Sarah K. Lucas
Sarah K. Lucas
Pronouns: she/her
Assistant Professor
CONTACT
Biology
354 Life Sciences Complex
Email: sklucas@syr.edu
Office: 315.443.1465
Degrees
Ph.D. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology (MICaB), University of Minnesota (2020)
B.S. Microbiology, Minor Biochemistry, Pennsylvania State University (2010)
Social/Academic Links
Sarah Lucas is a microbiologist interested in how microbial communities influence the world around us. She combines cutting-edge wet-lab and computational techniques to better understand how disruptions impact microbial community structure and function. Lucas applies this research to the pursuit of understanding the role of the human microbiome in diseases that manifest at musosal surfaces, from chronic infections to colon cancer. Current projects are focused on elucidating the role of bacteriophages – viruses that infect bacteria - in this context.
Microbial ecology, the human microbiome, bacteriophages, anaerobic microbiology, genomics, bioinformatics
Experimental microbiology, metagenomics, genomics, bioinformatics
NIDCR/NIH (F31) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)