regulatory Working Group, Sponsor Representative

Paul Cotter

Teagasc Food Research Centre

Animal Microbiomes Working Group, Coordinating Committee, EU Innovation Project MASTER

Charles Cowden

Valent BioSciences

Coordinating Committee, Sponsor Representative

Kellye Eversole

Eversole Associates

Animal Microbiomes Working Group, Board of Directors, Controlled Environment Working Group, Coordinating Committee, Regulatory Working Group, Sponsor Representative

Gary Felton

Pennsylvania State University

Coordinating Committee, Topical Leader in insect-microbe-host interactions

Guillaume Flament

INRAE

Coordinating Committee, Sponsor Representative

Dusti Gallagher

Eversole Associates

Board of Directors, Coordinating Committee

Nichole Ginnan

University of California, Riverside

Animal Microbiomes Working Group, Controlled Environment Working Group, Coordinating Committee, Microbiomes Working Group, Topical Leader in plant-microbe-pathogen interactions and global change adaptation

Magalie Guilhabert

Invaio

Board of Directors, Coordinating Committee

Tom Howze

Abrinca Genomics

Coordinating Committee, Sponsor Representative

Daniel Jacobson

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Coordinating Committee, Microbiomes Working Group, Topical Leader in microbiomes of bioenergy crops

Jan Leach

Colorado State University

Board of Directors, Controlled Environment Working Group, Coordinating Committee

Jennifer Lilly

Mosaic Biosciences

Coordinating Committee, Regulatory Working Group, Sponsor Representative

Feng Luo

Clemson University

Coordinating Committee, Topical Leader in artificial intelligence

Emmanuelle Maguin

INRAE

Board of Directors, Coordinating Committee, Microbiomes Working Group

Christophe Mougel

INRAE

Coordinating Committee, French Phytobiomes Network

Soledad Benitez Ponce

Ohio State University

Controlled Environment Working Group, Coordinating Committee

Bridget Rand

Pivot Bio

Coordinating Committee, Microbiomes Working Group, Sponsor Representative

Claire Rogel-Gaillard

INRAE

Animal Microbiomes Working Group, Coordinating Committee, Topical Leader in animal genomics and gut microbiomes

Veronica Roman-Reyna

Pennsylvania State University

Coordinating Committee, Regulatory Working Group, Sponsor Representative

Matthew Ryan

CABI

Board of Directors, Coordinating Committee

Daniel Schachtman

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Coordinating Committee, Sponsor Representative

Tim Schnabel

Switch Bioworks

Coordinating Committee, Sponsor Representative

Brajesh Singh

Western Sydney University

Coordinating Committee, Global Crop Agri-Microbiomes Initiative

Pankaj Trivedi

Texas Tech University

Coordinating Committee, Microbiomes Working Group, Sponsor Representative

Boris Vinatzer

Virginia Tech

Coordinating Committee, Regulatory Working Group, Topical Leader in microbe classification system

Jason Wallace

University of Georgia

Coordinating Committee, Microbiomes Working Group

Roland Wilhelm

Controlled Environment Working Group, Coordinating Committee, Sponsor Representative, Topical leader in rhizosphere and soil microbiome ecology

Étienne Yergeau

Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada

Coordinating Committee, Phytobiomes Journal

Albert Yi

Earth Microbial

Coordinating Committee, Sponsor Representative