Prof. Eoin Brodie

Biography

Prof. Brodie serves as the Deputy Director of the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division in the Ecology Department of Berkeley Lab’s Earth and Environmental Sciences Area (EESA). He is also Program Domain Lead for Environmental and Biological Systems Sciences and leads the Earth’s Microbial Engines grand challenge. At the University of California, Berkeley, Prof. Brodie is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and he co-directs the Joint Berkeley Initiative in Microbiomes Sciences. He obtained his PhD from University College Dublin in Ireland and joined LBNL following postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley. Prof. Brodie currently serves as the Deputy for Integration for the Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area (SFA) and leads the Microbial Mechanisms component of the Belowground Biogeochemistry (Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Program) SFA. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed manuscripts and holds several patents and awards for microbiome related technology development and is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology.