Dr. Thomas Sharpton has earned promotion to the rank of Professor, effective September 2024.

Dr. Sharpton holds a joint appointment in Microbiology and Statistics. He joined OSU as a faculty member in 2013 and has since developed an internationally recognized research program that uses systems biology methods to resolve the gut microbiome’s influence on the health and behavior of vertebrates. His lab is well known for developing computational and quantitative strategies for the analysis of microbiomic and metagenomic data as well as the integration of data across study systems ranging from fish to humans. He has published over 100 manuscripts, edits and advises for a variety of microbiology and systems biology research journals, and serves as the founding director of the OSU Microbiome Initiative as well as the Director of the OSU Microbiome Core Facility.

Congratulations to Dr. Sharpton!