Brendan Bohannan

Brendan Bohannan
EducationMichigan State University (PhD 1997)
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobial and evolutionary biology
WorkplacesStanford University, University of Oregon
Richard Lenski

Brendan J. M. Bohannan is an American microbial and evolutionary biologist, whose research focuses on the cause and consequences of microbial diversity.[1] He applies general ecological theory to organisms across diverse environments, ranging from built environments to animal-associate microbes, including those in humans.[2] His research has been published in Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and other internationally known journals.[3]

Bohannan is the James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon, where is a professor in the Department of Biology and member of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution.[2][4] He previously served as the university's director of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution and was also the Alec and Kay Keith Professor.[5][6] Prior to this, Bohannan was a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University.[7] He earned his PhD from Michigan State University in 1997 under the mentorship of Richard Lenski.[8]

He has been a co-principal investigator on research teams supported by multi-million dollar grants from the National Institutes of Health to explore the health benefits of microbes and to study how the microbiome influences social behaviors and vice versa.[9][10]

Bohannan is a fellow of the Ecological Society of America, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[11][12][13] In recognition of his research accomplishments, he is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.[14] He was also in the inaugural class of Google Science Communication Fellows.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Brendan Bohannan Laboratory". Pages.uoregon.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Brendan Bohannan, Department of Biology". OregonNews. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Google Scholar". Scholar.google.com. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Faculty | Institute of Ecology and Evolution". Ie2.uoregon.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Nota Bene". OregonNews. July 1, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  6. ↑ "UO researchers urge changes in the language of the microbiome". OregonNews. July 11, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  7. ↑ "STANFORD BULLETIN 2005-06" (PDF). Stanford.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  8. ↑ "MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT : SPRING 1997" (PDF). Onthebanks.msu.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  9. ↑ "RePORT ⟩ RePORTER". Reporter.nih.gov. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  10. ↑ "RePORT ⟩ RePORTER". Reporter.nih.gov. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  11. ↑ "ESA Fellows – Ecological Society of America". Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  12. ↑ "ASM Directory Search Results". Myasm.asm.org. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  13. ↑ "2021 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council". Science. 375 (6579): 393–397. January 28, 2022. doi:10.1126/science.ada0325. ISSN 0036-8075.
  14. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Brendan J. M. Bohannan". Humboldt-foundation.de. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  15. ↑ Altrichter, Adam (February 17, 2011). "Brendan Bohannan named Google Science Communication Fellow". Biobe.uoregon.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2026.


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