Speakers & Session Topics

Keynote Speakers

• Eric Skaar, Vanderbilt University
• John Belisle, Colorado State University

Session Topics

Clinically Important Microbes - Detection & Characterization

• Ian Lewis, University of Calgary
• Andreas Roempp, University of Bayreuth
• Robert Ernst , University of Maryland
• Neha Garg, Georgia Institute of Technology

Microbial Systems: Interactions (Food, Microbiome, & More)

• Laura Sanchez, UC, Santa Cruz
• Jessica Prenni, Colorado State University
• Daniel Globish, Science for Life Laboratory
• Peter Turnbaugh, UC, San Francisco

Microbial Systems: Fungal, Plant & Environmental 

• Jennifer Geddes-McAlister, University of Guelph
• Marcy Balunas, University of Michigan
• Christopher Anderton, PNNL

Meeting Challenges & Emerging Trends in Microbial MS

• Kai Zhang, Texas Tech University
• Kelly Hines, University of Georgia
• Allegra Aron, University of Denver
• Sizun Jiang, Harvard University