Stefan Green, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, at Rush University, and is also Director of the Genomics and Microbiome Core Facility (GMCF) and Director of Core Lab Services. He is a microbial ecologist and molecular biologist with an emphasis on the interrogation of biological systems through cultivation-independent molecular analyses of DNA and RNA samples. His current research is largely focused on the interactions of complex microbial communities with hosts across a range of experimental and diseases systems, including the study of effects of spaceflight on host-associated microbial communities. Green has over 25 years of experience in research and sequence data acquisition, and has over 175 peer-reviewed publications.
As director of the GMCF, Green has established a shared-resource facility at Rush University performing high-throughput RNA and DNA extractions, next-generation sequencing preparations including high-throughput amplicon sequencing, target capture, whole genome sequencing, shotgun metagenome sequencing, and quantitative PCR analyses. The GMCF also houses the Regional Innovative Public Health Laboratory (RIPHL), a public-academic partnership with the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH). In addition, Green serves as Director of Core Laboratory Services, managing all shared resource research facilities at Rush.