Karthik Anantharaman
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Expertise in microbial and viral ecology, phage biology, computational biology, microbiomes, and environmental microbiology.
Associate Professor, Bacteriology College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Work: 608-265-4537 — Home and cell phones available upon request karthik@bact.wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Viruses in Microbiomes
- Computational biology and AI approaches for microbial and viral genomics
- Ecology and Evolution of Microorganisms
- Omics approaches for enabling the study of environmental microbiomes
Achievements
- NSF Career Award, 2021
- NIH Outstanding Investigator Award, 2021
- American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Early Career Award for Environmental Research, 2022
- Pound Research Award from UW-Madison CALS, 2024
- Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow – National Academy of Sciences, 2022