Jack Gilbert
Argonne, Core Faculty, Sr. Fellow
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Ecology & Evolution
- Environmental Microbiologist at Argonne National Laboratory
Contact Information
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL. 60439
University of Chicago
Department of Ecology & Evolution
5640 South Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL. 60637
Phone: (630) 252-7489
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/gilbert.html
Research
My primary research interest revolves around modeling microbial ecosystem dyanmics using high-throughput sequencing data that describes the taxonomic and functional diversity of the system. Combined with physical, chemical and other biology variables measured in each ecosystem, I am working towards generating bioclimatic models of microbial ecosystems, that enable prediction of taxonomic and metabolic potential from remote sensing data (satellites and aircraft) across broad geographic and temporal space. Fundamentally I adhere to a system biology model, within which I aim to describe the community dynamics that yield the ecosystem services that humanity has come to rely on.