Andrew L. Goodman PhD

Dr. Andrew L. Goodman, Ph.D., is the C. N. H. Long Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale University School of Medicine and Director of the Yale Microbial Sciences Institute. Dr. Goodman received his undergraduate degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University, his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Harvard University, and completed postdoctoral training at Washington University. His lab uses microbial genetics, gnotobiotics, and mass spectrometry to understand the mechanisms of host-microbiome interaction and the role of the gut microbiome in drug metabolism. The lab also develops new approaches for microbiology, including transposon insertion sequencing, genetic tools for wild gut microbes, and regulated control of microbiome gene expression in live animals. The lab’s contributions have been recognized by the NIH Director New Innovator Award, the Pew Foundation, the Dupont Young Professors Award, the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholars Program, the ASPET John J. Abel Award, and the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering.