J. Walter

Dr. Jens Walter has trained in high profile and productive research laboratories in Germany (Hammes lab, Food Science), New Zealand (Tannock lab, Microbial Ecology) and the United States (Sartor lab, Medicine), and currently serves as a Professor for Ecology, Food, and the Microbiome at the APC Microbiome Ireland, the School for Microbiology, and the Department of Medicine at University College Cork. Dr. Walter’s expertise lies at the interface of evolutionary ecology of the gut microbiome and human nutrition. More specifically, his research focuses on the evolutionary and ecological processes that have shaped the host-microbiome interrelationship and the translation of basic microbiome science into therapeutic and nutritional strategies. He has pioneered the application of ecological theory to elucidate factors (host genetics, colonization history, dispersal, diet) that shape gut microbiomes and to achieve its targeted and systematic modulations through diet and live microbes. One of the long-term goals of the Walter lab is to develop microbiome-targeted nutritional strategies to improve human health based on rigorous scientific, evolutionary, and ecological criteria.

Papers in database

10

Years active

2009 – 2024

Total publications

317

Total citations

37,954

h-index

87

Health outcomes studied

3