Dirk Gevers Email & Phone Number

Venice, California, Us

• Lead scientific R+D programs across the skin microbiome, oral microbiome, vaginal microbiome, gut microbiome, infant nutrition, and built environment• Engage in external scientific and academic collaborations including Stanford, UCLA, CalTech, MIT, Harvard, Cornell, Maryland, Cleveland Clinic, Mass General, Zurich, and the Weizmann Institute• Oversee scientific life cycle management from discovery to impact• Produce high quality research papers and rigorous clinical trials to scale clinical research• Accelerate the translation of science to bring product innovations to market

Raritan, New Jersey, Us

• Developed a microbiome solutions strategy that codifies the WWDA vision, mission, and corresponding strategic imperatives and execute through an external innovation approach • Established portfolio targets, clear milestones, resource and funding requirements and measurable deliverables• Developed process to identify, shape, and accelerate opportunities for the Microbiome Solutions team• Actively built and managed world-class enabling capabilities and platforms through a team of diverse scientific experts • Recruited and developed high-performing talent who executed and achieved the objectives• Attracted and cultivated a high-impact network of external partners and collaborators

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Led a group of computational and experimental biologists active in research on autoimmune diseases• Designed and drove complex research projects in line with the mission of the Broad Institute• Managed academic and industry collaborations, and obtain funding to advance microbiome research in disease• Created a state-of-the-art pipeline for characterizing the host-microbe interactions with multi’omic assays

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Led a complex portfolio of human microbiome research projects in IBD, T1D, and cancer• Managed large microbiome projects in collaboration with clinical, analytical, and computational colleagues• Obtained funding from NIH and several foundations for a total budget of well over $12 million• Led the analysis group of the NIH Human Microbiome Project and published over 30 high impact papers• Initiated a network of Microbiome Research in the Boston Area (MiRiBA) to forge new collaborations

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Developed capabilities for processing, organizing, and interpreting large (meta)genomics datasets• Demonstrated scientific creativity resulting in positioning the Broad Institute’s new microbiome team in a leading position within the NIH Human Microbiome Project• Guided Progam Management, Broad Technology Lab, and Platform Informatics on introducing new applications of next-generation DNA/RNA sequencing technology, molecular study design, and tools for comparative (meta)genomics analysis

Boston, Ma, Us

• Consulted academic and clinical researchers on experimental design in microbiome research, as well as sample collection, data generation and analysis with a focus on a wide variety of intestinal diseases; activities were embedded in a program of patient care and clinical investigation at Mass General Hospital, Boston

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Gent, East Flanders, Be

• Obtained competence in bioinformatics, comparative and evolutionary genome analysis, microbial ecology and population genetics• Bridged expertise between two research teams at the Ghent University and established a new research direction on “Prokaryotic Comparative and Evolutionary Bioinformatics”• Collaborated with several prominent scientists in the field to formulate a whole genome based prokaryotic taxonomy, and published it as an opinion paper in Nature Review Microbiology (Gevers et al., 2005), which accumulated well over 1100 citations to date• Trained in microbial ecology and population genetics during an extended stay at the Polz Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA and contributed to their publication in Science (Hunt et al., 2008)

Gent, East Flanders, Be

• Designed and executed a 4-year research project on the spread of antibiotic resistance genes via food associated commensals, and obtained advanced training in microbiology, bacterial isolation and characterization, molecular fingerprinting and molecular biology• Published 8 papers, of which 5 first authors, accumulating close to 1,500 citations to date• Guided the design of a large, collaborative project funded by the European Research Community (FP6) to perform an in-depth risk assessment to establish practical guidelines for a wide range of fermented food products

Gent, Be

• Completed project on "Gene and Operon Duplication in Bacterial Genomes"

Ph.D. In Biochemistry, Laboratory Of Microbiology

M.S. In Biochemistry

B.S. In Chemistry