Lab Members
Leadership
David Relman
Primary Investigator, Thomas C. and Joan M. Merigan Professor and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
David A. Relman, MD is the Thomas C. and Joan M. Merigan Professor in Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology, and Co-Director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. He is also Chief of Infectious Diseases at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Relman’s research focus is the human indigenous microbiota, and the identification of previously-unrecognized microbial agents of disease. He has advised the U.S. Government on emerging infectious diseases, human-microbe interactions, and future biological threats. He is Chair of the Forum on Microbial Threats at the Institute of Medicine (National Academies of Science) and Past President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, and a Member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Robert Pesich
Lab Manager, Author, Poet
Research Scientists
Elizabeth Costello
Research Scientist, Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder (2007)
Bachelor of Science, Cornell University (1999)
Research Projects:
- Pregnancy and the Human Microbiome
- The Microbiome in Early Childhood
- Resilience in the Human Microbiome
- Arsenic and the Human Microbiome
Les Dethlefsen
Research Scientist, Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine
Research Projects:
Alexandra Switzer
Research Scientist, Microbiology & Immunology
PhD, Stanford School of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology (2019)
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medicine (2009)
Masters of Preventative Vet Med, University of California at Davis, Public Health & Zoonoses (2013)
Bachelor of Science, University of California Santa Cruz, Marine Biology (2003)
Research Projects:
Eitan Yaffe
Research Scientist, Microbiology & Immunology
Doctor of Philosophy, Weizmann Institute of Science (2013)
Master of Science, Tel Aviv University (2007)
Bachelor of Science, The Hebrew University (2001)
Research Projects:
Postdoctoral Research Fellows & Instructors
Rauf A Salamzade
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases
PhD in Microbiology, University of Wisconsin – Madison (2025)
Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics, Minor in Computer Science,
University of California, Santa Cruz (2014)
Research Projects:
- Assessing the impacts of profages on the evolution and ecological success of common bacterial species in the human gut
Vanessa El Kamari
Instructor, Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine
Residency, Case Western Reserve University, Internal Medicine (2022)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University (2019)
MD, American University of Beirut, Medicine (2016)
BS, American University of Beirut, Chemistry; Biology (2012)
Research Project:
- Intestinal inflammation in autoimmune conditions
Diana Tordoff
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nephrology
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Washington (2022)
Masters of Public Health, University of Washington (2018)
Bachelor of Arts, Vassar College (2011)
Research Projects:
Graduate Students
Debbie Lee Lian Ho
Graduate student, Bioengineering
Research Project:
- Maternal-Infant gut microbiome dynamics
Undergraduate Students
Ava Blackledge
Undergraduate student, Molecular biology
Postdoctoral Research Fellows & Instructors
Former Relman Lab Members
Tzvia Abramson
Tomer Altman
Harold Amogan
Stephanie Bachas-Daunert
David Barton
Janet Batanghari
Leigh Baxt
Chris Belcher
Elisabeth Bik
Jennifer Boldrick
Jaye Boissiere
Mary Brinig
Tommy Broudy
Adam Burns
Christian Calma
Natalie Campen
Arianna Celis
Henry Cheng
Eric Chow
Sarah Claus
Kristi Coolley
Craig Cummings
Isabelle da Piedade
Nicole Davis
Megan Dennis
Christine Dieterich
Daniel DiGiulio
Jennifer Dinalo
Natasha Dudek
Paul Eckburg
Shannon Falconer
Natalie Fischer
David Fredricks
Inessa Gendlina
Nicholas Griffin Gianaris
Emily Gogol
Doran Goldman
Daniela Goltsman
Jessica Grembi
Mike Griffiths
Eoghan Harrington
Rebecca Hebner
Pearl Houghteling
Julianna Hsing
Diane Hsu
Yoshio Ishibashi
Amruta Joshi
Shachar Katz
Hassya Kedem
Bettina Kehoe
Megan Kennedy
Veda Dharma Khadka
Muhammad Khan
Hans Kim
William Kindschuh
Ian Kroes
Shayna Lefrak
Paul Lepp
Sin-Yee Liew
Karla Lightfield
Minghsun Liu
Clara Long
Tina Lösekann
Fred Lopez
Amy Lorber
Matthias Maiwald
Ian Manger
Joseph Marquis
Jennifer Maynard
Jamie McGuire
Anthony Miller
David Mitchell
Maggie Nakamoto
Mari Nakamura
Jacky Ng
Simo Nikkari
Claudia Olivier
Cleber Ouverney
Katie Palm
Sünje Pamp
Autmn Parrott
Arati Patankar
Crystal Perez
Chelsey Perry
Danielle Perry
Brett Petersen
Carolyn Phillips
Stephen Popper
David Pride
Diana Proctor
Kali Pruss
Noga Qvit-Raz
Scott Rojas
Kate Rubins
Katherine Sanders
Greg Schmid
Stephan Schulz
David Sela
Daniel Sprockett
Fiona Strouts
Kimberley Seok
Madhura Sharangpani
Katie Shelef
Jennifer Shumilla
Courtney Smith
Sam Smits
Christine Sun
Jennifer Trinh
Simone van de Pas
Simon Waddell
Addie Whitney
John Williams
Katherine Xue
Miling Yan
Cory Yeh
Judy Yen
Kristine Yoder
Ikro Yoon