Nicole Kirchoff

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Nicole Kirchoff (she/her) is a postdoctoral associate studying how the gut microbiome associates with vertebrate host behavior. She is also analyzing an ecotoxicological experiment to determine how herbicide use affects the gut microbiome of aquatic animals. During her PhD at Oregon State University, Dr. Kirchoff investigated environmental factors affecting the gut microbial composition of Pacific salmonids as well as associations between the gut microbiome of domestic dogs and dog aggression. In the future, Dr. Kirchoff hopes to apply her microbiome analysis skills to translation research while mentoring others in microbiome science.